Sentences with phrase «current testing systems»

There are many problems with our current testing systems.

The search for an alternative program comes at a time of turmoil in New York over the current testing system.

He criticised SATs as a «distraction from the real education that professional teachers want to give their children» and promised that his party would work to end the current testing system.

The impact of the current test system on special education students and English - Language Learners needs to be addressed.

As Superintendent, I will replace the current testing system with common sense assessments in reading, writing, and math that will focus education on in - depth learning instead of teaching to a test.

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Unconscionable conduct (agrees with NFF that they have not provided protection and support reforms «to provide transparency in the supply chain» and recognise that «certain classes of suppliers... are predisposed to suffering from a special disadvantage...»; misuse of market power (legal framework must «level the balance of market power in negotiations...», «ensure transparency in the transmission of market prices» and «not allow for final market risks to be borne by the primary producer» and provide «transparency of contract processes» - specifically, Canegrowers supports effects test and a process giving ACCC greater power to «regulate anti-competitive behaviour and impose penalties», shifting «the decisions framework from the judicial system to a regulatory system» which would make it more accessible to small producers); collective bargaining (notes limits of Sugar Industry Act (Qld); authorisation and notification approval costly and limited and not a viable alternative - peak bodies should be able to «commence and progress collective bargaining with mills on behalf of their members» and current threshold too restrictive)» competitive neutrality (mixed outcomes - perverse outcomes in the case of natural monopolies - suggest remove «application of competitive neutrality provisions to natural monopoly essential services»)

Up front we have a few world - class players surrounded by some serious pretenders... Sanchez is by far the most accomplished player in our attack but the controversy surrounding his contractual mishandling could see him go before the window closes or most definitely by season's end... obviously a mistake by both parties involved, as Sanchez's exploits have never been more on display than in North London, but the club's irresponsible wage structure and lack of real intent have been the real undoing in this mess... Lacazette, who I think has some world - class skills as a front man, will only be as good as the players and system around him, which is troubling due to our current roster and Wenger's love of sideways passing... Walcott should have been sold years ago, enough said, and Welbeck should never have been brought in from the get - go... both of these players have suffered numerous injuries over their respective careers and neither are good enough to overcome such difficulties: not to mention, they both are below average first - touch players, which should be the baseline test for any player coming to a Wenger - led Arsenal team... Perez should have been played wide left or never purchased at all; what a huge waste of time and money, which is ridiculous considering our penny pinching ways and the fact that fans had been clamoring for a real striker for years... finally Giroud, the fact that he stills wears the jersey is a direct indictment of this club's failure to get things right... this isn't necessarily an attack on Giroud because I think he has some highly valued skills, but not for a team that has struggled to take their sideways soccer to the next level, as his presence slows their game even more, combined with our average, at best, finishing skills... far too often those in charge have either settled or chosen half - measures and ultimately it is us that suffer because no matter what happens Wenger, Gazidis and Kroenke will always make more money whereas we will always be the ones paying for their mistakes... so every time someone suggests we should just shut - up and support the team just think of all the sacrifices you've made along the way and simply reply... f *** off

You may recall that the original impetus for focusing on this previously unexplored set of skills, in How Children Succeed and elsewhere, was the growing body of evidence that, when it comes to long - term academic goals like high - school graduation and college graduation, the test scores on which our current educational accountability system relies are clearly inadequate.

In our current high stakes system where every test or assignment seems to be a critical step on the pathway to adult success, students frequently feel that they have no room for error.

This elegant and time - tested system, which ensures that an optimum, but not a standard, amount of blood is transferred, is rendered inoperable by the current practice of early clamping of the cord - usually within 30 seconds of birth.

The current FPTP system woefully fails that test.

The current effort to permanently undermine New York's teacher evaluation system takes us backwards, masks inequity, and will lead to more and unnecessary testing.

In a news release the uses the word «balance» multiple times, NYSUT President Dick Ianuzzi says the current system only serves giant test - making companies that the state contracts out to develop the examinations.

The testing question also figures prominently into the debate over teacher performance evaluations, as the governor has proposed making state test results 50 percent — instead of the current 40 percent — of the evaluation system, a move that is strongly opposed by the teachers unions that are closely allied with the Assembly Democrats.

Under the current system, observations conducted by administrators or peers count for 60 percent of the ratings, while state exams count for 20 percent and local tests count for 20 percent.

Under the current teacher and principal evaluation system, students» growth scores — a state - produced calculation that quantifies students» year - to - year improvement on standardized tests while controlling for factors like poverty — make up 20 percent of evaluations for teachers whose courses culminate in the state tests.

A fourth study looks at EPA tests of two - thirds of the drinking water systems in the United States, and finds the drinking water of six million people has levels of the highly fluorinated chemicals that are above the current EPA limits.

But she said it sounds like the plan is being sold as a «matrix» when it's actually not much different than the current system, which is based on student test scores and observations.

A fourth study looked at EPA tests of two - thirds of the drinking water systems in the United States and found the drinking water of 6 million people has levels of highly fluorinated chemicals that are above the current EPA limits.

He called the current system of teacher evaluations «baloney,» and said student test scores should be weighed more heavily.

The governor has proposed a teacher rating system that would base 50 percent of an instructor's evaluation on student performance on state tests — an increase from the current 20 percent.

The current U.S. missile defense system isn't all it was cracked up to be, performing unreliably in tests, physicist and missile defense expert Laura Grego argued April 14 at a meeting of the American Physical...

In the current tests, all of the many integrated systems will be given a shake - down run.

Under the current system, chemical companies perform safety tests or farm them out to contractors, then submit data for review at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and other agencies.

The current test is only able to analyze part of the human immune system, namely the B - cells but not the T - cells, which are needed as helper cells to fight the infection and whose activity indicates the presence of an infection.

A cancer expert argues that our current system for testing drugs fails to fully examine those that might stop metastasis.

The 23 - page report further warns that the country's «current vaccine development and production capacity is severely lacking,» adding that «the country has not developed or adequately tested a system that will ensure that all Americans would be able to be inoculated in a short period of time.»

«Our novel HCV antigen test system has significantly improved sensitivity and specificity over current tests.

In the current tests of the two - story, 22 - foot - tall structure, the researchers are studying the behavior of full - scale seismic safety systems made from advanced wood materials — including rocking walls, which can rock during a temblor and then re-center back by itself, and a mass timber floor designed to withstand strong earthquakes.

In her current role as vice president of clinical development, Hooker's job involves studying «the genetic testing market and how it changes, and thinking about ways that we can learn from that information to better integrate genetic testing into the health care system,» she says.

Current visual field testing systems use just one test size to measure vision at different locations of the visual field.

Once they identified this pathway, Hanks and colleagues conducted laboratory tests of a molecule that blocks melanoma cells from going stealth, enabling the immune system to mount a direct attack while also enhancing the function of current immunotherapies such as pembrolizumab and nivolumab.

A key problem with the current system is that companies tend to work in parallel, identifying similar or identical targets and developing their own molecules — unaware of other similar products that have already been tested and discarded.

Devices that detect seizures are not new — researchers have tested sweat - sensing wristbands that can detect seizures via electrical currents travelling across the skin — but Ryan and Kathryn's detection system has an advantage.

The capabilities of Test Cell 1 include a fuel / air combustion skid for energy input; cooling systems for heat removal; 130 kW eddy - current dynamometer for precision power measurements; and instrumentation, system protection, and power control channels.For measuring the thermal output of fuel - fired thermal energy systems, such as a gas - fired liquid - metal evaporator for Stirling engines, Test Cell 1 offers a gas - gap calorimeter, which simulates the engine by allowing the liquid metal to condense at operating temperatures.

He will get the truth and fix the current system of allowing the drug companies to use our children as free lab rats to test their pricy, poisonous meds on.

If your system startup scan is taking an unusually long time to complete A CAPTCHA is a program that protects websites against attacks by generating and grading tests that humans can pass but current computer programs can not.

It's fine to talk about more technology in our classrooms, smaller class sizes, new teaching and learning strategies, teacher training, and higher test scores, but few of these discussions get us to the heart of the matter — the roots of our current system.

Yet, until all schools develop the capacity to develop such alternatives to state tests, Murnane maintained that we must not discard the imperfect measures we have now; they are needed to keep the light shining on the inequities that pervade our current education system.

The syllabus required that I address the history of our current school system, debates over reform, standards and testing, teacher preparation, and more.

The renowned author warned that the current form of testing was helping to reinforce «almost an apartheid system of a kind in this country.

The Liberal Democrat Party has promised to «end the current system of SATS in primary schools», warning that tests have become a «distraction» in schools.

A True TestWhat is a true measure of our students success?In this world of standardized testing ~ does our current system of evaluation in education...

There is broad agreement that states» current accountability systems are overly dependent on standardized tests that do not (and can not) capture all the skills that students need to acquire, and that have sometimes encouraged teachers to engage in harmful curriculum narrowing and «test prep.»

In good measure, the failures of the current system have festered as long as they have because many of the advocates of test - based accountability simply didn't want to face the evidence.

Most teachers, he said, are opposed to being judged based on student test scores and believe that the current seniority system is fair and necessary.

Current state tests were missing several important opportunities — they often did not measure the full range of what students should know, focusing on easier skills and ignoring hard - to - measure standards, and most states did not include writing in their assessment systems (to name just a few of the issues with the current market of Current state tests were missing several important opportunities — they often did not measure the full range of what students should know, focusing on easier skills and ignoring hard - to - measure standards, and most states did not include writing in their assessment systems (to name just a few of the issues with the current market of current market of tests).

In the current schooling system, all students are taught and tested in the same way.

But such a policy could easily be implemented through a system of means - tested grants and tuition discounts, like the current U.S. system, without providing costly tuition benefits to students who can afford to pay at least part of their higher education expenses.

My main recommendation, therefore, is to maintain the law's current annual testing requirements, while restoring to states virtually all decisions about the design of their accountability systems, including how schools and teachers are identified as under - performing and what should be done to improve their performance.