Sentences with phrase «such tests measure»

Critics point out that such tests measure students on just one day of the year and do not account for external factors or differences in learning that might influence student performance.

Such tests measure to what degree students have mastered academic skills in areas such as reading, math, writing, and other areas.

Results from machine - scored, norm - referenced test scores should not be the only information used to evaluate schools or school programs because such tests measure only part of what schools are trying to teach.

Can such a test measure creativity — or is creativity not the point?

Not exact matches

It looks to be seeking to test the water to see how much of the workings of platforms» algorithmic blackboxes can be coaxed from them voluntarily — such as via measures targeting bots and fake accounts — in an attempt to stave off formal and more fulsome regulations down the line.

Hi Bran, thanks for your comment!To answer your question, marketing automation would help with aspects such as segmentation, measuring metrics, A / B testing, and even some aspects of creating email funnels.

You can measure serenity and «peace» using certain medical equipment, but there is nothing testing or measuring «spirituality» in such a measurement that records brain functions.

The mark assures that the product contains less than 10 - ppm gluten (5 - ppm gliadin) and similar proteins from rye and barley as measured by using testing methods that are accepted for gluten testing by analytical associations such as the Association of Analytical Communities (AOAC), testing researchers and other such agencies.

Up front we have a few world - class players surrounded by some serious pretenders... Sanchez is by far the most accomplished player in our attack but the controversy surrounding his contractual mishandling could see him go before the window closes or most definitely by season's end... obviously a mistake by both parties involved, as Sanchez's exploits have never been more on display than in North London, but the club's irresponsible wage structure and lack of real intent have been the real undoing in this mess... Lacazette, who I think has some world - class skills as a front man, will only be as good as the players and system around him, which is troubling due to our current roster and Wenger's love of sideways passing... Walcott should have been sold years ago, enough said, and Welbeck should never have been brought in from the get - go... both of these players have suffered numerous injuries over their respective careers and neither are good enough to overcome such difficulties: not to mention, they both are below average first - touch players, which should be the baseline test for any player coming to a Wenger - led Arsenal team... Perez should have been played wide left or never purchased at all; what a huge waste of time and money, which is ridiculous considering our penny pinching ways and the fact that fans had been clamoring for a real striker for years... finally Giroud, the fact that he stills wears the jersey is a direct indictment of this club's failure to get things right... this isn't necessarily an attack on Giroud because I think he has some highly valued skills, but not for a team that has struggled to take their sideways soccer to the next level, as his presence slows their game even more, combined with our average, at best, finishing skills... far too often those in charge have either settled or chosen half - measures and ultimately it is us that suffer because no matter what happens Wenger, Gazidis and Kroenke will always make more money whereas we will always be the ones paying for their mistakes... so every time someone suggests we should just shut - up and support the team just think of all the sacrifices you've made along the way and simply reply... f *** off

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The tests should consist of random - assignment demonstrations that measure the effects either of whole programs, such as Triple P, or of composite programs made up of elements that previous research has proved successful.

As with other neuropsychological testing tools, the value of the SAC in concussion assessment is maximized when individual baseline test data is available because, without such baselines, the athlete's postinjury performance on neuropsychological testing and other concussion assessment measures, such as the SAC, must be interpreted by comparison with a generalized «normal» based on a large population sample.

Once attached to a player's helmet (a hockey version is available now, versions for football, lacrosse, and ski and snowboard helmets will be introduced in 2012) The ShockboxTM sensor measures the G - Force of a hit to the helmet from any direction, and then sends the data wirelessly via Bluetooth to the athletic trainer, coach or parent's smart phone to alert them when the athlete suffers a traumatic head impact that may be concussive so they can be removed from the game or practice for evaluation on the sideline using standard concussion assessment tools, such as the Standardized Assessment of Concussion, Sports Concussion Assessment Tool (SCAT2) or King - Devick test.

Small toy parts that can fit inside a choke test cylinder or no - choke testing tube, which measures 1 1/4 inches wide by 2 1/4 inches long and simulates the size and shape of a young child's throat, such as Lego building blocks, dice, beads, etc

This study used age - appropriate cognitive tests that measure developmental skills, such as the ability to focus, as well as tests that measure comprehension and verbal ability which are strong indicators of IQ.

If you find your child's teacher is the one focusing too much on grades and academics, try asking questions that address the parts of your child that can't be measured by test scores and homework, such as character and friendships.

«These funds could be available for implementation of new filtration systems, water testing, and other measures for areas that suspect or know they have a contamination issue and have not yet received the Superfund status that would make them eligible for such state funding,» according to the report.

This year alone, the groups saw major elements of their platforms come to pass, such as tying teacher evaluations more closely to test scores, adding hurdles to earning tenure and increasing the number of charter schools, measures all unpopular with the unions.

Fariña said factors such as attendance and collaboration should be considered in measuring teachers» performance, noting that test scores were being de-emphasized across the country in teacher evaluations.

Two groups of prominent researchers have started companies to provide just such a test, which would measure the length of one's telomeres.

To test theories such as general relativity, the strength of gravity is measured precisely using ensembles of supercold atoms falling in a vacuum chamber.

A cohort of ~ 40 pet Border Collie dogs were assigned to three different conditions, and tested in an intensive series of inhibitory control tasks, such as wait - for - treat, and cognitive measures, such as size constancy over a period of 18 months.

These papers add to a growing body of information suggesting that widely used «objective» admissions measures, such as GRE test scores and GPA, are exactly the wrong way to go about picking future contributors to scientific progress.

But Bem's work stands apart because he has spent a lifetime designing rigorous experiments to measure human behavior, and he is highly trained in the ways in which people can, intentionally or not, fake their way through such tests.

The strategy was containment: Build a firewall around areas of drug resistance by ramping up control measures, such as bednets, rapid diagnostic tests, and ACTs.

Earlier commercially available tests such as SpermCheck and Trak could measure sperm count and sperm concentration, but these were either expensive or offered less detailed results, says Kristian Almstrup, senior scientist at Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen who was not involved with the study.

To evaluate whether the experimental treatment is safe and whether it might be able to reduce frailty, Maharaj plans to run a battery of baseline testing on each clinical trial participant before they get their first infusion of young plasma and then monitor their changes for two years: That means cognitive exams, questionnaires about their quality of life and their indicators of frailty, and tests to measure biomarkers he believes are linked with aging, such as telomere lengths and DNA methylation.

According to Darling - Hammond, the provisions of No Child Left Behind effectively forced states to employ inexpensive, multiple - choice tests that could be scored by machine — and it is all but impossible, she contends, for such tests to measure deep learning.

«Measuring such large fluctuations surprised us, but we carried out many tests to show the results are reliable,» says Zemcov, who led the study.

He makes a convincing case for incorporating valuable but less easily measured attributes into our view of intelligence, such as the persistence that can propel driven students to higher test scores than their less committed peers and the creativity demonstrated by individuals more in tune with intuition than intellect.

In terms of diagnostics, it has six tests on the market, based on research in Iceland, that aim to measure risk of diseases such as heart attack and prostate cancer.

The PROMISE trial was conducted at 193 centers across North America to determine whether a care strategy starting with coronary CTA, which reveals the structure of blood vessels supplying the heart, or a strategy starting with functional testing, measures such as stress testing or echocardiography that reflect how well the heart muscle is working, provided better guidance for clinical decisions regarding patients with chest pain.

In a series of experiments, Green gave groups of about 70 volunteers a battery of psychological tests that measured their mental performance in areas such as vigilance, speed of reaction, mental processing capacity and memory.

After agreeing to volunteer as a research subject, users of the myPersonality app answer survey questions and take a series of psychological tests that measure things such as intelligence, competitiveness, extraversion versus introversion, and general satisfaction with life.

Cognition outcome measures include tests of general intelligence that determine IQ scores such as the NIH Toolbox Cognition Battery, which tests working memory, language and processing speed, among other things.

Ongoing research in the Morris lab is investigating the impact of lifestyle measures such as exercise on gut microbiota and behaviour, and testing novel interventions.

Tests to measure egg reserves could be used to identify women at high risk of such conditions and intervene early, says Cedars, who presented the work at the annual meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine in Honolulu, Hawaii, this week.

Conventional technology such as mass spectrometry and nuclear magnetic resonance can measure such components — that is how biochemists test the toxicity of drugs or environmental pollutants on human cells.

Such a system, developed by Allen and his colleagues, is currently being tested in California's roughly 300 seismometer stations and provided 10 seconds of warning for the San Jose temblor that measured 5.4 on the Richter scale on October 30.

The authors looked at overall fitness (measured by treadmill testing), body mass index (BMI), and other measurements such as waist circumference and body - fat percentage.

After 1 to 2 hours, each participant was then subject to a series of biochemical tests, as well as the facial emotion recognition test to measure response to a series of basic emotions, such as fear, anger, disgust, sadness, and happiness.

They add that their results suggest that glomerular disease during childhood may initiate kidney injury that manifests in adulthood, well before sufficient loss of excretory kidney function can be measured with standard laboratory tests, such that the first manifestation may be adult hypertension.

Two hundred and forty - four undergraduates completed a test that measures narcissism (with questions such as, «I enjoy being the center of attention»).

Michael Garle, the project's supervisor, says that several research teams have tried measuring levels of cytokines as an alternative to traditional tests where chemicals are applied to the skin of an animal such as a rabbit.

After six months, the researchers record any changes in behavior and learning abilities, as well as any changes to their autism symptoms, measured by tests such as the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule.

Before and after this training, the participants went through a battery of cognitive tests, designed to measure skills such as memory and attention.

Because of poor correlation between self - reports of cognitive fatigue and tests of cognitive performance, scientists are looking at more objective measures, such as correlations with neuroimaging findings.

Moreover, it seems that the immune system itself can affect the brain to such an extent that the person's cognitive ability measured by an IQ test will also be impaired many years after the infection has been cured,» explains MD and PhD Michael Eriksen Benrós, who is affiliated with the National Centre for Register - Based Research at Aarhus BSS and the Mental Health Centre Copenhagen, University of Copenhagen.

«But in a busy, time - pressured setting such as the emergency room or intensive care unit, doctors rely to a greater extent on the blood test used as a proxy for measuring kidney function in order to make an immediate diagnosis.

In a related Comment published today in The Lancet, Jonathan Barasch, MD, PhD, professor of medicine and pathology and cell biology at CUMC, and colleagues Drs. Joseph Bonventre (Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital) and Richard Zager (University of Washington Medicine) explain that the blood test, which measures serum creatinine — a waste product that is removed by the kidneys and excreted in urine — only offers a snapshot of the kidney's function at a given moment, which can vary depending on individual factors such as body size and muscle mass.