The colleges, which do most of the teaching, assess their dons one way.

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Successful teaching is very difficult to assess.

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Some version of Stan is now in use at 370 teaching hospitals and medical schools worldwide to assess and treat a wide variety of conditions.

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By comparing the number of graduates from accredited teacher-training programmes with the total number in the teaching workforce in public primary schools, it is possible to assess the efficiency of education systems to train teachers while attempting to meet the rising demand for teachers.

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Is there evidence that we regularly monitor and assess the effectiveness of the state programmes on ICT-mediated teaching and learning?

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