Sentences with phrase «centered around the test»

Much of the criticism centered around testing in schools these days has to do with the accompanying stress and anxiety that it produces.

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So while the autonomous technology is still evolving, Ford wants to test its new business model centered around logistics so that it can lay the groundwork for a new era shaped by self - driving cars at the company.

But it's also home to NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center, a federal «city» of government offices that revolve around the nation's largest rocket - engine test facility.

The Design Center is for conceptualizing, developing, and testing new versions of the flagship brands that have been around almost since the company began.

Over the years we've centered our menu around a variety of main dishes, but this collection of time - tested Christmas entrées have always been our favorites.

In the early stages of HPP commercialization, a lot of testing was centered around fresh juices & beverages with great results but the economics didn't make sense.

TOMRA Sorting runs 16 test and demo centers around the globe providing comprehensive services for the development of potential sensor - based sorting projects for the mining, recycling and food industry.

TOMRA Sorting runs 16 test and demonstration centers around the globe providing services for the development of sensor - based sorting projects for the food, mining, recycling, and tobacco industry.

NRFSP has partnered with Pearson VUE < http://www.pearsonvue.com/ > and will use that company's computer - based testing centers to deliver the NFRSP ISO - accredited certification exams around the world.

Twenty - nine taste tests were conducted often centered around items growing in school gardens, such as bok choy and asparagus

He reflects on the history around him in this corner of Houston's Johnson Space Center, where Apollo communications equipment was tested four decades ago.

While pilot testing continues around the world and at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Dr. Buhimschi and her collaborators are working to better understand the profile of misfolded proteins present in women with preeclampsia.

Because Landis previously tested within the acceptable ratio limit, speculation as to why a spike in the ratio occurred centered around the possible use of a testosterone patch or gel, which typically provide a relatively low dose of testosterone.

The 5 - year project, called Tierversuche verstehen (Understanding animal testing), is centered around a website providing scientists» testimonials and background information.

Plans are now taking shape for an elaborate testing program of the new H1N1 vaccines in the United States, funded in part by the National Institutes of Health and carried out at the Vaccine and Treatment Evaluation Units, a network of clinical centers around the country.

The RT - QuIC test, now being used in diagnostic centers around the world, works well but still misses about 10 % to 20 % of cases, Caughey says.

Barzilai, of Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City, and researchers at more than a dozen centers around the country plan to test metformin for its ability to fight aging in people 65 to 79.

The Company's proprietary BeadArray technology — used in leading genomics centers around the world — provides the throughput, cost effectiveness and flexibility necessary to enable researchers in the life sciences and pharmaceutical industries to perform the billions of tests necessary to extract medically valuable information from advances in genomics and proteomics.

Ed and his team use their courses at the University of Arizona (UA) as laboratories where they test and validate the effectiveness of these teaching and assessment materials, which they tirelessly disseminate through the Center for Astronomy Education Teaching Excellence workshops held around the country each year.

«There had been a decline in the use of animals, and genetic modification technologies turned that around,» says Thomas Hartung, director of the Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore.

«Neurologist Howard Federoff of Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington DC, and his colleagues tested the participants» cognitive and memory skills, and took blood samples from them, around once a year for five years.

A racing fanatic, his already - legendary status allowed him to begin production on a passion project centered around the greatest test of driving skill in the world: Le Mans, a 24 - hour car race in France.

Centered around two sharply drawn transgender women who find the resilience of their friendship tested and affirmed over the course of one busy Christmas Eve, writer - director -LSB-...]

Centered around two sharply drawn transgender women who find the resilience of their friendship tested and affirmed over the course of one busy Christmas Eve, writer - director Sean Baker's sun - scorched, street - level snapshot is a work of rueful, matter - of - fact insight and unapologetically wild humor that draws a motley collection of funny, sad and desperate individuals into its protagonists» orbit.

• More fulfilled and dedicated in and to their profession • They center teaching around the student • Willing to meet the needs of their students through new methods • Able to persist when things don't go as planned • Able to perceive their student's learning levels • More frequent in offering assistance to students with learning problems and to help them become more successful • Less likely to submit students with learning problems for special services • Able to set higher goals and expect more from students • Work longer with students who are falling behind • Able to teach students in such a way that the students outperform other classes • A predictor of success for students on the Iowa Test of Basic Skills, the Canadian Achievement Test, and the Ontario Assessment Instrument Pool (Trull, 2004)

To give context around the ongoing connection of former trustees Arnold and Mincberg to high - stakes, test - based education reform, take a look at Center for Reform of School Systems, an education governance consulting firm on which Paula Arnold serves as a board member along side the Godfather of No Child Left Behind, Rod Paige.

There have now been a few successful lawsuits brought to challenge various versions of these tests, with rulings centering on tenuous connections between the skills being tested and those necessary to do the job.120 To address some of these underlying concerns, the TeachNY Advisory Council, supported by a grant from the New York State Department of Education, drafted policy recommendations in May 2016 around teacher preparation recruitment, selection, and cultural competence in the hopes of finding ways to improve teacher quality and diversity.121

During the 2015 testing season, over 620,000 public school students around the U.S. refused to take standardized exams, according to a report by the National Center for Fair & Open Testing (Faitesting season, over 620,000 public school students around the U.S. refused to take standardized exams, according to a report by the National Center for Fair & Open Testing (FaiTesting (FairTest).

In the name of closing the achievement gap, entire communities of color in cities around the country have seen classrooms converted to test prep centers, where the time spent on studying strategies for eliminating wrong answer choices has pushed out inquiry, collaboration, creativity, critical thinking, the arts, and culturally relevant pedagogy.

Combined with the lowered center of gravity and four piston brake calipers, the changes allow the car to lap the Hethel test track 2.5 seconds faster than the Exige S. With a lap time of 1 minute 29.8 seconds, it's the first production Lotus ever to go around the famed track in under 1 minute 30 seconds.

Developed, tuned and tested at various locations in the U.S. and around the world — including Imperial Sand Dunes («Glamis») in California; Moscow, Russia; and Dubai, United Arab Emirates — the Intelligent Traction Management system allows the driver to select the operating mode that best suits the driving conditions by simply pushing a button on the vehicle's center console.

Developed, tuned and tested at various locations in the U.S. and around the world — including Imperial Dunes «Glamis», California; Moscow, Russia; and Dubai, United Arab Emirates — the Intelligent Traction Management system allows the driver to select the operating mode that best suits the driving conditions by simply pushing a button on the vehicle's center console.

Developed, tuned and tested in challenging locations in the U.S. and around the world — including Imperial Dunes «Glamis», California; Moscow, Russia; and Dubai, United Arab Emirates — the Intelligent Traction Management system allows the driver to select the operating mode that best suits the driving conditions by simply pushing a button on the vehicle's center console.

If we take a closer look at these two tools for acquiring content — the former a radical departure from traditional curation - based methods of buying that places the user and his / her activity at the center of buying, and the latter a decades - old method that has stood the test of time and evolved to support new technology and new methods (including DDA)-- we discover that they share one key feature: both are centered around «title - by - title» purchasing.

Center owns patents, part of the company formed around a new DNA - based test to identify the pedigree of mixed - breed pooches

«When I scanned down through the list of testing, they all seemed to be centered around the same handful of tests,» said Susan Thixton of TruthaboutPetFood.com.

If action is more of what you seek, test your climbing skills at the rock - climbing wall while taking in beautiful sights of the sea around you, visit the video game arcade or take a kickboxing class at the Fitness Center.

Although most policies require a paramedical exam as part of the life insurance application process, the testing (which centers around height, weight, blood pressure, and basic blood and urine testing) might not detect when people are lying about certain medical conditions or substance use.

Notable accomplishments include improving environmental sustainability, improving chemical analysis techniques and implementing innovative pollution control methods centered around proactive testing.

In addition to providing free, rapid HIV testing during regular business hours at the Planned Parenthood health center at 2430 Poplar Avenue, Planned Parenthood also offers free testing at a number of locations around Memphis.

Westfield Group, an Australian firm that owns, develops, and manages shopping centers in the United States and around the world, has a subsidiary (Westfield Labs) that is currently testing beacon technology for possible use in its locations across the world.