Sentences with phrase «test maker for»

Not exact matches

The sports - apparel maker Under Armour, for example, uses Qualtrics to power a field - testing portal where fans of the brand sign up to try out products.

Fiat Chrysler's stock fell the most after Reuters reported in the previous session that the European Union would begin legal action against Italy for not policing allegations of emission test cheating by the car maker.

Shenzhen, China, aspires to be the Silicon Valley for hardware makers, a place where accelerators are eager to help you build, test, refine, and make a million of something all in the same day.

Walmart recently announced a similar test (for groceries) with August, the connected lock maker — whose acquisition I hadn't noticed last week.

The Brooklyn - based online craft marketplace is testing out a pilot program that allows makers to raise money for production costs.

Scanner makers are testing new technology that could reduce the need for unpacking at security gates.

Eeyo, the maker of Adblock Plus, just announced a new ad - free mobile browser for Android users downloadable from the Android Play Store, while another Israeli company called Shine is currently testing mobile ad blocking for several unnamed mobile carriers in Europe.

The Windows maker said on Tuesday that interested businesses can request to test out the paid version of its popular digital calling service, Skype for Apple's Mac computers.

The world's largest smartphone maker is creating two models using organic light - emitting diode (OLED) screens for 2017 in modest quantities to test market reaction, the Korean tech site ET News reported on Thursday citing anonymous sources.

Throughout my culinary career I have worked in everything from assistant food styling for a kids cooking show, to being a kitchen - ninja and occasional judge for a kick - ass taste test column, to fresh pasta - maker.

I originally made them on my show the other week, and we tested them in a waffle maker during the episode for kicks — and it was the best gosh darn waffle of my life.

I can't believe that worked!!!! Thanks for reporting back, someone had asked earlier in the comments if I thought it would work and I didn't have a waffle maker to test it with so this is great!

As well as selling your crafts online, many makers start out at craft fairs and although they can be a bit hit and miss, they are a great testing ground — as long as you select ones appropriate for your products.

Facebook has suspended Cambridge Analytica, a political data analytics firm that worked on Facebook ads for President Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential election, saying that it lied about deleting user data sent to it by the makers of a popular psychology test app.

However, a representative of the former makers of the kits, Hybrivet Systems, told the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle in 2007 that «we never developed the tests for dust.»

It permits, for instance, automated, or self - driving, car makers to get another one - year window in order to test their vehicles on New York roads, with various safety - related requirements; it comes after an Uber automated car killed a pedestrian in Arizona.

«These brain makers are the same across dozens of neurological diseases, as well as brain trauma, so you can test potential therapies not just for schizophrenia, but for conditions such as Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, bi-polar disorder, and traumatic brain injuries,» says Gil - da - Costa.

Chinese clean car makers aimed to use their home market as a springboard to test new technology and create the scale of economics necessary for exports.

But those results were widely criticized by educators and software makers for lumping together the outcomes from many different products and for testing their impact on student achievement in the 1st year the teacher had used the material.

As a consequence, scientists and policy makers are now scrambling to set up guidelines for how much information from such testing to share with patients and for how best to help them deal with the inevitable incidental findings.

Soybean paste (miso) is a lethal weapon in the battle for toilet market victory, because toilet - makers need to test ushes, and they need test media to do it with.

«We're hoping that on IPv6 World Day we'll see v6 traffic go up, so we'll have a better idea of how many users are capable of using IPv6,» says Timothy Winters, a senior manager at the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH - IOL), which offers broadband service — providers and network equipment — makers the facilities and expertise for testing their products.

To increase the number of women who will benefit from genetic testing for breast cancer, Rogan says doctors and government policy makers should include additional genes in testing and consider new approaches that can interpret complete gene sequences.

The makers of MuscleTech Test claim to give it to you straight, with no hype, fillers, or gimmicks, because the science speaks for itself.

Online Match Maker, Dating People Relationship, Horoscope Love Match, Compatibility Test The first and the best free dating site for Expats in Germany.

I address this rhetorical question not to the makers of rom - com chum like Sweet Home Alabama for making it in the first place, but for making it and then giving test audiences Final Cut.

The tough Lee welcomes the company of Will, a polar opposite in personality, if only to help realize his submission for the Young Film Maker's competition of BBC children's program «Screen Test.»

A little more than a year ago, the makers of «Zookeeper» took the Kevin James comedy to the AMC Ontario Mills 30 multiplex for a test screening.

Even if we ignore the fact that most portfolio managers, regulators, and other policy makers rely on the level of test scores (rather than gains) to gauge quality, math and reading achievement results are not particularly reliable indicators of whether teachers, schools, and programs are improving later - life outcomes for students.

Though he sees potential in the «commonness» of the Common Core, he argues that true learning gains will only follow if states turn more demanding ELA standards into a mandate for knowledge - rich curricula and if test makers understand that «close reading» of texts could make things worse unless those texts are integrated with such a curriculum.

The test maker chosen by the Department of Education submitted passages that had been published in children's magazines and anthologies, and the committee carefully reviewed them, knowing what a mine - field tests intended for national use can be.

That's a daunting challenge for any test maker, but it's further complicated by widespread fears of soaring failure rates and their political consequences, as well as by Arne Duncan's stipulation (in the federal grants that underwrite the assessment - development process) that the states belonging to each consortium must reach consensus on those passing scores (in government jargon, «common achievement standards»).

Test makers have an obligation to signal to the field the kind of instructional choices they want teachers to make — an obligation New York's test makers, in rushing ahead rather than waiting for PARCC, appears not to have consideTest makers have an obligation to signal to the field the kind of instructional choices they want teachers to make — an obligation New York's test makers, in rushing ahead rather than waiting for PARCC, appears not to have considetest makers, in rushing ahead rather than waiting for PARCC, appears not to have considered.

Jennifer Simone, for one, is depending on forward - thinking test makers and policy makers to succeed — for the sake of her students, most of all.

«Most of these policy makers are dirt ignorant regarding what these tests should and should not be used for,» W. James Popham, professor emeritus at the University of California at Los Angeles and former president of the American Educational Research Association, told PBS's Frontline in 2001.

However, without the changes Massachusetts made to its entire system of teacher licensing (e.g., subject area licensing tests for all prospective teachers, criteria for achieving full licensure after beginning teaching, and criteria for license renewal for veteran teachers), it is unlikely there would have been enduring gains in achievement for students in all demographic groups and in all its regional vocational / technical high schools — gains confirmed by tests independent of control or manipulation by Massachusetts or federal policy makers.

The Arkansas Department of Education has announced that students who score at level 3 or above on new Common Core tests will be deemed «proficient,» even though the makers of the test say that only students who score at level 4 or above are on track to graduate from high school with the skills they need to be ready for college or a career.

Seek support among all commerical and nonprofit test - makers for an industry - wide «Code of Fair Testing.»

For two years, Agency by Design has partnered with preK — 12 educators in Oakland, California, to develop instructional strategies and tools to help students think critically about the design of objects, ideas, and systems — and to test the notion that maker - based experiences can increase students» sense of self - efficacy.

I have in mind textbook publishers, test - makers, teacher unions, and political opportunists of every sort, lately and most prominently of the «tea party» persuasion, who will do and say anything to take down Obama and everything he's for.

Our initial goals were to develop an understanding of the Agency by Design research findings, and to utilize the AbD framework for maker - centered learning to collaboratively think about prototyping and testing assessment tools in the context of maker - centered learning.

The version of exposition called for by these prompts is so odd and specific it's a genre unto itself and should be taught and practiced, in the week or two before the test, using the test maker's sample prompts and under test - taking conditions.

There was clear agreement that policy makers need to respond to complaints from teachers and parents about too much testing, about accountability systems that misidentify schools as being either excellent or in need of intervention, and about state - mandated teacher evaluation systems that have consumed policy attention and controversy for little payoff in student achievement.

The purpose of this national study, State Accountability for All Students (SAAS), is to provide policy makers, practitioners and parents with data regarding the connections between state policies and the participation / performance of students with disabilities taking the regular state tests.

The Khan Academy is well - known for partnering with the makers of standardized tests to provide free test prep for anyone who wants it.

Your purchase will also give you access to 600 real practice GRE questions, tips from the test makers about how to best approach each GRE question type, detailed answer explanations for each practice question, sample GRE essay responses, as well as a variety of additional online practice resources.

The Common Core would drive publishers and test - makers to create better curricula and better tests and push school districts and teachers to aim for excellence, not just basic proficiency, for their students.

Along with other national testing experts, FairTest advises policy makers and educational practitioners that using standardized test scores alone as the basis for describing school performance or improvement is both unreliable and unfair.

Similarly, Northwest Evaluation Association, a non-profit maker of standardized tests, released a (self - serving) survey May 6, 2014 showing 94 percent of students agree that tests are very or somewhat important for understanding what they are learning.

''... Plans for 2016 are still underway as the state talks with test makers and considers its options, but the testing turmoil most likely means that Michigan kids will end up taking three different tests in three years: the state's traditional MEAP in 2014, the Smarter Balanced - based M - Step in 2015 and a new, unknown M - Step in 2016...» read full article