Sentences with phrase «do special tests»

If your milk is frozen solid, the TSA agents don't have to do any special tests.

To diagnose a corneal ulcer, your veterinarian will do a special test by placing a special dye on the surface of the eye and then illuminating the eye with a blue light.

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This one used a special mixture of cement, a Dubai government statement said, and reliability tests were done in Britain and China.

To become an FBI Special Agent, candidates must be between the ages of 23 and 37 and successfully complete a battery of physical tests including a timed 300 - meter sprint (women must run it in less than 65 seconds to qualify; men, 55 seconds) and pushups (women must do at least 14; men, 30).

That's why the other day, when I was hanging around the Epicurious Test Kitchen, I took special notice of something Associate Food Editor Anna Stockwell was doing: She made a salad dressing with almond butter.

However, according to Pete Cava, spokesman for The Athletics Congress, the U.S. governing body for track and field, the top eight finishers in each event at the national championships in June received a three - page memo listing the five categories of banned substances and noting that testing would be done at all major summer meets, including the Pan Am Games, with a special warning against usage of «eye drops, nose drops or cold remedies.»

Don't rely on your teen to tell you everything that's going on, including schedules for clubs, special events such as dances, or testing dates.

Unless your baby needs special medical care, you can usually ask for all procedures and tests to be done while your baby is in the room with you.

If this doesn't work, the child would be tested for a specific learning disability or other impairment to help determine qualification for special services.

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Trump's lawyers are considering ways for him to testify before special counsel Robert Mueller, provided the questions he faces are limited in scope and don't test his recollections in ways they say could unfairly trap him into perjuring himself.

We need to bring common sense to Common Core because New York is wasting too much time and money stressing children out to prepare for these tests which are of questionable educational value instead of focusing on supporting teachers so they can do their job and teach children what's really important,» said Assemblyman Jim Tedisco, a former public school special education teacher and guidance counselor.

Sadly, it contains no changes to the current over-testing of our children and doesn't address the Gap Elimination Adjustment (state funds owed to our schools), nor does it address the fact that special needs children are being tested at their grade level rather than their developmental level.

During her time as a board member, Rosa said she didn't think the current tests adequately measured progress for English Language Learners and students with special needs.

One of the key questions that the researchers will have to answer during testing is how well these special lenses will fit on patients» eyes, which vary in shape and size, says Mitchell Cassel, an optometrist and owner of Studio Optix in New York City who says he is familiar with the work being done by Kohane, Ciolino and their colleagues.

What happens if you have an abnormal Pap test If a woman has an abnormal Pap smear, her gynecologist may test for HPV or do a colposcopy, a procedure in which a doctor uses a special scope to closely examine the cervix and take samples.

Today's a special workout because this workout will help you make your upper body feel firmer and stronger, but at the same time, you'll be testing yourself to find out the exact size of weights to use to firm up your body without going overboard or doing too little.

If you don't wish to make a special purchase, you can «try» blending half a cup of Pyure Organic Stevia Blend or Truvia Baking Blend into a fine powder instead (I haven't tested it in this recipe though).

The single most important thing you need to remember, is that even if all probiotics products contain what they promise on the label (and it appears that, according to clinical tests, many do not), only those probiotics which have a special coating to protect them as they pass through the stomach and small intestine will really hit the spot.

Some other things worth knowing, that you don't see above, is that Dr. Neil Clark Warren, an American clinical psychologist, Christian theologian, and seminary professor, is one of the creative minds behind eHarmony, its compatibility test, its success, and its special promotions like Free Communication Weekend.

The website clearly states that is does not conduct special criminal background screening tests; so you should be careful and tactful while giving off your information.

The game mode does now have a special co-op mode where you and two other friends can work together on a team against other players, and that is something intriguing, though at this stage it still can't be truly tested out.

These schools classified low - performing students as eligible for special education services to keep them from lowering the school's rating (special education students could take the 10th - grade state test, but their scores did not count toward the rating).

Controlling for student demographics, 8th - grade test scores, English language skills, special education program participation, free or reduced - price lunch status (a measure of family income), and mobility during middle school does not alter the basic patterns of graduation and college attendance seen in the descriptive comparisons.

You do that through statistical procedure where you're basically taking the kids who show up at a teacher's doorstep and getting all the information that you can about them: their incoming tests, their poverty level, demographics, identification for special needs, etc., and trying to statistically factor those things out so that you are left with a clear picture of what teachers are contributing to student learning gains.

While the SAT scores of the average standard test - taker there did not change much in 2004, those given special accommodations jumped.

When conversations plummeted into a tirade against testing or veered into rants that «our students can't learn, because they don't come to school / don't speak English / have special needs,» and so on, I redirected them back to the basics: What are you teaching?

He simply lacked the requisite education, hadn't taken the plenitude of pedagogic courses, expensive college credits in such vital subjects as: Methods of Teaching Science for Dummies; Educational Technology for Idiots; Band Aids & First Aid; Tae Kwan Do for the Inner City; Teaching & Testing the Test Takers; Touchy - Feely 101, 201 & 301; Understanding Special Kids, Gifted Kids, Not - so Gifted Kids, Kids with Attitude, and Kids with ADD; Curriculum Simulacrum; EL / Cross-Cultural AC / DC Current; Self - Esteem for the Worthless; and, last but not least: Foundations of Education: Sarcasm & Humiliation for Fun & Profit.

Teachers don't want too many disadvantaged or special education students assigned to them, he says, because those groups of kids tend not to score as well on tests.

Students who did not meet the test - score cutoffs at the end of the school year were required to participate in a special summer program, called Summer Bridge, and to retake the test in August.

Many educators at public schools have made identical complaints to Paige and Congress about No Child Left Behind, under which schools can face sanctions even if a subgroup of students, such as low - income or special - education students, do poorly on annual tests.

I'm talking about things like teacher licensing mandates, which researchers have long found do not improve teacher quality and traffic in disproven education fads (but do provide easy - access cash cows for state departments of education and teacher colleges since teachers are required to keep buying their products to maintain certification); ever - increasing testing and data - entry mandates; centralized curriculum mandates like Common Core; centralized teacher evaluation and ratings systems; and the massive data entry required to document things like student behavior problems and special education services.

A child reading below grade level who did not score well on an IQ test might have been denied special education services.

We don't want the 11 - plus; we don't want children facing this barrier, this test at 11, which rejects most children, especially poor children and children with special needs,» she said.

This week, as our school enters another season of testing, our sixth - and eighth - grade teachers have chosen to read to students a principal's letter that one parent posted online: «We are concerned that these tests do not always assess all of what it is that make each of you special and unique... the scores you get will tell you something, but they will not tell you everything.

This testing disparity exists even though private schools receiving vouchers can and frequently do refuse to accept students with special needs, while public schools, laudably, may turn no one away.

• 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)

I've also be clear that I believe the reason the test scores are higher is that not only are classrooms sizes small etc. etc. but that AF and other charters are pulling those students that are less poor, speak primarily English, do not go home to households that don't have English as their primary language and have fewer special education needs.

Research behind VAL - ED (the Vanderbilt Assessment of Leadership in Education tool to assess principal performance, developed by researchers at Vanderbilt University) suggests that there are six key steps - or «processes» - that the effective principal takes when carrying out his or her most important leadership responsibilities: planning, implementing, supporting, advocating, communicating and monitoring.40 The school leader pressing for high academic standards would, for example, map out rigorous targets for improvements in learning (planning), get the faculty on board to do what's necessary to meet those targets (implementing), encourage students and teachers in meeting the goals (supporting), challenge low expectations and low district funding for students with special needs (advocating), make sure families are aware of the learning goals (communicating), and keep on top of test results (monitoring).41

These tests deny diplomas to tens of thousands of students, disproportionately children of color, immigrants or youth with special needs; they do not improve college or career prospects but feed the school - to - prison pipeline; new Common Core tests are likely to increase the dropout rate; and more.

If that's the case, don't blame parents of special needs students for opting out of the tests.

«We do not believe in a test - prep heavy model, we do not believe in excluding students with special needs and who are English Language Learners.»

NCSECS advocated and helped influence the law including a provision raising the bar a bit higher to ensure high standards for special education students by limiting their participation in tests based on alternate (lower) academic achievement standards to 1 % of students tested (and not just limiting the reporting of their scores on such tests, as was done under NCLB).

«Background characteristics (e.g., race, gender, neighborhood poverty, free lunch eligibility, being old - for - grade, and special education status) are all related to high school grades and test scores, but they do not tell us any more about who will pass, get good grades, or score well on tests in high school, once we take into account students» eighth - grade GPAs, attendance, and test scores,» the authors said.

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It had come to my attention through research that the Florida accountability system did not include all the test scores for certain students with special needs and some English - language learners.

The fact that this charter chain enrolls fewer ELL students, students in poverty, and students with special needs probably does account for any higher achievement as measured by standardized tests.

There are so many reasons teachers are leaving special education from parents, pressure, lack of respect, blame game, stress, not being able to do their job in the best interest of the students, money, testing, and many more.

Heavier sanctions required for schools that do not boost test scores have previously been shown to be counter-productive; • The requirement that limited English proficient students score «proficient» on English exams is self - contradictory, as is the provision that most children with special needs demonstrate competency in the same manner as other students; • Education is being damaged as students are coached to pass tests rather than taught a rich curriculum that will help prepare them for life in the 21st Century; and • The federal government has failed to adequately fund the law.

But many researchers argue that value - added models don't need to control for demographic factors like poverty, race, English - learner or special - education status at the individual student level, as long as enough test score data (at least three years) are included in the formula.