Sentences with phrase «act as an assessment»

Gould believes that the tasks act as a hook to teach the students the science; and, the task itself acts as an assessment piece.

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The Virtual Currency Act was passed with some of the same burdensome licensing requirements as that of the BitLicense: a $ 5,000 initial application fee followed by annual assessment fees, a lengthy list of application requirements, no reciprocal licensing clause, and broad definitions for virtual currency and virtual currency business.

Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: our ability to achieve our financial, strategic and operational plans or initiatives; our ability to predict and manage medical costs and price effectively and develop and maintain good relationships with physicians, hospitals and other health care providers; the impact of modifications to our operations and processes; our ability to identify potential strategic acquisitions or transactions and realize the expected benefits of such transactions, including with respect to the Merger; the substantial level of government regulation over our business and the potential effects of new laws or regulations or changes in existing laws or regulations; the outcome of litigation, regulatory audits, investigations, actions and / or guaranty fund assessments; uncertainties surrounding participation in government - sponsored programs such as Medicare; the effectiveness and security of our information technology and other business systems; unfavorable industry, economic or political conditions, including foreign currency movements; acts of war, terrorism, natural disasters or pandemics; our ability to obtain shareholder or regulatory approvals required for the Merger or the requirement to accept conditions that could reduce the anticipated benefits of the Merger as a condition to obtaining regulatory approvals; a longer time than anticipated to consummate the proposed Merger; problems regarding the successful integration of the businesses of Express Scripts and Cigna; unexpected costs regarding the proposed Merger; diversion of management's attention from ongoing business operations and opportunities during the pendency of the Merger; potential litigation associated with the proposed Merger; the ability to retain key personnel; the availability of financing, including relating to the proposed Merger; effects on the businesses as a result of uncertainty surrounding the proposed Merger; as well as more specific risks and uncertainties discussed in our most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.cigna.com as well as on Express Scripts» most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.express-scripts.com.

A number of issues were discussed including the impact of the proposed amendments to the Yukon Environmental and Socio - economic Assessment Board Act, which is currently before Parliament and which will among other things, remove set timelines for assessments as well as requiring re-assessments for large scale mining projects, where a full environmental screening has already been positively concluded.

For example, only certain types of national projects, described as «designated», are subject to an assessment, and fewer environmental effects are considered than under the former Act.

CBA chief executive officer Matt Comyn said in a statement to the ASX the bank has «embraced the report as a critical but fair assessment of the issues facing us and we will act on its recommendations».

Even if this assessment is not the same as taking each act separately, each actor must still decide whether probable consequences authorize a given social practice or some alternative set of rules.

This qualification helps us to understand the great significance of intentionality as a factor in the assessment of the ethical value or merit of an act.

The following principles guide and define our approach to learning and teaching: • Every child is capable and competent • Children learn through play, investigation, inquiry and exploration • Children and adults learn and play in reciprocal relationships with peers, family members, and teachers • Adults recognize the many ways in which children approach learning and relationships, express themselves, and represent what they are coming to know • Process is valued, acknowledged, supported, nurtured and studied • Documentation of learning processes acts as memory, assessment, and advocacy • The indoor and outdoor environments, and natural spaces, transform, inform, and provoke thinking and learning • School is a place grounded in the pursuit of social justice, social responsibility, human dignity and respect for all THE CREFELD SCHOOL 8836 Crefeld Street Philadelphia, PA 19118 215-242-5545 www.crefeld.org 7th - 12th grade The Crefeld School is a small, independent, coeducational school, serving approximately 100 students in grades 7 - 12.

With regard to assessments on the ground, FTSE rejected IBFAN's suggestion that it evaluate specific violations generated by these systems, stating: «we will not be asking the assessors to act as a judge with regards to specific allegations, but rather to assess whether the companies practices on the ground are in - line with THEIR stated policies.»

Perinatal events can result in associated longer term health and broader societal costs, as shown by the size of damages paid in obstetric litigation cases, which represent a substantial cost to the NHS.27 Follow - up over weeks or longer to monitor recovery, or a future assessment of the outcomes for mothers and babies at a later date, would act as a vehicle for estimating costs and consequences beyond the perinatal period and shed more light on long term cost effectiveness.

During that time, Taub testified, he expected the grants, which came from the state Department of Health through funding from the Health Care Reform Act, to involve meetings with the department about requirements for the funds, as well as regular assessments of the funding's use.

ALBANY — A new type of assessment system could be in the works for New York as the state Education Department plans to apply for a federal pilot program under the new Every Student Succeeds Act — a program lawmakers said was written with New York in mind.

If you agree, you can send a message to our local elected officials telling them you will no longer tolerate their decision to act as willing co-conspirators with the DEP as that agency continues to engage in its long - held practice of profligate spending, this time in our community, as it proposes to spend $ 1.8 million on a parcel of land carried on our assessment roll at $ 165,500.

Business groups estimate the Health Care Reform Act (HCRA) assessments, if they were counted as normal state taxes, are the third highest tax the state levies after personal income and sales and use taxes, and the single biggest business tax.

In my assessment, the judiciary has done all anyone can reasonably expect in supporting the current fight against corruption - anti-corruption cases have moved very fast to trial; and judges have imposed especially severe and onerous terms on accused persons brought before them for corrupt acts, with bail terms typically including deposit of their international passports, sureties and bail bonds with assets equivalent to the amount allegedly embezzled; and very high qualifications for standing as surety.

I plan to write to the Home Secretary and the Home Affairs Select Committee to ask for their assessment of the situation, and for a review of whether the act is working as intended.»

Cabinet member for transport Ramesh Patel said: «A risk assessment needed to be undertaken in relation to the industrial action and unfortunately, on this occasion, with the fire service who would act as first response to a serious accident also on strike, it meant that the tunnel had to be closed.

Her fears were confirmed when consultants she hired as one of her first acts developed a set of models that produced a damning assessment of the area's water resources.

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The next year, as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change was publishing its second major assessment of climate science, Shell found itself in a delicate balancing act between accepting the scientific consensus and arguing that there was still too much uncertainty to dictate aggressive action.

To date, however, the data from direct comparisons of high - protein ketogenic diets and high - protein, medium - carbohydrate (MC) nonketogenic diets (21) in studies in which the diets have been completely controlled and the subjects have acted as their own control are too few to allow adequate assessment of the effects on hunger.

The BoF Global Fashion School Rankings are the only objective assessment of fashion schools around the world, acting as the go - to resource for the entire industry.

The new state assessments (along with old standards like the SAT, ACT, and AP credits) are diagnostic enough, it seems to me, to have real explanatory power, offering answers to such questions as «Why do only a third of young Americans complete four year college degrees?»

Service learning can have positive effects on students» performance on subject - matter examinations and assessments and creates opportunities known to improve academic achievement, such as giving students the chance to act autonomously, develop good relationships with adults and peers, and increase personal self - esteem and feelings of self - efficacy.

The harshest critics of dispositions assessment accuse education schools of acting as ideological gatekeepers to employment in public schools.

This set of resource includes: • 6 attractive PowerPoint presentations which lead the class through each of the lessons • Fun and thought provoking activities and discussion starters, worksheets and questions to reinforce the learning • 6 differentiated homework tasks • A mark sheet which allows pupils to track their own progress • An end of unit test to prepare the students for exams or can be used as a form of assessment • A complete teacher's guide including easy to follow lesson plans • An answer booklet to help the teacher along The lessons are: Lesson 1 — Looking into ethical and moral dilemmas such as driverless cars and the impact of technology on modern life Lesson 2 — More ethical dilemmas including the ratings culture, medical apps, sharing personal data and cyber bullying Lesson 3 — Environmental issues with technology and how organisations and individuals can reduce these effects Lesson 4 — The Computer Misuse Act 1990 Lesson 5 — The Data Protection Act 1998 Lesson 6 — Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 For more high - quality resources written by this author visit www.nicholawilkin.com

And, in fact, a few states, such as Georgia and Oklahoma, have pulled out of the consortia, indicating their desire to seek less - costly alternatives, such as a proposed assessment package being developed by ACT.

These assessments also act as early warning signals to educators to identify students who are struggling and get them back on track.

* If the ACT and College Board folks build the Common Core into their widely used college - admissions tests, as seems likely, will these new consortium - based assessments even be needed at the high school level?

Test Drive: New Hampshire Teachers Build New Ways to Measure Deeper Learning (The Christian Science Monitor) Dan Koretz discusses performance - based assessments as states adopt new plans under the Every Student Succeeds Act.

They might have to treat fitness as seriously as the No Child Left Behind Act treats reading and math, requiring students to pass assessment tests and teachers to be «highly qualified.»

Throughout the country, and with the passage of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, commonly known as the No Child Left Behind Act (which requires research - based assessment), student performance on these tests has become the basis for such critical decisions as student promotion from one grade to the next, and compensation for teachers and administrators.

Administer the assessment tests required by the No Child Left Behind Act in September and refer to them as «entrance exams.»

While proponents argue that the Common Core standards and assessments represent an improvement over those most states used under the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, many have come to see Common Core as simply NCLB 2.0.

This year, the College Board (which is headed by Common Core lead author David Coleman) rolled out a new Common Core — aligned version of the SAT for high school students, as did the ACT with the Aspire assessment system, which also offers assessments for grades 3 — 8.

Perhaps the greatest contribution of MI theory, I would argue, has been its role over the past decade as a counterbalance to an educational climate increasingly focused on high - stakes testing, such as the IQ test, the SAT, and the various state assessments that have emerged from the No Child Left Behind Act.

Washington, D.C. — March 13, 2018 — Achieve today released a new brief warning against the use of ACT or SAT exams as the summative high school assessment for English language arts (ELA) and mathematics.

Localization of quizzes and assessments is mainly included in the core content, with an exception of buttons which act as prompts for a user action.

In the lab, the 1st graders log in by selecting from a group of images that acts as a personal password, and then race through a short assessment that covers math and reading problems.

Recognizing the cost of human - graded assessment There's a good reason why standardized tests — such as the SAT, ACT, and state end - of - year exams — are usually composed of a long string of multiple choice questions followed by only a small handful of constructed response questions.

As the assessment reform movement grows ever stronger - with many more students opting out of exams and dozens of additional colleges dropping ACT / SAT requirements - knee - jerk defenders of the test - crazy status quo have launched a nasty counter-attack focused on FairTest.

There are a range of critical issues, such as: the implementation of the reauthorized ESEA (now called The Every Student Succeeds Act) which includes new flexibility for states in designing state standards and accountability systems as well as a hard cap on the number of students with the most significant cognitive disabilities taking alternate assessments on alternate standards; regulations on disproportionate identification of minority students to special education; and, the goal to transition more disadvantaged students into college and careers that will have a significant impact on some of the most vulnerable children.

Summative assessments, on the other hand, should act as a final check of teaching and learning.

Model student growth: As an integrated longitudinal system of assessments, ACT Aspire can provide an evolving picture of student growth and unique learning needs at various points in a student's educational career.

Individuals With Disabilities Act (IDEA) Encourages districts to increase academic achievement of special education students as measured by state assessments linked to state content standards.

The forthcoming Common Core (CC) Assessments are the next generation of standardized tests in the US, and will meet the testing frequency requirements of the most recent version of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act also known as No Child Left Behind unless congress should act to change this, which is most unlikeAct also known as No Child Left Behind unless congress should act to change this, which is most unlikeact to change this, which is most unlikely.

At the same time, summative and formative assessments continually measure student outcomes and help them practice for high - stakes assessments such as the NeSA - ELA and NE - ACT.

The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) negotiated rulemaking committee completed its third and final session today coming to consensus on the assessment (testing) issues but failing to reach agreement on supplement, not supplant (ESSA provisions requiring that federal Title I funds be used in addition to state and local education investments and not as a substitute for such).

The key ingredients include establishing clear learning intentions and success criteria, providing targeted instruction in light of student assessment data, and ensuring a culture is established that focuses on students taking ownership over their learning and acting as a resource to others in their learning.