Literacy Assessment Data and Assessment Tools Name Institution Course Date                           Literacy Assessment Data and Assessment Tools Literacy assessment provides insight regarding students on their capability of reading and writing. Therefore, instructors must design a tool that ensures their objectives are well addressed (Levi & Inbar-Lourie, 2019). In this case scenario, a reading assessment was subjected to three students—the tool composed of the student’s demographic information, education experiences, and reading concepts. The demographic section provided information related to the gender of the students, native language, place of birth, and age. The education experience aspect aims to capture data about education performance and the number of schools attended. The last section entailed assessing the reading concept, and it forms the main objective of the assessment. Key concepts addressed include; comprehension, fluency, phonemic awareness, decoding, and letter knowledge. The content adopted in the assessment tool is essential in providing the instructor with information regarding the literacy level of the students. With such information available, the instructor can…

NEWS PROVIDED BY THE BEST COLLEGE VALUES September 8, 2020, AT 10.00 AM BLOOMINGTON, Ind., September 8/PrNewswire/ – The Best College Values, an online resource for students in college, has published a ranking of fifty Best Value Bachelors in Nursing 2020. This Best Value ranking aims to sort out the degree programs that give out reputably high-quality undergraduate nursing studies and offer high returns on investment and affordable tuition rates. This ranking is considered the nursing schools in America’s united states accredited by one of the ten regional accrediting bodies for universities and colleges. A pool of over two hundred universities and colleges were ranked according to the proprietary methodology of Best college values. This methodology aggregates the publicly available information to produce a score of that is between 1-100. Therefore, the programs that were to fifty in the ranking were named the Best Value bachelor’s in nursing for 2020. In Provo, Brigham Young University was ranked the first while the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas, was placed second. The third recognized university was the University of…

Digital Work and its Influence on Business The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many countries to make dramatic changes to the livelihoods of their civilians, this event has also had massive impacts on many businesses around the world. While online jobs and digital working platforms had been contemplated by many institution leaders, the pandemic forced most companies to implement the new structures or risk closing down. Globally, companies started using digital work or online working platforms to engage with their employees. Employers and business owners gained confidence in a system that would keep the business running in the face of the worst pandemic in the 21st century. In hindsight, companies are assessing the feasibility of continuing with the digital work structure but the advantages and disadvantages need to be considered. Increased employee flexibility, autonomy as well as convenience are some of the main advantages of the model moving forward. However, critics argue that the new platform is blurred due to the amount of work as well as work schedules that have to be maintained. In organizations where the structure is mainly…

  Is True That Most People Only Use 10% Of Their Brains? Name Institution                 Neurology contributes to the majority of the understanding people have about the human brain. Despite the contributions, some myths challenge the study to dig deeper into its principles and experimentation to make people aware of whether it is true that most people only use 10% of their brains in their lifetime. Sufficient evidence are backing the fact that humanity only uses 10% of their brain in the course of their life. One of the evidence is based on the movie “Lucy” released in 2014. The movie confirms that a human being can only use 10% of their brain at the normal stage. The movie exhibits what would happen suppose human beings used 100% of their brain capacities. At a certain percentage, they cease to exist and changes from a physical form to an invisible form. The movie shows how much data the human brain could carry within the earth’s period of existence, which is too much for the…

              Satya Nadella at Microsoft: Instilling a Growth Mindset Case Study Assignment 2 Part A: Analyzing the Case Write Your Name here Jack Welch Management Institute JWI 510: Leadership in the 21st Century Write Your Professor’s Name here Write the Date here Introduction Nadella was elected company CEO of Microsoft, after 22 years of service as Microsoft employee under many capacities. He was viewed as a leader of change due to his style of approach. He concentrated on identifying the problem through listening. Nadella later developed a team of executives, encourage, company culture change, enhanced growth mindset within the organization and propelled change through creativity, innovation and prototyping (Welch, 1). He was never afraid of failure and took each loss as a success. The future for Microsoft is bright as he envisioned the firm as a change to the world through the provision of quality services and products to increase effectiveness and efficiency.   Diagnosis of the Problems at Microsoft The identification of problems in Microsoft was easy for Nadella as he was part of…

Assignment 2: Presentation Criminal Theories Assignment 2: Presentation Criminal Theories For this Assignment, you will create a Microsoft PowerPoint® presentation on criminal theories. In your presentation: * Identify and describe four or more theories explaining criminal behavior and motivations. * Interpret the theories as they relate to criminal behavior and motivations. Provide two or more examples to support your position. * Include speaker notes to explain what is being discussed on each slide as though you are presenting to an audience. NOTE: This Assignment will require outside research . Use at least three credible sources beyond the text material and discuss how you evaluated the credibility of the resources used. You may consult the Library, the internet, the textbook, other course material, and any other outside resources in supporting your task, using proper citations in APA style.In addition to fulfilling the specifics of the Assignment, a successful presentation must also meet the following criteria. * Length should be four or more slides, excluding title slide and references slide. * Include a title slide with full name, class name, section number,…

            ASSIGNMENT 3 QA Name Institutional Affiliation Date               1. The pooling of losses- Insurance involves spreading of losses suffered by few members over the entire group. This aims to substitute average loss for actual loss. Payment of fortunate losses- an insurance company pays for accidental losses which are unforeseen and unexpected (fortuitous loss) Risk transfer- Insurance involves the transfer of pure risk from insured to the insurer since the insurer is in healthier financial status than the insured. Indemnification- This characteristic means that the insured restored to the same financial status he/she was before the loss occurred by the insurer. 2. A large number of exposure units- there should be extensive and similar or identical exposure units which are subjected to the same risk—for example, many houses in a city. Unintentional loss (accidental)- the loss must be unintentional and unanticipated by the insured and should be outside the control of the insured. Determinable and Measurable Loss- the loss incurred should be determinable and quantifiable, and therefore, time, place and loss size…

        McDonald’s Investment in Kenya. Name Course abbreviation Instructor’s name Date               McDonald’s operations in Kenya and the competition they will face. McDonalds is a fast-food company formed in 1940 and started as a single restaurant owned by Maurice and Richard McDonalds in California (Nuque-Joo et al., 2019). It is currently one of the world’s largest restaurants, located in about 120 countries worldwide and over 37000 branches in the world. McDonald’s is yet to set up one of its branches in Kenya and explore the Kenyan market. The company is well known for its production of delicious burgers that come in different varieties. They also make other foods like French fries that make them very popular as well. McDonald’s will be faced with competition in the Kenyan industry by other food production companies that offer the same services in the country, such as Urban Burgers, which is known for the production of a wide variety of burgers. Another company is KFC that produces the same types of food. Big Square is…

        African American studies Student’s Name Institutional Affiliation Course Number and Name Instructor’s Name Assignment Due Date   The study of African American history has become essential in American society. This study is broad and essential as it explores and examines various African American encounters, traditions, lifestyle and their dynamism in the United States. It traces untold African American culture, thereby informing the present generation for the preservation of American ways. As part of the mission to eliminate residual racism syndrome and inform about the black American culture and lifestyle among the American population, the creation of awareness about the African American history is being promoted in universities and colleges. These study programs not only inform of the African culture but also explores the atrocities committed against the African American community. Awareness creation elicits African American history and explains the various impacts brought about by the people who promoted racism. Moreover, to create an equal nation where every individual has equal rights simply by existence, it has become essential that the present generation know their history with…

After the Civil war (USA) Author Date Class College   By 1860 about 4 million slaves were living in the US. Most of these people had been brought to the United States from Africa. Most of the individuals residing as slaves worked in agriculture, including cotton plantation, a key industry in the southern states. The enslaved people had few rights and were often subjected to harsh and violent living conditions. However, abolitionists vehemently criticized the slave institution and the extreme conditions that African Americans were going through. Their fight for the freedom of the African Americans led to the Civil war that eventually brought to an end the institution of slavery. After the end of the Civil war, the country passed the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments that were also termed as the civil war amendments. These amendments were aimed at ensuring that there is equality for the freed slaves. There are critical rights that these amendments brought to the United States. The 13th amendment banned slavery and involuntary servitude except in the cases where it was a punishment for crime. It…