Sentences with phrase «basic federal testing»

It maintained the basic federal testing requirement but gave states leeway to help address concerns about «overtesting.»

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After a light hearted beginning, question topics included his expectations concerning Kathy Hochul's separate primary, where he expects votes to come from, his «position» in the John Liu / Tony Avella senate primary, reports of pressure from Cuomo's staff and allies on Democrats to refrain from endorsing Zephyr Teachout, Teachout's comment that her qualifications include «not under federal investigation», whether Teachout is qualified to be governor, whether votes for Teachout are an anti-Cuomo protest, his encounter with Teachout at the Labor Day Parade and Tim Wu's related comment that Cuomo «failed a basic test of decency and civility».

Public Advocates Inc. argues that the California Basic Educational Skills Test, or CBEST, violates federal anti-discrimination laws because it is not an accurate way to measure a...

The basic - skills test required of California teachers does not violate the civil rights of minority test - takers, a federal judge ruled last week.

State and federal officials ought to keep three basic principles in mind in designing test - based accountability systems:

The problem stems from parents» concern that their own children might be denied promotion or graduation based on a test score; from voters» confusion when their own upscale suburban schools are deemed to be failing by state or federal accountability systems even though most of the graduates do just fine; and from frustration when parents — often prompted by teachers — conclude that the basic - skills testing regime yields too much «drill and kill,» too little flexibility, and insufficient attention to art, music, and other creative disciplines.

The percentage of all fourth - graders reading Below Basic on the 2015 National Assessment of Educational Progress, the federal test of student achievement.

That policy, the signature education reform of the Bush administration, required schools to meet annual federal testing standards, with minimum standards increasing incrementally until schools would ultimately be required (by 2014) to have every single student test as proficient in basic subjects.

In 2001, No Child Left Behind, the last major federal education reform, mandated yearly testing in the basics of reading and math for children in third through eighth grades.

I'm not saying that testing is a «magic bullet» for all our education woes, but if you're going to devise a federal education program that incorporates testing, don't start by ignoring basic human behavior.

The percentage of American fourth - graders reading Below Basic — or functionally illiterate — on the 2011 National Assessment of Educational Progress, the federal test of student and school achievement.

We are offended by the lack of respect shown to parents who have been kept in the dark by the federal and state officials about all the testing that is taking place and we demand immediate and specific answers to basic questions.

The tests are generally much tougher than those required by the federal government, which are the basic crashworthiness tests required for selling vehicles in the US.

He charted evidence that investments in basic research, testing and development by the federal government lay behind the private - sector initiatives that have since fundamentally reshaped global forecasts for energy, economies and geopolitics.

With a series of public hearings on proposed federal rules for offshore seismic testing scheduled to begin this week, let's take a look at the basics on the safe technologies and procedures used to survey for oil and natural gas reserves.

State and federal laws require nursing assistants to take a short course and pass a basic test in order to become CNAs and thus be permitted to work in skilled nursing facilities.

Learning to perform basic diagnostic testing procedures, prevent the spread of infection in a health - care facility, and comply with state, local and federal regulations are also typical of training programs.

Every dollar from the federal government that Planned Parenthood receives pays for lifesaving cancer screenings, birth control, family planning visits, annual exams, testing for HIV and other STIs, and other kinds of basic care.

Compounding the problem, some members of Congress propose cutting federal family planning dollars, which would disproportionately affect Planned Parenthood and our patients, depriving them of access to basic health services, including STD testing and treatment, birth control, and cancer screenings.