Sentences with phrase «against state standards in»

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On December 2nd, Campbell Soup Company came out against the bill, saying that, «the current version of Senate Bill 58 would overhaul the current state policy on energy efficiency and renewable energy standards and discourage continued investment in renewable energy in the state:»

Besides, you would need to get the required certifications and license and also meet the required standard for such business before you can be allowed to start a bitcoin exchange and trading business in the United States; internet based services that deals with payments is heavily regulated to guard against fraud and criminality.

Thus our laws against incest, bigamy and child marriage reflect the belief that marriage, as defined by the State, is to be judged in terms of another and higher standard.

The story behind the conversion of St. Cyprian states that it was a revulsion against a decline in the standard of the society.

In light of the human rights standards — rights that have received almost unanimous acceptance from the UN member states — it is becoming obvious to the average person that planning a nuclear war against a neighboring country is a horrendous crime against all humanity.

Many are in outright revolt, especially thoughtful and sensitive younger people; many are terrified by what we are experiencing; some acquiesce in what they would call «the loss of all standards»; many are trying to fight against these things and return to (or, as they would probably prefer to say, maintain) the earlier state of affairs.

«Fifteen hundred hens is in line with the best animal welfare accreditation standards that Australia has, it set Queensland up and gave them an actual advantage over the rest of the states and could have offered an advantage for producers against the rest of the country, because they could offer genuine free range eggs to consumers.»

The ACC created a fairly standard spectrum in 2016, with no team too strong or weak against the spread, though NC State and Miami led the way at 8 - 4.

Stidham passed his audition against Kansas State, and one can assume Baylor's offense will spend most of its time in standard downs, where the Bears are as devastating as anyone.

In some European nations, there are more equal gender laws concerning public nudity but those nations have LESS sexual assault and violence against women than in the United States - so there is no legal rationale for this double - standard - it's simply an unconstitutional tradition that has never been challenged in court by ACLU attorneyIn some European nations, there are more equal gender laws concerning public nudity but those nations have LESS sexual assault and violence against women than in the United States - so there is no legal rationale for this double - standard - it's simply an unconstitutional tradition that has never been challenged in court by ACLU attorneyin the United States - so there is no legal rationale for this double - standard - it's simply an unconstitutional tradition that has never been challenged in court by ACLU attorneyin court by ACLU attorneys.

While this is not an unreasonably short standard compared to similar laws in New York or Germany, my research on administrative litigation in China (based on 178 interviews) suggests that this simple limitation derails more cases against the Chinese state than any other factor.

In his latest lawsuit against the Trump administration, state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is suing over a minimum one - year delay by the EPA in enacting tougher clean air standards pertaining to smoIn his latest lawsuit against the Trump administration, state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is suing over a minimum one - year delay by the EPA in enacting tougher clean air standards pertaining to smoin enacting tougher clean air standards pertaining to smog.

The Russian state began a disinformation operation against them, in accordance with the standard Putin protocol.

FRMC, an entity that controls millions of public dollars that just last year adopted commonly accepted standards of transparency, figures in the state's criminal complaint against former president Alain Kaloyeros, who is alleged to have rigged the state - sponsored nonprofit's bidding processes to favor certain companies for construction - related contracts.

Topics addressed in his Q&A include the Brooklyn child stabbings and the absence of cameras in the NYCHA building where they occurred, the IDC and his relationship with state Senator Jeff Klein, the UFT contract, recent allegations of wrongdoing against former Brooklyn DA Charles Hynes, Willets Point development, consistency of standards among the many community based organizations providing pre-K services, the Rangers Stanley Cup appearance and his long - delayed move to Gracie Mansion.

«CPV has met and exceeded every state and federal standard to operate this plant and build the pipeline needed to supply it with natural gas, winning hard - fought battles against the Cuomo administration in court as a result,» said Tom Rumsey, the company's vice president for external affairs.

It is time to modernise the WTO and the world trade system and give nation states the right to safeguard their markets against meat imports produced in third countries to less civilised standards.

Like previous special election in New York's 20th and 23rd districts, the nominees would be chosen by the county chairmen rather than a primary — a process that might well have cost Republicans the 23rd as the conservative base revolted against the choice of moderate state Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava as the party's standard - bearer.

«This legislative action will be the first of its kind for a major American city, as well as the first set of regulations by any state in the union, and it will establish new registration, cleaning and monitoring standards for cooling towers in the fight against Legionnaires» disease,» Mr. de Blasio said.

The Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, has accused the Federal Government of double standard in its fight against corruption.

In Colorado the state legislature was totally against the renewable energy standard, but a grassroots movement helped get a referendum on the ballot in 2004, and it was approved within weekIn Colorado the state legislature was totally against the renewable energy standard, but a grassroots movement helped get a referendum on the ballot in 2004, and it was approved within weekin 2004, and it was approved within weeks.

«Realistically, there's no way to compete in the standard media against Daines, who's bought up almost all the television time there is,» says Jon Sesso, Democratic minority leader in the state Senate and a political mentor to Curtis.

But finally they just wore down the moderates on the board, and they ended up with a standard to replace that old, bad strength - and - weaknesses one that been used against evolution with a phrase that is still going to be used to beat up the publishers, still going to be used to try to get evolution taught as bad science in the state of Texas.

Considering that these standards are one of the most significant educational initiatives of our time, the fact that fewer than half of Americans know about them — and that fewer than half of those recognize what is touted as one of the biggest benefits of the Core — is concerning, particularly since in many states there is a great deal of pushback against the Common Core right now.

He helped 17 school districts implement the state's new assessment system — one of the first in the nation to measure students against a standard rather than a national norm.

What students are expected to know in order to reach proficiency levels on exams in some states may be as much as four grade levels below the standards set in other states, according to a study by the American Institutes for Research that uses international testing data to gauge states against a common measuring stick.

This special report explores how the initial vision for the standards — and for aligned assessments — is now bumping up against reality in states, school districts, and local communities.

In this special report, Education Week explores how the initial vision for the standards — and for aligned assessments — is now bumping up against reality in states, school districts, and local communitieIn this special report, Education Week explores how the initial vision for the standards — and for aligned assessments — is now bumping up against reality in states, school districts, and local communitiein states, school districts, and local communities.

Common standards and tests that evaluate performance against those standards are to be found in most of the countries that are performing better than the United States, whether they be in Europe or Asia.

In his eight years as Minnesota's governor, Tim Pawlenty's «push against the teachers union grew stronger,» Sherry writes, and he called for tying teacher pay to performance, bringing up the state's standards, and urging state lawmakers to authorize the use of a transparent growth model to see how well schools are really doing to improve student achievement.

As I highlight in an infographic here, there are several Republican governors that have come out against the Common Core in states that have adopted the standards.

As I have repeatedly said would eventually happen, the teacher unions are turning against Common Core in New York and threatening to do the same in other states if high stakes tests aligned to those standards are put in place.

This is doubly so in the Common Core era, as states (like New York) move to raise the bar and ask students to show their stuff against a college - and career - readiness standard.

In the future, a students» performance across a variety of programs and platforms will likely give us a much richer picture of how that student is performing against state standards, as compared to a once annual high stakes test.

From the other side of the political spectrum, Harvard's Caroline Hoxby, a member of the Hoover Institution's Koret Task Force on K — 12 Education, has also proposed benchmarking against NAEP, with the added wrinkle that states with tougher standards would receive extensions of the deadlines in NCLB.

In the state of Washington, parent protests against the adoption of several standard math curricula (like Connected Math) led a state representative to introduce a bill earlier this year to put Singapore Math in all the state's elementary schoolIn the state of Washington, parent protests against the adoption of several standard math curricula (like Connected Math) led a state representative to introduce a bill earlier this year to put Singapore Math in all the state's elementary schoolin all the state's elementary schools.

In fact, some states, e.g., Massachusetts, adopted rigorous standards and assessments against those standards, but most states defined proficiency such that it was closer to minimum competencies or basic skills.

JR: A better solution would be for states to develop a competency - based accountability structure that schools could opt in to, where they could track each student's success against each of the standards.

In this report, we use 2007 test - score information to evaluate the rigor of each state's proficiency standards against the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), an achievement measure that is recognized nationally and has international credibility as well.

Perhaps in a move to reduce the potential for inconsistent application of A to E grades, the Victorian State Government negotiated to apply the A to E scale not to the relative quality of a student's performance against one year - level standard, but to a student's demonstrated achievement against curriculum standards across year levels.

Most attention to the Common Core State Standards has focused on the continued political backlash against the standards and the status of implementation in schools.

Achieve has helped nearly half the states benchmark their standards and tests against the best examples in this country and abroad and work in partnership to improve teaching and learning.

Sen. David Vitter will attach language to an upcoming spending bill in the U.S. Congress that would prohibit the federal government from discriminating against states who don't adopt the Common Core academic standards.

This is a shame, because they probably have the best argument against the Common Core, at least in their home state of Massachusetts: The Bay State's standards were already excellent and already getting resstate of Massachusetts: The Bay State's standards were already excellent and already getting resState's standards were already excellent and already getting results.

Those on the right increasingly believe that the Common Core represents severe federal overreach into state sovereignty over education; those on the left, including the AFT, are pushing back not against the standards themselves, but against their implementation and use in newly adopted high - stakes teacher evaluation systems.

The new law mandates that all students take tests that measure their progress against state standards every year in grades 3 through 8.

We can tell how students are performing against a standard, and compare them to students in other schools, districts, and states.

Regardless of whether they're Common Core standards, or not, pretending that it isn't important to regularly assess and report on students» progress, in a consistent and comparable way, against whatever standards states have undermines their legitimacy and belittles the notion that it's important for students to master essential knowledge and competencies.

«The implication is that students of similar academic skills but residing in different states are being evaluated against different standards for proficiency in reading and mathematics,» the report concludes.

About 200 people affiliated with Hoosiers Against Common Core rallied at the statehouse before the Education Roundtable meeting and marched in with signs panning the state's efforts to write new standards.