Explain the process used to determine ELL program eligibility, placement, and reassessment, including the use of the Home Language Survey and Arizona?s English language proficiency assessment. Identify the standard accommodations available to ELLs for these types of assessments. Discuss the factors influencing English language acquisition for special populations of ELLs (refugee, migrant, immigrant, and Native American), including how they relate to long-term English learners (LTEL), recently arrived English learners (RAEL) or students with interrupted formal education (SIFE).

Imagine it is the beginning of a new year and your administration has shared a schoolwide goal related to ensuring proper advocacy and supports for ELLs. Create a 250-500 word resource document (i.e., pamphlet, brochure) to give to new teachers at the beginning of a school year, addressing the following:

An introduction that includes the demographic and home language composition of the PK-12 ELL population in Arizona.
Explain the process used to determine ELL program eligibility, placement, and reassessment, including the use of the Home Language Survey and Arizona?s English language proficiency assessment. Identify the standard accommodations available to ELLs for these types of assessments.
Discuss the factors influencing English language acquisition for special populations of ELLs (refugee, migrant, immigrant, and Native American), including how they relate to long-term English learners (LTEL), recently arrived English learners (RAEL) or students with interrupted formal education (SIFE).
Describe other services students may qualify for (exceptional student services/special education, gifted and talented), in addition to being identified as an ELL.
Explain parents’/guardians’ rights in regard to ELL services (i.e., program placement, assessment).

The resource document should include graphics that are relevant to the content, visually appealing, and use space appropriately.
Support your findings with 2-3 scholarly resources.

Assess the differences in benefits and costs, which are available to Medicare patients based upon the patent selecting either the ?Traditional? Medicare program or Medicare Part C (Advantage Plan). Once a patient makes a choice, is he or she locked into the choice?

 Medicare Patients?Benefits and Costs
Assess the differences in benefits and costs, which are available to Medicare patients based upon the patent selecting either the ?Traditional? Medicare program or Medicare Part C (Advantage Plan). Once a patient makes a choice, is he or she locked into the choice?

Evaluated at least two valuable elements to both programs and two negative elements to both programs.
Demonstrate which program would be more attractive to a physician and to a hospital as well as why.
Discuss Capitation and evaluate if either program reimburses using a capitation model.

 Resources: Use these and others from the library.
Berenson, R. A., Sunshine, J. H., Helms, D., & Lawton, E. (2015). Why medicare advantage plans pay hospitals traditional medicare prices. Health Affairs, 34(8), 1289-1295. doi:http://dx.doi.org.southuniversity.libproxy.edmc.edu/10.1377/hlthaff.2014.142
 Afendulis CC, Landrum MB, Chernew ME. The Impact of the Affordable Care Act on Medicare Advantage Plan Availability and Enrollment. Health services research. 2012;47(6):2339-2352. doi:10.1111/j.1475-6773.2012.01426.x.
As in all assignments, cite your sources in your work and provide references for the citations in APA format.
Submission Details:

Your assignment should be addressed in a 8- to 10-page document.

Analyze how security policies help mitigate risks and support business processes in various domains in the information technology (IT) infrastructure. Describe the different ISS policies associated with the user domain. Describe different issues related to implementing and enforcing ISS policies.

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Case Study 1: Acceptable Use PolicyDue Week 2 and worth 100 points
An Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) is a very important policy within organizations to define acceptable employee behavior when accessing company resources. Additionally, there are also legal implications within AUPs. Use an existing AUP that you are familiar with, such as from a current or previous workplace, or search on the Internet for an example AUP to complete this case study.
Write a three to five (3-5) page paper in which you:

Describe the purpose of an Acceptable Use Policy you have selected and explain how the AUP helps provide confidentiality, integrity, and availability within the organization.
Critique the AUP you selected and provide recommendations for improving the AUP.
Explain methods that organizations can implement to help ensure compliance with the AUP, mitigate their risk exposure, and minimize liability. Describe how your selected AUP accomplishes these goals.
Describe methods for increasing the awareness of the AUP, and other policies, within the organization.
Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources. 

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

Analyze how security policies help mitigate risks and support business processes in various domains in the information technology (IT) infrastructure.
Describe the different ISS policies associated with the user domain.
Describe different issues related to implementing and enforcing ISS policies.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in security strategy and policy formation.
Write clearly and concisely about Information Systems Security Policy topics using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.

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How relevant do you think the ideas of the Classical School are to the  criminal justice system today?  What classical ideas could be developed  and implemented today that we are not currently using? How have the developments of science and the influence of scientific thinking changed the way we view crime and criminals?

 
Chapter 2, The Classical School, focuses on the study of crime and criminals, with some study of lawmaking included.  Chapter 3,  focuses on criminal behavior instead of on legal issues such as rights,  and the prevention of crime through the treatment and rehabilitation of  offenders.
Based on the assigned reading, complete the following discussion question:
Discussion Questions: 

How  relevant do you think the ideas of the Classical School are to the  criminal justice system today?  What classical ideas could be developed  and implemented today that we are not currently using?
How have the developments of science and the influence of scientific thinking changed the way we view crime and criminals?

Directions:
 

Original  responses are to be at least in length, in Times New Roman,  12-point font, American Psychological Association (APA) format, which  includes in-text and endnote citations as needed.
Supplemental responses are to be at least in length, in Times New Roman, 12-point font, APA. format.
Here is an informative link to APA (Links to an external site.)
Students  can include the following types of information in the reply posts: 1)  agreements or disagreements to the person?s observations or 2)  additional insights/connections not mentioned in the other student?s  submission.
Keep in mind that your discussion forum  postings will likely be seen by other members of the course.  Care  should be taken when determining what to post.

Critique the major definitions of intelligence. Determine which theory of intelligence best fits your selected instruments. Explain how the definition and the measures are related. Evaluate the measures of intelligence you selected for reliability, validity, normative procedures, and bias. Compare and contrast your selected intelligence and achievement assessments. How are the goals of the tests similar and different? How are the tests used? What are the purposes of giving these differing tests?

Select two assessments of intelligence and two achievement tests.
 
Prepare a 12- to 15-slide presentation about your selected instruments. In your analysis, address the following:

Critique the major definitions of intelligence. Determine which theory of intelligence best fits your selected instruments. Explain how the definition and the measures are related.

Evaluate the measures of intelligence you selected for reliability, validity, normative procedures, and bias.

Compare and contrast your selected intelligence and achievement assessments. How are the goals of the tests similar and different? How are the tests used? What are the purposes of giving these differing tests?

Why was it an economic hardship on a farmer when an indentured servant died?

1. Why was it an economic hardship on a farmer when an indentured servant died?

A.The farmer would pay a fee to the government for losing a worker.

B.The farmer was responsible for the care of the indentured servant’s family.

C.The farmer could not reclaim the money he paid to import the servant from England.

D.All answers are correct.

Throughout history, mass media has played an important role in communicating information to a broad range of audiences. As the different forms of mass media have evolved, so has the extent of their influence on society. Consider how mass media has evolved in your lifetime. Identify 2 types of mass media with which you are most familiar to use for this discussion.In what ways have the format of the 2 types of mass media you selected evolved from their original states? How have you been personally influenced by these 2 types of mass media? In what ways have the 2 types of mass media affected your friends, family, or co-workers?

Throughout history, mass media has played an important role in communicating information to a broad range of audiences. As the different forms of mass media have evolved, so has the extent of their influence on society. Consider how mass media has evolved in your lifetime. Identify 2 types of mass media with which you are most familiar to use for this discussion.In what ways have the format of the 2 types of mass media you selected evolved from their original states?
How have you been personally influenced by these 2 types of mass media?
In what ways have the 2 types of mass media affected your friends, family, or co-workers?

Write a program in a class NumberAboveAverage that counts the number of days that the temperature is above average. Read n temperatures from the keyboard (n specified by user) and place them in an array. Compute the average temperature and then count and display the number of days on which the temperature was above average. Finally, print the temperatures from the lowest to the highest.

Write a program in a class NumberAboveAverage that counts the number of days that the temperature is above average. Read n temperatures from the keyboard (n specified by user) and place them in an array. Compute the average temperature and then count and display the number of days on which the temperature was above average. Finally, print the temperatures from the lowest to the highest. *Needs to be done with Java and be able to compile in eclipse.*

What happens inside the brain of a teenager that makes it difficult for Jordan to weigh the risks and rewards of his behavior? Describe how the adolescent brain weighs risk and reward. Why does it appear that Jordan values the opinion of his peers more than the opinion of his mother? Explain the psychological concepts that may account for why Jordan places value on his peers? opinions.

 DIRECTIONS: To complete the work, you will answer the following questions in 5-7 sentence each

What happens inside the brain of a teenager that makes it difficult for Jordan to weigh the risks and rewards of his behavior? Describe how the adolescent brain weighs risk and reward.
Why does it appear that Jordan values the opinion of his peers more than the opinion of his mother? Explain the psychological concepts that may account for why Jordan places value on his peers? opinions.
What advice would you give Jordan?s mother, Monica, that would teach him how to make better choices and decisions? Discuss a specific strategy that Monica may implement to help her son make better decisions.
If you were in Monica?s shoes, how would you feel? Explain why a better understanding of Monica’s perspective could result in more constructive advice.

How does the MGM Grand derive value from its Players Club program and its player information systems? How common or different are MGM MIRAGE group customers? Are there “Entertainment customers” that are distinct from “Gaming customers?”  How should MGM MIRAGE use its Entertainment offerings?  Is entertainment an independent service offering, or just a way to get gaming customers into the properties?   

How does the MGM Grand derive value from its Players Club program and its player information systems?
How common or different are MGM MIRAGE group customers? Are there “Entertainment customers” that are distinct from “Gaming customers?”  How should MGM MIRAGE use its Entertainment offerings?  Is entertainment an independent service offering, or just a way to get gaming customers into the properties?   
Do you think treating each property (MGM Grand, Bellagio, Treasure Island, etc.) as in independent entity is the right approach to managing the MGM MIRAGE group?  Why or why not?  (How fungible are the customers? 

Key Concepts to consider (these may help you with your case analysis):

What factors determine desirable customer?
Can MGM leverage customer information to better segment its offerings?