Sentences with phrase «field testing systems»
Current visual field testing systems use just one test size to measure vision at different locations of the visual field.
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This CSWA project will field test, evaluate and implement a climate protection incentive system incorporating the DeNitrification DeComposition (DNDC) model and practices that improve air quality, reduce emissions, improve carbon sequestration potential, and promote other environmental benefits.
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By testing athletes on the field, both systems are hoping to get players the medical attention they need.
Today, however, the soil at those fields is being tested, even as a new filtration system is installed at the nearby water - treatment plant.
«Finding systems like this that have lots of planets is a really neat way to test theories of planet formation and evolution,» says Jeff Coughlin, an astronomer at the SETI Institute in Mountain View, Calif., and NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif..
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Because these robotic irrigation systems apply water only when it is needed, in test fields they are saving two inches per crop per season, Clark says.
The new system now demonstrated will soon allow further experiments on phase transitions in classical systems and in the quantum universe as well as tests in the field of nonlinear physics (e.g. solitons) to be performed in a well - controlled comparative system.
He is hoping to have the application — which would enable the on - chip microscope to plug into an iPhone or a handset running Google's Android mobile operating system, for example — ready this summer and to begin field - testing the technology as soon as possible.
Developed with NASA support, this system can carry more power than electric cables, letting the robot dig deeper in field tests.
In 2007 the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope tested a system that uses natural guide stars, but its use is limited because of the scarcity of suitable telescopic fields.
General relativity has been tested with great precision within the solar system, and in binary pulsar systems where gravitational fields are very strong, but never on large scales where gravity's pull is weak.
Computer scientists at the University of California, San Diego, have developed a tool that allows hardware designers and system builders to test security - a first for the field.
Two of the five households in the «Fellbach ZeroPlus» project have been successfully using a car - sharing variant of the system as part of a field test since mid-2014.
Mattei has been developing and testing field pattern theory, constructing computer simulations to further observe how theoretical systems and patterns behave.
In July 2017, the Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy used various types of cucumbers to conduct initial field testing of the robot system at its test site.
«Testing quantum field theory in a quantum simulator: A new way to characterize many - particle quantum systems has been presented by scientists.»
After the mirror structure was assembled using a specially developed alignment system, it was implemented in a full - field X-ray microscope system for performance testing at the SPring - 8 synchrotron radiation facility.
He and Deffner chose to test, using new equations they developed, whether one specific quantum field theory held true in the rare case of a system of extremely small size and extremely high energy — and it did.
They then determined how much the user's field of view should be reduced, and the speed with which it should be reduced and then restored, and tested the system.
Tests show that it will probably switch between magnetic fields two to three times as quickly as the existing system.
We tested several configurations using the sub-system Integral Field Spectrograph (IFS) in parallel and simulating long coronographic exposures on a star, calibrating instrumental ghosts, checking the performance of the adaptive optics system and reducing data with the consortium pipeline.
We present and exploit new near - infrared images and integral - field spectra of the four gas giants surrounding HR8799 obtained with SPHERE, the new planet f... ▽ More The planetary system discovered around the young A-type HR8799 provides a unique laboratory to: a) test planet formation theories, b) probe the diversity of system architectures at these separations, and c) perform comparative (exo) planetology.
Science Systems and Applications, Inc.: development, review and field testing of educational and outreach products; educator training; public events; management of social network sites.
However, global drive systems can not be tested in field trials without a substantial risk of eventual worldwide spread [36].
The system has already undergone initial field tests in a school setting with students aged six to eight.
The 2015 field test of a prototype established that the Institute's model of assessment of principals» work is both valid and reliable, critical for any certification system and achieves the goals of being customisable and manageable.
It ignores not only what we know about testing, but also what we know from many other fields, such as healthcare, about the effects of incentive systems.
The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards has formed a network of school districts and universities in 19 states that will field test both its assessments and the operation of its certification system.
Ms. French will be responsible for the work of the national board's field - test network sites and the upcoming test of its operating system for certification.
Critical Topics Dear Colleague Letter on ESSA Transition, January 28, 2016 ESSA Webinar, December 21 & 22, 2015 Dear Colleague Letter on ESSA Transition, December 18, 2015 ESEA Flexibility Renewal ESEA Flexibility One - Year Extension Accountability Addendum to Flexibility Request and Sample Addendum Amendment Submissions Process and Template Field Testing and Teacher and Principal Evaluation Flexibility Graduation Rates & ESEA Flexibility Monitoring Process and Documents Report Card Guidance for SEAs and LEAs (Assistant Secretary's letter) Teacher and Principal Evaluation and Support Systems Teacher and Leader Evaluation and Support Systems Technical Assistance Initiative Transitioning from ESEA Flexibility to ESEA
Last spring more than 3 million students in California, the largest number ever to take an online test in the state, took field tests of new assessments aligned to the Common Core state standards without major technical breakdowns or system crashes, according to state officials.
The new system, which requires test - takers to sit at computer terminals and answer questions electronically, is likely to revolutionize the whole standardized - testing field, making current paper - and - pencil methods obsolete, those working on the idea believe.
Value - added measures have caught the interest of policymakers because, unlike many of the uses of test scores in current accountability systems, it purports to «level the playing field» so that value - added measures of teachers» effectiveness do not depend on characteristics of the students.
The Field Test is a trial run of the assessment system that helps ensure the assessments are valid, reliable, and fair for all students.
The field tests are also «an opportunity to make sure technology systems and administration logistics are ready.»
'' The field test will evaluate the performance of more than 20,000 assessment items and performance tasks — as well as the performance of the online testing system.
Re: the US News article on top about ESSA: Chairwoman Foxx is right about the role of the federal government in America's K - 12 education system; and families can continue to pressure educrats like Mr Botel by opting out, wherever and whenever possible, from their local state schools until the federal government gives up on the continuing mistake of its annual testing requirement in two subjects only, which has produced no significant improvement in American education for 15 years now, but has cost us in lost opportunities, including time and energy that might have been devoted to non-tested subjects, including those in the broader curricula represented by the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme, which requires assessment — including but not limited to external final exams — in six subjects distributed over at least five fields, an assessment approach that has been imitated by the world's leading educational jurisdictions, but is being discouraged by the ignorant Luddites in the the U.S. ED.
As California gets ready to transition to a new assessment system, the state is set to rollout its Smarter Balanced Field Test starting tomorrow.
TCTA was excited about this opportunity, as, in an attempt to provide a more holistic evaluation of school success beyond test scores, we have advocated for years for the state to incorporate a «learning environment index» into the state accountability system, comprised of indicators such as rates of out - of - field and inexperienced teacher assignments, class sizes, educator engagement survey results, and school climate survey results.
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An earlier PPIC report found that most schools experienced staffing difficulties during the 2014 Smarter Balanced Field Test, which was administered to help schools transition to the new online assessment system (Gao 2015).
This education innovation incubator harnesses the university's intellectual resources and partners with school districts and educational organizations to design, build and field - test learning system models that transform teaching, improve learning and promote healthy child development.
Wentzell also said the state Department of Education conducted a survey of students in 2014, when some school systems took the Smarter Balanced test as part of a field study, and found students had an «enthusiasm» for it.
The Field Test represented one of the final stages in a lengthy development process to ensure that the Smarter Balanced assessment system measured the depth and breadth of the Common Core State Standards.
In the field of education, meanwhile, some people are trying to replace a system geared to memorizing facts and taking tests with one dedicated to exploring ideas.
The team will develop and pilot a Performance Assessment for Learning Micro-Credential system which will build the capacity of Rhode Island teachers to design, field test, score, and refine high quality performance tasks — both formative and summative.
Instead, Measured Progress has contracted American Institutes for Research (AIR) to deploy a proprietary system that has been used successfully in other states and field tested in Montana and North Dakota.
Department of Educations Extends Transition Flexibility Waivers for StatesThe Department of Education will consider, on a state - by - state basis, requests for flexibility in two areas: the timeline for using results of teacher and principal evaluation and support systems that meet the requirements of Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) flexibility for personnel decisions, and field testing new assessments aligned to college - and career - ready standards.