Sentences with phrase «first pilot test»

Now gearing up for its second year, the program here is the first pilot test for a national initiative, known as Worklink, created by the Educational Testing Service.

Today, the company released footage of its first piloted test flights in China — and color us impressed: this thing is no joke.

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In June, Shanghai opened the country's first intelligent vehicle pilot zone, where its trialed about 200 vehicles across nine miles (15 kilometers) of test roads in a closed zone at Shanghai's international automobile city, the government said in a statement.

«We have a long history of testing new technology — including alternative - fuel trucks — and we are excited to be among the first to pilot this new heavy - duty electric vehicle,» a Walmart spokesperson told Fortune in an email.

The latter two milestones were first set by former Air Force test pilot Joseph Kittinger in 1960, who served as Baumgartner's mentor throughout five years of meticulous preparation.

Feloni: So this was a book about military test pilots who ended up becoming the first American astronauts.

SpaceX hasn't yet said whether it will perform an unmanned pilot test first to ensure it can complete the mission.

Implementation of the second phase of the program will be approached in a similar way as the first phase (i.e., adding to the test already done with an extensive pilot test in real IKEA settings before it is presented and ready for implementation in all markets).

The group developed the first set of national standards for birth centers, conducted a two - year pilot program to develop and test the optimum mechanism for evaluating the quality of birth centers, and consulted with the Commissioner on the JACHO (currently the Joint Commission) on the best structures for the CABC (www.birthcenteraccreditation.org/about-commission-accreditation-birth-centers, 2013).

Three Long Island schools were selected as among the best in two states — New York and Colorado — in a pilot program honoring campuses that «put students, not test scores, first.»

Speaking of wind: The windier it gets the harder it is to pilot a drone so be patient at first and take your drone for it's first test flight on a day with calm weather.

Edwards test pilots were the first to fly high enough to see the curvature of Earth, and NASA used the base's runways for 57 of the 135 space shuttle landings.

And based on the timeline for building SLS and Orion, a 2021 Mars mission would be the first crewed flight for both vehicles, which would mean skipping a piloted test flight closer to home.

This study is the first phase of a larger initiative to develop and pilot test Critical Time Intervention, a transitional assistance model for individuals leaving residential substance abuse treatment.

The first Solar Impulse plane (known as HB - SIA) took to the skies in 2010 in the hands of a professional test pilot.

«The first tests were done by a certified test pilot, and he found it so responsive that he decided to do some aerobatics.»

The group has set up pilot screening programmes for cystic fibrosis, and in its first three years it has spent about $ 10 million on research into issues that surround testing, such as its psychological impact and who should have access to the results.

But last December, after spending $ 1.3 billion on planning and pilot testing, NIH Director Francis Collins ended the full NCS before the first child was enrolled.

As Chase leaves behind his life as a fighter pilot to become the first candidate for the program, he finds his endurance, as well as his very identity, will be tested.

Innerspace takes its premise from Fantastic Voyage, where a cocksure Navy test pilot, Tuck Pendleton (Quaid, Dreamscape), is set to become the first man to be shrunk down to microscopic form to traverse in a submersible through the body of a rabbit.

Out in public and in front of the camera, he was playing Hal Jordan, test pilot and the first human ring - slinger.

In September 2013, after the pilot testing, 468 schools showed up for the beginning of the first Arete fall competition, and Kelley soon had 10,000 kids on the platform weekly.

To fill that critical gap, we are actively engaged in creating, testing, and refining an entirely new, innovation ecosystem at the same time that we are preparing to take the first round of pilots through it.

Even though most teachers reported that students were highly engaged when working with digital content and were better able to learn the material, only one - fifth of Rogers pilot teachers said their students did better on benchmark tests the first year (see Figure 1).

This spring we are pilot testing the first 5,000 items and tasks we have developed with about a million students, engaging more than 5,200 schools drawn from all 21 of our governing states.

First Academic Study of Controversial LA Unified Teacher Evaluation Program An academic study of a teacher evaluation method that looks at how much teachers are able to improve students» test scores gave the pilot program a good grade.

Part of the first Collaborative, Spring Branch Independent School District in Texas is launching multiple pilots to test more relevant and personalized approaches to middle school and also has created an innovation incubator within their district to help many more schools forge bold visions for learning in the 21st century.

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Russel Hobby added later that given the speed of changes, headteachers should not be held immediately accountable and told they «might be sacked» — rather, pilots should test those changes first.

The testing — which is being developed by the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC)-- is about to go through its first pilot evaluations in a about a dozen districts.

The Test of Science Related Attitudes (TOSRA) survey (Fraser, 1981) was piloted by the iQUEST Project prior to the first summer camp and narrowed from 70 items to 28 items that related to student attitudes and interest toward science careers.

Prior to scoring the pre-calibration administration in mathematics and reading and the first operational administration in all other subjects, the NCES standing committee will again review the scoring guides in light of student responses and select appropriate training packets for the operational assessments, particularly where refinements to items and / or scoring guides were made after the pilot test.

But launching to a selected pilot region first will give you an invaluable chance for user testing.

The pilots were also the first test case of the state's use of student test scores as part of the ratings for teachers whose students take the state's language arts and math tests, roughly about a sixth of the total.

The Christie administration this week released the first of two reports from the 25 pilot districts that were charged and funded to test the new systems that use uniform evaluation practices, as well as student performance measures, to gauge the effectiveness of teachers.

Former Lamborghini test pilot Valentino Balboni gets on stage to say a few words about the first lot, a well - preserved 1969 Lamborghini Miura P400S he's kept an eye on for years that later sells for $ 974,400 including buyer's premium.

Our first drive of the car at the launch last year was skewed by all the test cars having super-sticky Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 semi-slicks fitted (they felt awesome, but of course they did), but thankfully the R we were lent in the UK sat on Pirelli P Zeros.

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Although winter is still a few months away, the Focus RS is the first car in North America to offer a winter tire and wheel option as a factory accessory, featuring Michelin Pilot Alpin PA4 tires, pressure monitoring sensors and fully mounted center caps, all of which were tested in the extreme cold and snow of Northern Michigan and Sweden.

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These tests were done on 2016 Accords, Pilots, and Civics which was the first year that had the option of having Honda Sensing.

Joe's first real test of medical skill is on a pilot whose plane takes a hard landing in a training field; after rushing to the crash scene, he is stunned to come face - to - face with a gorgeous Rita Hayworth lookalike.

Ackmann's book, The Mercury 13, tells the story of thirteen women pilots who secretly tested to become America's first woman in space.

Elinor Smith took her first flight at age 6, became a licensed pilot at 16, was voted «Best Woman Pilot in America» over the likes of Amelia Earhart, went on to be a test pilot, and, at age 89, «flew» NASA's space - shuttle simulpilot at 16, was voted «Best Woman Pilot in America» over the likes of Amelia Earhart, went on to be a test pilot, and, at age 89, «flew» NASA's space - shuttle simulPilot in America» over the likes of Amelia Earhart, went on to be a test pilot, and, at age 89, «flew» NASA's space - shuttle simulpilot, and, at age 89, «flew» NASA's space - shuttle simulator.

The product was first introduced in March in limited distribution as a test pilot.

Maybe that's because of the limited map and Titan options in the test, or because the modes up for play were largely built around pilot - vs - pilot combat (instead of the fantastic «grunt» - focused modes of the first game), but by the end of the second weekend, I was pretty worried.

A prototype Federation mobile suit specifically developed for Newtypes, the Alex first appeared in the 1989 OVA Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket under the control of test pilot Christina Mackenzie.

After just the first Titanfall 2 Tech Test, players have had problems with the game already so Respawn has responded and made changes such as Pilot Mobility, Titan Meter, Titan Survivability, and more.

Timeshift is a first - person action game that puts you in the role of a famous test pilot Colonel Michael Swift who has just accepted a special mission from the government to travel through time in a machine called the Chronomicon.