Sentences with phrase «while traditional testing»

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I read Mary Eberstadt's essay with great interest because, while my marriage doesn't suffer from (knock on wood, so to speak) a porn problem, it has been sorely tested by the more general problem she describes: the abandonment of traditional gender roles by the educated class and the ensuing confusions and strains when the baby arrives» that is, when the rubber hits the road.

And spectacles like last night's three - hour test of human willpower only underscore a big problem: Traditional news outlets have made presidential debates — arguably our country's most important televised forum and exchange of ideas — into mind - numbingly boring talk - a-thons, where a bunch of rich, powerful people needle each other for hours about past career decisions while dodging any question of substance.

While the traditional ways are tried and tested, they still let a lot of people slip through the cracks.

Classically, paideia focused study on texts and, while it cultivated capacities to test the cogency of arguments critically, it was uncritical of received or traditional authorities to which arguments might appeal.

Independent tests showed that a baby gets 97 % more air while breathing through a Newton Crib Mattress than on a traditional crib mattress.

The changes, which Education Commissioner John King said are already under way, include increasing public understanding of the standards, training more teachers and principals, ensuring adequate funding, reducing testing time and providing high school students the option to take some traditional Regents exams while Common Core - aligned tests are phased in.

«While sickle cell newborn screening is standard in the U.S., very few infants are screened in Africa because of the high cost and level of skill needed to run traditional tests,» says Dr. Little, Director of the Adult Sickle Cell Anemia Center, UH Seidman Cancer Center and Associate Professor at the School of Medicine.

Your «bohemian» roommate, for example, may simply be freewheeling and impulsive in her purchases, while the «traditional» person in the home may simply be more cost - driven and concerned about their purchases standing the test of time.

While traditional stool cultures only look for a few pathogenic gut flora, this test evaluates hundreds of different species of flora to assess the impact on intestinal health.

Basili: While traditional thinking is that teachers shouldn't «teach to the test,» the educational landscape has changed during the past several years.

For example, while these five urban charter schools offer an existence proof that high standardized test scores are possible and within the grasp of every student in this country, it is equally true that the several practices of successful traditional schools in areas such as special education, the arts, or second language proficiency, offer insights for the charter world.

While traditional schools are rarely closed for poor performance, charters live with a realistic threat of closure should their tests scores falter.

Thirty - seven percent of the students for whom we observe test - score gains at least once in both sectors attended a traditional public school after they were in a charter school, while the same is true of only 30 percent of all students in charter schools.

Abstract: «While traditional classrooms wade through indexed text books chapter by chapter in order to pass Friday's test, a torrent of knowledge is streaming past and through the students on their cell phones.

Such studies, which compare the annual gains made by students in charter schools with the gains made by the same student while attending a traditional public school, draw only on the experiences of students who were tested for at least two years in the regular public schools before attending a charter school.

The result of that survey is the National Education Technology Plan, which highlights the challenge of improving test scores among an increasingly tech - savvy student population while using traditional teaching methodologies, and emphasizes what it calls «e-learning» and virtual schools.

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It is not possible to use this methodology to examine elementary schools because testing begins in third grade, so for those schools we compare test - score growth in traditional public schools and charter schools while taking into account student characteristics such as race, age, and special education status.

While proficiency rates on grade - level math and reading tests hovered in the 30s, performance at surrounding traditional schools was worse.

While traditional research methods are based on comparing the effects of public and private schools on a student's test scores, EdChoice was able to compile random - assignment research which ensures that the results were not misconstrued by factors such as demographics or parental motivation.

Online students are even showing higher scores on standardized testing on their SATs and ACTs — the average score of traditional classroom learners fall in the 50th percentile, while the average score of online learners fall in the 59th percentile (3).

While the LAUSD traditional students averaged 1299 on their SAT vs. 1122 for the Alliance charter students, outperforming them by 177 points, a much lower percentage of LAUSD traditional juniors and seniors actually took the test.

The district's independent charters had a 7 percentage point improvement on the ELA test and a 4 percentage point improvement on the math test, while traditional schools saw a 6 percentage point improvement on the ELA test and a 3 percentage point improvement on math.

The evidence is that students do as well on traditional tests as peers who are not in the MARS program, while MARS students do far better at solving complex problems.

Legislators are debating whether to suspend the traditional California Standards Tests while students and teachers adjust to the massive shift in approach and material in the classroom.

He found that the studies show that while there are some examples of success, particularly in large urban school districts that primarily serve students of color like those in New York City and Boston, they also show that across the nation, there is little evidence that charters do better than traditional public schools when it comes to student test scores.

While the Common Core and Common Core testing scheme has obliterated the usefulness of the Math and English Language tests, the traditional testing process is still being used to measure whether students are learning the state's science curriculum.

Supporting integration means realizing that it's not okay to test the latest ed reform trend on Black and Latino kids while their whiter, richer, more heavily - resourced counterparts are succeeding through some pretty traditional means.

While states are still considering their options in GED testing, it does appear that the traditional paper and pencil test students have been taking for decades will soon be extinct.

Independent charter schools, while funded by state taxpayers, operate outside most traditional public school rules in a way that supporters say make them more effective and perhaps better able to address long - standing challenges, such as raising test scores for low - income and minority students.

While teaching in traditional district schools is associated with a large investment of time and capital (i.e. teacher certification testing, joining a teachers» union, etc.),

While teaching in traditional district schools is associated with a large investment of time and capital (i.e. teacher certification testing, joining a teachers» union, etc.), alternative teaching programs are often seen as a «launch pad» to graduates» careers.

And while my Pilot Elite test vehicle came with a traditional blind - spot monitoring system with rear cross-traffic alert, you can't get it on any other version of the Pilot.

While shopping at Avis Car Sales is similar in many ways to your traditional car dealership, Avis» Ultimate Test Drive Rental affords car shoppers an extended test drive that can last up to three days — with the first two hours completely fTest Drive Rental affords car shoppers an extended test drive that can last up to three days — with the first two hours completely ftest drive that can last up to three days — with the first two hours completely free!

While the basic interior design is similar to the A4's, the Sportback we tested came with wood veneer accents and a rich nougat brown interior that gave it a more traditional luxury car feel than the more tech - oriented A4, which sported aluminum accents alongside beige and black upholstery.

2008 Hatteras 72 Motor Yacht The 72 Hatteras Motor Yacht «Endless Summer» features traditional exterior lines with subtle contemporary styling cues for an overall effect that fits into today «s marketplace while easily standing the test of time.

Thanks to rampant deals, the Charger's MSRP really is a «suggested» price, which helps soften the relatively steep $ 37,400 sticker on our test car; if you figure a few grand in incentives and / or low - interest financing, the V6 Charger, especially well - optioned like our test model, gives traditional domestic sedan fans a thoroughly up - to - date example of the breed while asking for very few compromises in return.

Now, Smashwords is beta testing a new feature that gives its authors the same pre-order capabilities that traditional publishers can generate for their titles, all while still making the book available through consumers» favorite online book retail sites.

In other words, in this new, more enlightened day and age, the power to bring radical new ideas to life, cement your expert credentials, and even build a following while testing works» commercial viability outside of traditional channels lies at your fingertips.

With traps ranging from the traditional springboard, explosives and tower walls to the absurd such as sticky cows, spear men on elephants or lions dangled from hot air balloons, the defense side will test your wits to see just how you'll impede the other team while you make your mad dash for glory through the treacherous maelstrom of mayhem they've laid before you.

And while the games on display were promising, even these hand - picked examples sometimes failed to show breakout innovation — relying on tested, traditional gameplay concepts, albeit adapted in charming ways.

While Bomberman 64 differed wildly from the traditional Bomberman gameplay, Bomberman World stuck with its roots and offered the more tried - and - tested «grid and blocks» formula.

Uptown galleries began to show more intellectually challenging, non-mimetic large - scale work for an informed audience, while the outdoor exhibit continued to present traditional «scapes and portraits with a more transparent aesthetic, made mainly to please the eye rather than test the mind, to the uninitiated public.

Family court judges should continue to employ traditional tools such as drug testing, drug counseling, and ordering the parent not use marijuana while exercising parenting time in order to ensure the child's best interest are protected despite a parent's legal use of medical or recreational marijuana

When I tested it out, DeepMusic played a piano song called «We Shall Sail,» and while it technically stayed within traditional musical rules, it definitely had a robotic quality.