Informatization Level Assessment Framework and Educational Policy Implications

Study of Agricultural Informatization Standards Framework

This paper introduces the research methods, the content and technical route about the study of agricultural informatization standards Framework, which describes the structure of the agricultural informatization standard system, the construction process of agricultural informatization standard system diagram, and put forward the working ideas and deployment of the future standardization work of ...

Some Implications of Current Policy for Educational Measurement

Leverage and Liquidity Dry-ups: A Framework and Policy Implications

We model financial market liquidity as provided by financially constrained arbitrageurs. Market liquidity increases with the level of arbitrage capital, i.e., internal and external capital arbitrageurs can access frictionlessly. We show that liquidity dry-ups follow periods of low returns of arbitrageurs’ risky investment opportunities, and that liquidity is correlated across markets. A welfare...

Assessment of level of care: Implications of interrater reliability on health policy

In Wisconsin, level-of-care assessments are used to set Medicaid reimbursement and determine nursing home eligibility. This study examined three methods of assessing level of care: 1) the Wisconsin quality assurance project (QAP) method, based on observations of patients, patient records, and staff interviews; 2) the Wisconsin standard (STD) method, based primarily on a clinical record review; ...

Low-level chemical sensitivity: implications for research and social policy.

There is increasing evidence that human exposure to levels of chemicals once thought to be safe--or presenting insignificant risk--are, in fact, harmful. So-called low-level exposures are now known to be associated with adverse biological effects including cancer, endocrine disruption, and chemical sensitivity. This requires that we change both (1) the way we design research linking chemicals a...