Sentences with phrase «accepted standards of the testing»

Using any standardized achievement test for a purpose for which it was not designed violates nationally - accepted standards of the testing profession, of the state of Illinois and the U. S. Department of Education, and the guidelines of the test makers themselves (see Attachment 2 — PURE Fact Sheet: «Testing professionals oppose use of standardized test scores as sole or primary measures in high - stakes decisions»).

Using any standardized achievement test for a purpose for which it was not designed violates nationally - accepted standards of the testing profession, of the state of Illinois and the U. S. Department of Education, and the guidelines of the test makers themselves -LRB-

Not exact matches

= > When the level of accepted evidence is limited to that which can be tested by standard scientific method you are correct.

That said, other countries have different standards and some may have different rules around testing and the accepted method of testing.

Two Finnish researchers, Minna Rintala and Pertti Mustajoki, tested standard accepted body fat percentages for women against measurements they made on mannequins (of arm, thigh, waist, and hip circumference are all standard means by which to measure body fat percentage) they found in Finnish museums that were from the 20s, 30s, 50s, 60s, and 90s.

There are a number of possibilities and options for using BB93 (or a suitable replacement document) to strengthen the School Premises Regulations, although it is generally accepted that mandatory controls are required to maintain minimum acoustic design standards (the industry having witnessed an improvement in standards as a result of mandatory controls, including pre-completion acoustic testing, in recent years).

In the end, we may need to accept the fact that the school's - and the state's - role in this domain is simply limited: by its meager portion of children's lives, by its pedagogical weakness, by the absence of political and intellectual consensus, and by the modest capabilities of state standards and tests.

If you do accept a standard score generated from an achievement test as an IQ score for that child, you again need to be aware of the test ceilings, and other weaknesses.

It goes further by requiring that the Department of Education accept bids for a test of Tennessee's standards, including the Common Core in English / Language Arts and Math.

Acknowledging the current situation would also include accepting the fact that hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars have been wasted (and are slated to continue to be wasted) should the assessments continue to fail meeting basic standards for testing and accountability.

Our goals are to encourage and promote the breeding of pure - bred Golden Retrievers and to do all possible to bring their natural qualities to perfection; to urge members and breeders to accept the standard of the breed as approved by The American Kennel Club as the only standard of excellence by which Golden Retrievers shall be judged; to do all in our power to protect and advance the interests of the breed by encouraging sportsmanlike competition at dog shows, obedience trials, agility trials, hunt tests and field trials; and to conduct sanctioned and licensed specialty shows, obedience trials, agility trials, and field trials under the rules of The American Kennel Club.

This was part of the neo-Hellenism which was a religion in Europe, so that even in the 1920s Sir Banister Fletcher - the renowned architectural historian - could write: «Greek architecture stands alone in being accepted as above criticism, and therefore as the standard by which all periods of architecture may be tested.»

Following the Supreme Court's latest decision, the long - cited test of whether a liquidated damages clause is a genuine pre-estimate of loss designed to compensate the innocent party rather than deter the defaulting party from committing the breach (as established by early 20th century authority of Dunlop Tyre) is no longer conclusive although the Supreme Court accepted that it might still be of use in considering simple damages clauses in standard contracts.

For over half a century the accepted test for the standard of care in all professional negligence cases was that articulated in Bolam v Friern Hospital Management Committee [1957] 2 All ER.

While accepting that the standard for an employer's investigation of a harassment complaint is not perfection, the Tribunal found that the company did not satisfy the second part of the Marineland test, in that the company did not take the complaint seriously, did not deal with the complaint promptly, did not take care of its employees, did not demonstrate sensitivity to the concerns of the applicant, and generally did not conduct a reasonable investigation.

Under this law, «genetic testing» is defined as follows: «a test, examination, or analysis which is generally accepted in the scientific and medical communities for the purpose of identifying the presence, absence, or alteration of any gene or chromosome, and any report, interpretation, or evaluation of such a test, examination, or analysis, but excludes any otherwise lawful test, examination, or analysis that is undertaken for the purpose of determining whether an individual meets reasonable functional standards for a specific job or task.»

In some circumstances, the civil courts will accept an even lower standard of causation — the «material contribution» test.

Gold has withstood the test of time and remains the standard, universally accepted, physical store of value.

Handled responsibilities of short - term audit plans and verification tests by applying generally accepted accounting principles and IFRS international financial reporting standards

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