Sentences with phrase «about fair tests»

Students learn about fair tests to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of different helicopter designs.

Pupils will learn about a fair test, reaction rates, states of matter, forces

Not exact matches

(To be fair, CPP Inc., the exclusive publisher of the Myers - Briggs test, advises against using it to make decisions about hiring, firing and promoting.)

A scientific investigation should be a fair test, think about what conditions you need to keep the same and what condition you will change.

Before starting we spent a few minutes talking about what we expected to happen and how we could make the investigation a fairer test.

I like the way this got you thinking not only about how to test the different materials, but how to create a fair and accurate test — great problem solving activity!

Think about how you can make this a fair test.

The Boba faired a little less well with the «first big test» I was talking about earlier - that being the ease of putting it on.

Earlier this year, she wrote a brave and moving letter about cheating children out of the fun of learning, entitled: Why I am refusing to give the FAIR test to my Kindergarteners.

We were interested in testing a few ideas about what might fuel this developmental shift toward fairer sharing.

As part of the Common Core State Standards initiative, our state is about to start using a new set of tests that are dramatically better, tougher, and fairer than what we've had before.

Teaching points that are covered in the topic are listed below: Understand that it is important to be able to grow plants well because they provide food and other items for us To know that all food chains begin with a green plant To understand the function of the parts of a plant To understand that plants need leaves in order to grow well To plan an appropriate investigation To make careful observations and measurements of plants growing To use simple apparatus to measure the height of plants in standard measures To use results to draw conclusions and provide explanations To know that water is transported through the stem to other parts of the plant To know that that plants need light for healthy growth To know that plants need water, but not unlimited water, for healthy growth To know that temperature can affect the growth of plants To ask questions about the growth of plants To plan a fair test To write a clear conclusion

That said, it would be better — and far more fair — if test writers took care to choose reading passages about subjects children are more likely to have encountered in school.

Fair enough, you may say, but what about the tests we are obligated to administer?

Only one in four teachers claims that the state's standardized tests offer excellent or good information about the quality of schools, compared to the 69 percent who believe that the information is either fair or poor.

Strauss used the words of Monty Neill, the executive director of the National Center for Fair and Open Testing, known as FairTest, to set the record straight about the implications to a school, school district or state for failing to get at least 95 percent of the students to take the Common Core test.

His mom, Jamie Abbett (right), says it isn't fair for her child to have to worry about one test.

At a time when teachers» unions are being bashed, budgets are shrinking, and the big funders are demanding that every teacher be measured by their test scores, it seems only fair to ask: What do the numbers tell us about student learning?

«This report offers solutions to key FEA concerns about NCLB, including AYP, one - shot tests, and unhelpful sanctions, by promoting reasonable improvement requirements, multiple measures, and support for schools,» said Dr. Monty Neill, co-Executive Director of FairTest: the National Center for Fair & Open Testing, who chairs the FEA.

Dave Gordon, SacCo Supt, said it best about a year ago when he was quoted by the SacBee as saying «It just isn't fair to test students on material they haven't been taught.»

Dear Members of the Commission: The National Center for Fair & Open Testing (FairTest) is concerned about the damage done to educational equity and excellence by the use of high - stakes tTesting (FairTest) is concerned about the damage done to educational equity and excellence by the use of high - stakes testingtesting.

In his RSCO School Choice Fair field notes, HH expresses concern that ``... the lack of conversations about test scores, despite some critics» view that test scores are not a reliable indicator of a school's quality of education, is concerning as low - income parents might not be aware of the academic outcome produced by the schools that they are choosing for their kids» (HH).

The National Center for Fair and Open Testing counted more than 640,000 opt - outs in more than a dozen states, including about 240,000 in New York.

For more information about the opt - out movement, check out the following websites: United Opt Out: http://unitedoptout.com/ and Fair Test: http://www.fairtest.org/.

«There needs to be a further de-linking of test scores from educational high - stakes decisions about students, teachers and schools,» says Robert Schaeffer, the public education director of the watchdog group Fair Ttest scores from educational high - stakes decisions about students, teachers and schools,» says Robert Schaeffer, the public education director of the watchdog group Fair TestTest.

As we know, charter schools like to brag about their higher test scores, but traditionally use their recruitment process and «out migration» policies to push out less academically proficient students and, almost across the board, fail to take their fair share of non-English speaking students and students who require special education services.

Chris was great, he had the car ready to show us right outside, while we were test driving the car the dealership was appraising her old vehicle which was pretty much a formality since it was basically worth the metal that hadn't rusted off yet and were done before we got back, he knew we were buying the car together and made sure each of the things we were concerned about having in a car were met, when we got back the negotiating was painless and we agreed on a very fair price and got the financing in order.

If you are intrigued about this new model for car ownership, I encourage you to take a test drive of the Fair app.

Robocraft Infinity looks to be the first Xbox One title to bring us that long - held dream and after spending some time with the recent beta, it's fair to say I'm excited about getting the chance to put my own inventions to the test when the game releases later this year.

Usually when I write a review I'll just add the value for money in the score bar at the bottom and not mention much about it other than in a summary, this games pricing has been set up differently to what we usually see, for example you can buy the full game for about # 30 OR if you're an online multiplayer fanatic and only want to play that part of the game you can buy the Multiplayer version for # 20, now if you've bought the multiplayer and fancy expanding to the full game it will cost you # 15 for the single player being # 5 over the original price, most will think that this is fair, you can get the multiplayer element cheaper and test it out, if you like it you can then grab the campaign, well, this is where it gets dark.

and after spending some time with the recent beta, it's fair to say I'm excited about getting the chance to put my own inventions to the test when the game releases later this year.

There are few things in this world that can awaken me at 7 am on a Sunday, or make me excited about the prospect of travelling across our fair capital to queue up amongst the great unwashed, but in the name of seeing what's next for From Software's finest, these incredulous tasks were achieved (the network stress test and MCM's hosting of the TGS demo respectively).

Early reports would indicate the fair's technical problems are largely solved (though today will be a test), so this year we can actually talk about content.

I can try this (substituting alternative SO2 pathways) using the MAGICC model, and it will be an interesting little test but it will have to wait until some of my contractual obligations are exhausted (that would be a fair while, if I was strict about putting such matters first all the time).

Putting blinkers on the spreadsheet and challenging anyone to do better by fiddling with the sliders is not a very fair test and absence of responses says more about the means that were offered than how good / bad the model is.

I think it should instead be, are ABS no worse than what we have now, a much fairer test (even if I'm more skeptical than you about ABS meeting this standard, I'm willing to be persuaded).

There are various claims out there about how much you can quote with the confines of fair use, but nobody really know in the academic context (as far as I know, there is no case law in the US that tests how much quoting you can do in an academic journal).

The Drivers Ed Direct CA drivers ed course can be taken by any teen in Jackson, Cameron Park, Placerville, Galt, Lodi, Folsom, Elk Grove, Rancho Cordova, Orangevale, Fair Oaks, Rosemont, La Riviera, Carmichael, Florin, Garden Acres, and Citrus Heights who is about to turn 15 1/2 (the minimum age that you may take your permit test at the Jackson DMV).

The Drivers Ed Direct California drivers ed course can be taken by any teen in Sacramento, West Sacramento, Rosemont, La Riviera, Florin, Rio Linda, Carmichael, North Highlands, Rancho Cordova, Foothill Farms, Fair Oaks, Davis, Elk Grove, Citrus Heights, Orangevale, and Roseville who is about to turn 15 1/2 (the minimum age that you may take your permit test at the Sacramento DMV).

Interesting, well - presented, fair, didn't focus on irrelevant details in testing, mentioned common issues in laws that I realized I was not too clear about before the course.

How about a fair comparison, test it against a Note 8, if you are truly unbiased you would have done this since both phones came out around the same time and claim to have great cameras.

There's nothing exceptional about the camera as per the initial testing, just that it is better than most of the competition so a fair win for Xiaomi in the segment.

«Part of the testing was about demystifying our relationship with fair housing centers,» says Brian Westrin, the association's director of legal affairs.

«It would be a Fair Housing law violation for a Realtor to make a judgment call about a school, so we direct them to visit school system Web sites for test scores and school ratings sites to find out for themselves which schools they want their kids to attend,» Carter said.