Sentences with phrase «focused around testing»

Their efforts are focused around testing new practices, scaling what works, and adjusting what doesn't.

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While individual VC's inside venture firms specialized in particular domains (PC's, peripherals, semiconductors, test equipment, operating systems, applications, etc.,) their investments had roughly the same time horizon and were focused around things that used electrons — primarily computing and computing infrastructure.

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Sure it's important to be able to navigate around a balance sheet, cash flow statement and income statement, but the really great investors spend their time reading, thinking, focusing on the qualitative data and testing ideas.

Japan Gold has generated other compelling drill targets, focussing on high grade epithermal veins in and around historic mines and workings, and will seek to rapidly progress these targets to the permitting phase so that they can be drill tested in 2018.

After going through the ritualistic Monday morning downside test on the back of rising oil drilling rig counts, WTI rallied around $ 2 towards $ 69.35 in NY, as traders remain singularly focused on the Iran nuclear deal.

Students, for example, can focus on the root of the stress (preparing for the test) and not the self - flagellation around what the stress might mean («I'm not smart enough»).

Some real - life changes, however, are being made in a number of schools around the country that focus on the critical - thinking skills of one student at a time instead of the collective test scores of a class, or a whole school, or a state.

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This allows Rosetta Stone to lean on its own strengths of natural language learning rather than focusing on narrow test preparation around English grammar and to leverage the fun and game - based aspects of Rosetta Stone's product.

Responsibilities include: • Create and develop various products including our curated digital publications (Spotlights), e-books, quizzes, and topical emails • Create email blasts delivering our content to our audience • Build audience segments for targeted promotions and propose new methods of audience outreach • Promote our products through social media and newsletter campaigns • Assist with collection and reporting of lead generation and revenue data to help inform future promotional campaigns • Conduct research on various aspects of the digital publishing and education media worlds to help determine future strategic focuses • Help with optimizing campaigns around testing and search engine optimization • Assist with fulfillment of book distribution partnership agreements with digital libraries

-- those kinds of conversations around data can lead to much more productive work than the ones that are focused on «[let's use] data to think about how we're going to improve test scores».

Project - based learning and standardized tests don't mix The Hechinger Report This article recently made the rounds on social media — it focuses on PBL schools around Philadelphia and highlights the various alternative ways they measure student learning.

A fact file and three differentiated reading comprehension activities related to it that focus on Christmas around the world, looking at different traditions whilst testing children's comprehension skills.

The school's relentless focus on standards and testing reduces time for less defined but often more meaningful types of lessons — ones that help kids understand themselves, their fellow students, and the world around them.

It is structured around case studies focused on scenarios that real teachers periodically face, which test the ethical and moral dimensions of our profession.

The No Child Left Behind Act's (NCLB) narrow, regimented approach to accountability led to reduced attention for subjects other than English language arts and math, overreliance on standardized testing, and less focus on meeting students» all - around needs.

While some say this practice of designing teacher preparation curriculum around the PACT bears resemblance to K - 12 teachers «teaching to the test,» many educators at Northridge say the PACT is focused on critical areas of good teaching, like planning lessons with strong student assessments, and modifying lessons for English language learners and students with disabilities, and that it therefore only reinforces what candidates should learn anyway.

Around that table, we were devising a better way to measure success for all kids, focused not on the inputs, but on the outcomes — and outcomes beyond just test scores.

Anderson Elementary — a school in Reno, Nevada, that had slipped from status as a high - achieving school to one in which most students failed standardized tests — turned itself around in three years through focusing intensely on literacy and teacher collaboration.

Education's focus across the globe is rapidly changing from stressing test - based accountability around math and English skills to an emphasis on developing mindsets that create productive, engaged citizens.

I would like to think that our two organizations can be key players in facilitating a more progressive, democratic, and caring education for young children, at a time when too much focus around the world falls on test preparation, national rankings, shoving the curriculum of school into the preschool years, and focusing on science, mathematics and engineering, to the exclusion of the arts, humanities, and interpretive disciplines.

With continued budget cuts, a greater focus on math and reading education, and an enduring emphasis on standardized testing, the future for art education in public schools around the U.S. may seem bleak.

Field - tested, user - friendly protocols to focus and deepen team discussions around texts, data, teacher and student work, teacher dilemmas, and collaborative planning time.

Much of the advertising around BASIS schools is highly focused on test results on the OECD exam, SAT exam, and AP exams, as well as college acceptances.

TheResolution notes that community schools should emphasize high - quality teaching, a focus on critical thinking rather than high - stakes testing, culturally relevant curriculum, wrap - around supports and positive discipline practices, among other components.

In other words, focusing on testing in the early years may lead to less effective teaching and learning, not the other way around.

We recently spied a prototype testing on the Nürburgring with a Ford Focus RS, and Honda is aiming to make the Civic Type R into the fastest front - wheel - drive car around the famed German racetrack.

My focus for the day was to test and work on the chassis setup for two dedicated race cars and an M4 GTS, but I had to at least try the M2 around the 2.0 - mile track.

«We have had a lot of focus on the drive train testing lately with many verification tests around the ERAD (Electric Rear Axle Drive), the sub frame with built - in double electric motors and planetary gear shift.

MotorWeek tracks auto industry news, focusing on crash tests, safety ratings, new advances in technology and the latest from auto shows around the world.

Accustomed to being on the frontlines of breaking news such as Hurricane Katrina and the Washington area sniper shootings, Yolanda's Motor News segments tracks auto industry news, focusing on crash tests, safety ratings, new advances in technology and the latest from auto shows around the world.

He's a long - time customer, commenter and participant at UMPCPortal and Carrypad and runs a continuous chain of personal blogs (currently he's at Mike Canes iPad Test) that focus around the ebook theme.

We haven't tested using the gaming - focused 3DMark06 but you should expect scores around 1500 based on other Baytrail - T platforms we've tested.

Eyeballing a fund's 2008 returns, when many yield - focused funds were stress - tested as a result of weakness in the financials sector, is another way to get your arms around the risk level a dividend - focused investment is likely to entail.

Our Advanced Classes are structured to begin to prepare students who want their dogs to have more training (proofing basic training and focus around distractions), prepare for Pet Therapy Dog goals, Canine Good Citizenship Test goal, Performance Dog goals to name a few.

After last week's unit testing, we now focus on the game environment: playing around with the map editor and building levels as we prepare to make the...

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.

The documentary chronicles how communities that once depended on sea turtle poaching and other activities depleting the region's rich natural resources are now testing a new economic model, one built around fishing with turtle conservation in mind and tourism focused on the area's extraordinary marine life.

Her research focuses on the effects of agricultural land uses on forest bird populations, as well as testing monitoring techniques to determine how land use patterns around protected areas influences their capability to maintain current levels of biodiversity.

Concerns over private recreational genetic testing companies have been around for years, and have largely focused on identifying Y - chromosome or mtDNA haplogroups for the purported purposes of identifying ethnic ancestry.

«We are confident that our continued focus on people - inspired design, user testing and prototyping processes, strict adherence to compliance and safety, manufacturing, and warranty programs will keep us in the number one position to provide the highest quality products to consumers around the world.»

Summary: * Around 6 + years of cumulative test - specific experience in the IT industry with diversified exposure in the manual testing of Client / Server & Web - based applications with focus on System Analysis and Quality Assurance.

The content is focused around what you will be tested on when you take the PTCB exam, and without alot of fluff that you would get if you went to a local school.

Professional Summary * Around 2 years of experience in design, development and testing of Object Oriented Applications using Java / J2EE with focus on banking domain.

The Parents as Teachers (PAT) site in Pinellas is focusing on processes around screening and service provision for developmental delay while the Jacksonville Nurse Family Partnership (NFP) program will test ways to impact breastfeeding duration.