Sentences with phrase «balanced test development»

The feds invested @ $ 175 million for Smarter Balanced test development over the past four years.

Not exact matches

The cessation of nuclear testing and of the development of new weapons systems, and the subsequent reduction of existing stockpiles of weapons would stabilize the international balance of terror.

With how insanely busy I've been with work, I'm trying to find a little bit more balance and get back to stress - free cooking, while still making sure to thoroughly test and vet each recipe that ultimately appears here — the consequence of that being that I'm very very slow - moving with recipe development at the moment.

For motor development, we can not reject the null hypothesis, even though we found borderline significant trends towards lower scores on motor developmental tests both at 13 months, and at 5 years of age (balance score).

There was a borderline statistically significant difference in balance scores associated with different lengths of breast feeding, whereas no association was found between duration of breast feeding and the two other motor development tests.

Creative programmes can offer a counter balance to testing and while their impact on academic performance is more difficult to measure their value in terms of cognitive development and emotional literacy is tangible.

«The test - development process Smarter Balanced is using follows a sequence of steps that is familiar to all experienced assessment professionals.»

Smarter Balanced sponsors the development of innovative open - source technology to improve both the testing experience and the ability to measure students» skills.

Teachers contributed at each step of the development of Smarter Balanced, from helping to write the actual test questions, to creating and vetting the tools in its Digital Library, to deciding the appropriate achievement levels to show a student has met the standards.

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Some of his key projects include the Implementation Readiness Package for Smarter Balanced that works in concert with the Smarter Balanced Open Source Test Delivery System; development of an Automated Assessment engine for the U.S. Navy, which makes use of Spring WebSocket architecture and is capable of integrating with both Navy and third - party - developed systems used in officer shiphandling skills training; and the process and debug of the Damage Control game / simulator that specifically works with mobile devices» architectures and development.

According to the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium, their field tests, the final experimental phase of test development, measure «the performance of more than 20,000 assessment items and performance tasks.»

By participating in the field test, your child will be influencing the development of future Smarter Balanced assessments used in our schools and throughout the nation.

«In the old tests a student would just get a vocabulary word by itself and would be asked to find a synonym,» said Andrew Latham, director of Assessment & Standards Development Services at WestEd, a nonprofit that worked with Smarter Balanced and PARCC on the new tests.

We need these data to fully evaluate the results of the Smarter Balanced 2014 test development exercise.

Andrew Latham — director of Assessment & Standards Development Services at WestEd, a nonprofit that worked with Smarter Balanced and PARCC on the new tests — said the 30 - minute activities may not completely eliminate the benefits of prior knowledge and experience, since the better the discussion goes, the better students will perform.

Andrew Latham, director of Assessment & Standards Development Services at WestEd, a nonprofit that worked with Smarter Balanced and PARCC, the companies who developed the Common Core tests

In any event, 2015 for Smarter Balanced will really be the last year for test development, with the data used for standards - setting 3rd Q 2015, and unlike the 2014 data it will be possible to generate meaningful interpretable scores but those scores will likely not be available for local district use until 4th Q 2015.

By participating in the Field Test, your child will be influencing the development of the Smarter Balanced assessments that will be Connecticut's statewide assessment beginning in the 2014 — 2015 school year.

The Field Test represented one of the final stages in a lengthy development process to ensure that the Smarter Balanced assessment system measured the depth and breadth of the Common Core State Standards.

Removed from the politics and processes of these new tests, students will not talk about the development processes used by the PARCC or Smarter Balanced consortia.

«You don't want the correct answer to stand out,» said Andrew Latham, director of Assessment & Standards Development Services at WestEd, which developed test questions for both PARCC and Smarter Balanced.

Additionally, the Department of Education is offering states flexibility to avoid «double testing» students next year when state assessments will be administered along with the field tests of PARCC and Smarter Balanced's next - generation assessments, which are in the final stages of development.

The testing program was designed to push the capabilities of the upgraded IPAS hybrid powertrain, ensure optimized balance and handling characteristics on the race - proven Pirelli slick tires, and work through aerodynamic developments including the dramatic fixed - height rear wing which includes the Formula 1 - style Drag Reduction System (DRS).

During development, 12 different tyre constructions were tested and refined to find the optimum balance between refinement and handling performance.

Utilizing JL Audio's extensive testing and development resources, each of the Evolution ® lines has been optimized to reproduce your music with lifelike balance, effortless dynamics and smooth response in the car.

Animal feeding tests using AAFCO procedures substantiate that Science Diet Puppy Healthy Development Original Dog Food provides complete and balanced nutrition for growing puppies and gestating / lactating adult female dogs.

The team also clarifies that the PvP mode being released first is «an iterative step in development only, and will allow us to play test the game before we release a single player mode that needs to have a balanced, competitive A.I.» In short, PvP is being developed in order to help boost and enhance the AI in the single - player mode.

From copies of the Unsung Story when the game releases, to the opportunity to help play test and balance the game, to even coming to the Playdek offices in Southern California to play some games with the team and attend the launch party, these rewards are our way of showing you that you aren't just financially backing this game, You made an investment in the direction and development of a tactical RPG we will ALL cherish for years to come!!

In the wake of the Ranger's development and new tech, Design Lead Thomas «Blixtev» Blair says, ArtCraft is headed back to other systems and archetypes for a balancing pass, something he says we can continue to expect as the Siege Perilous ruleset is tested.

As with most games that are in development, there are balancing tests that the game must go through before it is pushed out to the public.

Still in early testing stages, there's plenty of balancing issues to address, but the game nonetheless feels relatively polished at this state of development.

Orisa is currently available on the Public Test Realm for the PC and will be made available on the live servers and console when the development staff feels that she is balanced and ready for the game.