Sentences with phrase «administered in a given state»

Although RAND attempted a variety of analytical methods, its general approach was to estimate the impact of family background and measures of school resources on average student performance on as many of these tests as were administered in a given state.

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The object of all this ire and satire was Pearson PLC, the company based in Great Britain that has a nearly $ 33 million contract with New York state to write and administer tests given to K - 12 public school students and to help run teacher training tests.

The company was hired by the state in 2015 under a five - year, $ 44 million contract to develop and administer English language arts and math assessments given annually to students in grades three through eight.

Dr. Waters says to contact the department of public health in your state, who can give you a list of resources on naloxone, as well as direct you to a class or program to help educate you on how to administer the drug.

Given that similar factors are at work in Florida's accountability system, I suspect that most, if not all, of the improvements in school performance in that state's failing schools are attributable to the state's administered accountability system, not to the voucher component of that program.

Beginning in the 2010 - 2011 school year, for each school identified for preliminary registration review pursuant to subparagraphs (ii) and (iii) of this paragraph, the local school district shall be given the opportunity to present to the commissioner additional assessment data, which may include, but need not be limited to, valid and reliable measures of: the performance of students in grades other than those in which the State tests are administered; the performance of limited English proficient students and / or other students with special needs; and the progress that specific grades have made or that cohorts of students in the school have made towards demonstrating higher student performance.

Though school officials are required to administer the tests, given to children in grades three through eight, no state law says students must take them, and many districts make it clear they do not have to.

As Jill P. Koyama explains in this revelatory book, NCLB — a federally legislated, state - regulated, district - administered, and school - applied policy — explicitly legitimizes giving private organizations significant roles in public education.

The state launched a new website last month at testscoreguide.org, which gives parents detailed information about their children's Smarter Balanced score reports on tests that were administered in the spring.

SB 825 by Sen. Larry Taylor / Rep. Dan Huberty replaces the mandatory administration in 8th grade and 10th grade of a national preliminary college preparation assessment (such as PSAT), at state cost, by instead giving districts the option to administer such tests.

The newest incarnation of the law could theoretically eliminate the requirement that nearly every public school student is tested in grades three through eighth and once in high school or could give states more flexibility when it comes to the tests they administer.

Given that rabies is a zoonotic disease (a disease shared by both man and animals), I require all patients be kept current with rabies vaccine administered in compliance with Virginia State regulations.

The Ontario Evidence Act, RSO 1990, c E. 23, states that an oath may be administered while the person holds either the Old or New Testament in his or her hand, «without requiring him or her to kiss the same»: If a witness objects to being sworn in this way, or declares that the oath given in this way «is not binding upon the person's conscience» then the oath is to be given in a way that the witness considers to be binding.

Some states have much stricter guidelines and narrower definitions of necessary and helpful medical treatments appropriate to administer for certain accident - related injuries, while others are much looser and more lenient in their interpretation of such definitions, giving both accident victims and medical professionals more latitude to work with in these cases.