We study the impact of a nationwide teacher pay-for-performance program in Peru. Public secondary schools compete tournament based on eighth graders’ performance standardized test. The principal and teachers winning receive substantial bonus. perform difference-in-differences estimation comparing internal grades ninth graders same school, before after program. find precisely estimated zero effe...

Purpose To assess reliability and repeatability of cone density measurements by using confocal and (nonconfocal) split-detector adaptive optics scanning light ophthalmoscopy (AOSLO) imaging. It will be determined whether cone density values are significantly different between modalities in Stargardt disease (STGD) and retinitis pigmentosa GTPase regulator (RPGR)-associated retinopathy. Method...

OBJECTIVE To compare the effectiveness of tele-screening using a novel enhanced retinal thickness analyzer (RTA) with onsite routine ophthalmologic examination for diabetic retinopathy. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS A consecutive series of 31 eyes from diabetic patients were included. All underwent ophthalmologic examination, including stereoscopic dilated funduscopy and scanning with the RTA. ...

PURPOSE Inter-rater reliability (IRR) and communication skills are both important factors that have been shown to affect oral examination scores. This study was designed to test: 1) IRR of a group of American Board of Anesthesiology (ABA) and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC) graders who graded in true isolation; 2) the effect of teaching residents examination techn...

A medical school general pathology course has been reformatted into a K-12 general pathology course. This new course has been implemented at a series of 7 to 12 grade levels and the student outcomes compared. Typically, topics covered mirrored those in a medical school general pathology course serving as an introduction to the mechanisms of diseases. Assessment of student performance was based ...

This study was carried out in the framework of a health monitoring system set up in the vicinity of a 1400 megawatt coal-fired power plant in Israel. Second- and fifth-grade school children were followed up every 3 years; they performed pulmonary function tests (PFT), and their parents filled out American Thoracic Society-National Heart and Lung Institute health questionnaires. Among the cohort...

Objectives The purpose of this study is to provide basic data for developing services suitable the characteristics cognitive assistance graders by monitoring use day care centers. Methods In study, frequency analysis and paired t-test were conducted using a survey before after services. Results ‘Cognitive training’ ‘Art therapy’ most frequent activity programs implemented, but they did ...

The aim of this study was to identify school motivation profiles Dutch 9th grade students in a four-dimensional space, including mastery, performance, social and extrinsic motivation....