Sentences with phrase «given several tests»

Every one of our writers is given several tests before they begin working for us.

Fortunately, that was not necessary as our salesperson Elizabeth was very helpful and low pressure... giving us several test drives in the vehicle and being available to walk us through the process.

Not exact matches

After conducting several tests, Insider Picks» Tech guru Brandt Ranji declared, «Samsung's T5 is the fastest portable hard drive of any kind I've ever tried, and given its fast speed and small size, it's definitely worth picking up.»

To be fair is to give to others their due, and there are several ways in which a leader's commitment to fairness is tested.

Ask all the questions you want, give them all the tests you can think of, call their parents and kindergarten teachers as references, you still won't know exactly what you're getting until they have been with you for several weeks or months.

Each expert gives his or her best tips to help you succeed in several different industries, test your business ideas and more.

Second, a collaboration process where interaction with several startups are made to co-learn different approaches to solving business challenges, while the startups are given the possibility of corporates to test their product - market fit and scale.

I have read the bible cover to cover several times and know it better than you do (test me if you wish) and can give you a Genesis to Reveltion synopisis anytime you like.

At several training camps, players told SI they've had testing officials knock at their doors before dawn and been told to give samples immediately; this tactic helps eliminate the risk of collecting a phony sample.

Following a successful 2016/17 campaign which saw City's Women lift the FA Continental Tyres Cup, the FA Women's Super League trophy and the SSE Women's FA Cup, the Toulouse International Ladies Cup will give the club the ideal opportunity to test themselves against several of Europe's elite sides ahead of the new season.

Given that a mom's body may need several days, or even weeks, to adjust to an individual pump to maximize her milk output, our testing focused more on how well each pump performed.

The founder of the Hip Mama Ezine and author of several books conducts a bit of a play - by - play with her daughter in give - it - to - you - straight - and - funny chapters on standardized tests, yo - yo diets, and media scare tactics.

As a result of the testimony given, the report recommends the state Department of Education immediately address several concerns, such as expediting waivers from the U.S. Department of Education «to relax onerous and rigid testing restrictions placed on certain students,» especially with English as a Second Language students and students with disabilities; producing all missing or incomplete curriculum modules; aligning assessments proportionally to curriculum actually implemented; and increasing funding for the professional development of teachers.

But several advocates I spoke with today said the true test of whether Cuomo is serious about creating a public campaign finance system is if he puts funding for said system in his 2014 - 15 executive budget proposal (assuming, that is, no deal is reached prior to the start of the 2014 session, which, given the Senate GOP's opposition to the idea, seems highly unlikely at this point).

And she has given several recent interviews about her schools» excellent performance on recent state tests.

In tests on men in a polygamous society, those with high levels of testosterone in their saliva were more likely to have several wives and give their children less attention, compared with those with less of the hormone.

Lathrop's spinning spheres at Maryland are without a doubt the big daddy of the sodium experiments, and while the sodium portion is just getting under way, the team tested the experiment with water several years ago to be sure all the mechanical parts worked before tanking up with a liquid metal that can give off a highly flammable gas.

Given that we now have several years more data, we can essentially «test» the IPCC predictions and we arrive at the conclusion (i.e., message 1) that the climate system is tracking the «worst case scenario» (or worse in the case of ice melt and sea - level rise) presented by the IPCC.

Participants were also given several physical performance tests - Timed up - and - go, 40 - meter fast - paced walk and a 30 - second sit - to - stand.

In another test, participants were asked to list several benefits of greed; they were given the example that greed can help further one's professional goals, then asked to come up with three additional benefits.

Researchers then gave the mice several behavioral tests for «depression» including the forced swim test, in which researchers measure how fast the mice give up swimming and decide to float.

In baseline tests, the high - energy ankyrin - G mice usually swam longer, only floating for about 10 seconds of the 200 second test compared to the normal mice that floated about 50 seconds, but after several sessions with the bully mice, the ankyrin - G mice were quick to give up and float, remaining still for well over 100 seconds on average.

Because barbiturate anesthetics are reported to interfere with functionality of 5 - HT3 receptors in several in vitro systems (Jenkins et al., 1996; Barann et al., 1997; Barann et al., 2000; Rüsch et al., 2007), we also tested urethane, which gave significantly different results (described below).

In the end, several months of coding and testing resulted in the upload of the software into the orbiter's spare memory banks and the final approval to proceed with the upgrade, which was given on Tuesday.

Two mothers gave consent for autopsies, and several tissues were collected for PCR testing as well histopathology studies (Table).

The scientists tested the response of these mosquitoes to skin odorants by placing them in a wind tunnel with a plate of glass beads that had been worn in socks for several hours to give them the scent of human foot odor.

Unlike chest straps, wrist - based trackers fit comfortably into everyday life, providing continuous heart rate for up to several days without recharging (vs. a couple hours at a time) to give a much more informative picture of overall health and fitness trends,» Fitbit representatives said in a statement, adding that their internal tests showed an accuracy rate of 94 % [or a margin of error that was about 6 %.]

The researchers gave 60 college students, 50 % of them had ADHD, several tests measuring creativity across 10 areas.

Though there are several medical lab tests for Candida (blood serum test, skin test for mold sensitivity, stool exam), most do not give a definitive, accurate measurement of what could be an abnormal count.

Diagnosing SIBO involves a hydrogen breath test, which has the patient ingesting sugar solutions and giving breath samples over a period of several hours.

The fertility clinic gave me several blood tests, and by doing this, they found out that I had high prolactin levels due to a prolactinoma, aka a tumor in the pituitary gland.

However, after testing for several days applying with my fingertip or a duo fiber blush brush, the product never dried down to a powder and slid around my cheeks giving it a streaky uneven look.

The only reason I gave it 4 instead of 5 stars SO FAR, is because I've only been using since receiving free product sample to test and give honest review on, through Crowdtap, several weeks to one month ago and have not noticed any real visible fading of my age - sun spots on my face yet.

Gifting at scale gives you a chance to «test the waters» with several influencers at once before investing in longer - term paid collaborations, says Shopping Links founder and managing director, Kim Westwood.

It is tested several times to give a balanced chemical composition.

Don't worry, the price is pretty low considering what some other dating sites tend to charge, and as a part of becoming a premium member you get to fill out several personality tests and quizzes, giving the system enough information so you can be matched to a perfect partner for yourself.

• Be Bourne Spy Training — A fun little aptitude test, in which you are provided several clips from the film and given multiple - choice questions.

Hitherto, several doctoral students have been given permission to recruit and test children at the Museum of Science.

Already, for example, several states have asked for waivers from ESSA to allow them to give an algebra test to some of their middle schoolers, rather than the regular assessment, so as to avoid double - testing.

The testing companies» capturing states would be a coup: beating out two consortia of states that were buoyed by federal money and given several years of lead - time to get their offerings right.

It consists of both performance - based assessments that are given several times a year, as well as the state - mandated standardized test, which is administered once a year.

For several years, data suggested that the city had seen improvements among all ethnic groups, including in graduation rates, which have risen about 14 percentage points for black and Hispanic students since 2005, and a national standardized test given every other year to a sampling of fourth and eighth graders.

Having students complete several brief reading and writing assessments over the course of the year, rather than conducting only one test at the end of the year, to give educators real - time updates on students» progress; and

Several states have already approved pauses to their accountability systems to give teachers and students time to adjust to the new standards and tests.

For example, middle school students learning to subtract mixed numbers might use several different methods and substeps to solve different types of problems within that unit, and a teacher might give multiple formative tests on the subject.

After several years in which teachers» unions have been hammered on the issue of tenure, have lost collective bargaining rights in some states and have seen their evaluations increasingly tied to student scores, they have begun, with some success, to reassert themselves using a bread - and - butter issue: the annual tests given to elementary and middle school students in every state.

So, if I had my druthers, I'd focus on end - of - course tests for (say) Algebra and Biology and Am History / World History with aggregate data over several years by grade 12 to test the kids when they take the course, rather than a cross-sectional test for any given grade level.

New Jersey was awarded $ 38 million in late 2011 on the third try in a competition that cost one state education commissioner his job and ultimately gave the state a late start in several federally funded programs dealing with teacher evaluations, curriculum and testing reforms, and school choice.

To calculate how states stack up under the new criteria, the department is using a complex matrix that weighs several factors, including how well students with disabilities perform on the National Assessment of Educational Progress, or NAEP, a test the federal government gives to a sampling of students in every state every two years.

Although several states that are not using either test, Florida and Utah for example, will be giving online exams this year, it's clear that millions of students will still be taking paper - and - pencil tests.