Sentences with phrase «grade standard used»

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He said that, with more than 100 different blends or grades of crude oil each with its own carbon content, the EPA should not use an «average crude oil» as a standard of comparison.

Concerned that I might be grading according to my own ethical values, not according to classroom standards of analysis, use of resources, and the like, I reread a number of papers.

There are different grades of coconut oil that can be used in coconut oil recipes: Gold Label Virgin Coconut Oil, Green Label Virgin Coconut Oil, Organic Expeller - pressed Coconut Oil, and standard Expeller - pressed Coconut Oil.

Constructed of high grade stainless steel with fully seal welded seams, these standard auger conveyors exceed all AMI Sanitary Design Requirements for use in food processing facilities and are durable enough to withstand the most demanding environments.

BBL foods Cookies Plant were manufactured by experienced and trained professionals by using the supreme grade material with high industrial standards.

The Coombs Commitment: We make 100 % pure maple syrup with no artificial flavors, perservatives or dyes; We never over-tap trees; We support the use of health spouts for tree friendly tapping; We never use pesticides in our tree farm; Our grading standards are never compromised for short - term gain.

Oryzatein ® is the only patented, GRAS approved, whole grain brown rice protein with suspension grade options, fractioned without use of hexane petroleum byproduct, unlike all soy proteins and some rice proteins, and is soon to become the USP monographed standard for the industry.

Alright, so using the standard grading system, we give the A - a 3.7, the B + a 3.3, the B a... looks like this pennant race gets a 3.18 GPA.

All materials used are thoroughly sterilized between each use, when not disposable, and everything meets food grade standards.

«Overloaded and Underprepared» also offers examples of schools, including Waldorf High School of the Peninsula in Los Altos, that use standards - based grading, which emphasizes feedback over grading.

It has a waterproof covering that uses polyethylene, which is a simple waterproof layer and meets food - grade standards, so it's safe and non-toxic.

All Crown Laboratories makes are pharmaceutical - grade dermatology solutions, and we have extraordinarily high standards and use only the highest quality ingredients.

Control group women received standard of care treatment, which in our Baby - Friendly hospital includes referrals to the lactation consultant when needed, use of a pump in the hospital, access to 3 breastfeeding classes per week, staff who are highly trained in lactation management, and a free, high - grade electric breast pump for home use if the mother's insurance does not pay for a pump.

The hospital - grade outer layer can be sanitized to the highest standards, which is why so many diaper services use Tiny Tush covers.

The researchers shot images of lung tissue samples, blood and Pap smears, first using a standard laboratory - grade microscope, and then with a smartphone with the 3D - printed microscope attachment.

The first slice was graded by clinicians as usual, using the standard H+E protocol.

Abatacept, when added to the standard drug regimen used to prevent GvHD, reduced the occurrence of acute, grade III - IV GvHD from 32 to 3 percent in pediatric and adult patients who underwent mismatched unrelated donor stem cell transplants to treat advanced cancer and other blood disorders.

To encourage and develop vocabulary in accordance with Common Core standards for English language arts (Vocabulary acquisition and use grades 6 — 12 *), we provide Power Words at the end of each article on the site.

The Coombs Commitment: We make 100 % pure maple syrup with no artificial flavors, perservatives or dyes; We never over-tap trees; We support the use of health spouts for tree friendly tapping; We never use pesticides in our tree farm; Our grading standards are never compromised for short - term gain.

All of the colourants used in our microfine glitters are of food grade standard and they all conform to the...

The phospholipids used by PureAbsorb are phosphatidylcholine, which is classified as lecithin and is an all natural form of phospholipids derived strictly from non-GMO sunflowers.1 The complete liposomes are optimally sized for maximum absorption at 50nm to 120nm and created with pure water exceeding pharmaceutical grade standards.

Only the highest quality, premium - grade ingredients are used, and many of them meet or even exceed USDA organic standards.

The label usually states that it is 99 % pure (or 990g / kg borax) which is safe to use, and is the legal standard for agricultural grade borax.

Designed to fit all standard and extra thick mattresses, this unique 150 thread count, poly - cotton cooling mattress pad uses soft medical grade silicone tubing to circulate regular water through the pad.

The Common Core English - language arts standard suggests the use of legends, myths, and fables for grades two and three.

Wolpert - Gawron looks at a key element of digital citizenship — responsible use of intellectual property — and slots it into the eighth grade Common Core Standard for gathering, using, and attributing relevant information.

Eighth - grade groups created mini-documentaries about their interpretation of a time period in the 1800s, using state standards as the content guide and presenting their completed work in a public event.

What students are expected to know in order to reach proficiency levels on exams in some states may be as much as four grade levels below the standards set in other states, according to a study by the American Institutes for Research that uses international testing data to gauge states against a common measuring stick.

• Work with client schools to administer NAEP (or some other matrix - based test aligned to the standards) to 2,000 students each year in key grade levels; use their performance to set the curve for the summative test (think of this as «Curriculum NAEP,» the equivalent of the current state NAEP testing).

Laurie Guest, who teaches sixth - and seventh - grade science at the Mare Island Technology Academy, in Vallejo, California, uses the ocean to meet standards on photosynthesis and ecology.

This is the sixth in a series of reports that grade state proficiency standards on the traditional A-to-F scale used to evaluate students.

When I sat in on Weaver's class recently, his 5th graders were using a Saxon Math book for 7th and 8th graders, the standard BASIS 5th - grade text.

If their state standards had moved some portion of what used to be fourth - grade math to the fifth or sixth grade, or replaced it with something else entirely, their state's NAEP scores would likely be lower.

To see whether states are setting proficiency bars in such a way that they are «lowballing expectations» and have «lowered the bar» for students in 4th - and 8th - grade reading and math, Education Next has used information from the recently released 2009 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) to evaluate empirically the proficiency standards each state has established.

The authors use data from state tests and the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) to estimate changes to each state's proficiency standards in reading and math in grades 4 and 8 by identifying the difference between the percentages of students the state identifies as proficient and the percentages of students identified as proficient by NAEP, an internationally benchmarked proficiency standard.

Most important, however, the standards recommended certain areas that should receive «decreased attention» in grades K - 4, including «complex paper - and - pencil computations,» «long division,» «paper - and - pencil fraction computation,» «use of rounding to estimate,» «rote practice,» «rote memorization of rules,» and «teaching by telling.»

In this post, we're going to take a look at how screencasting can be used in a fourth grade classroom to meet a Common Core State Standard while addressing a 21st century skill: communicate clearly.

-- In 1989 the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) published its Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics — an extensive set of mathematics standards for grades K - 12 which de-emphasized memorization of number facts, the learning of proofs, and algebraic skills, but encouraged the use of calculators and «discovery learning.»

A popular choice for the school environment are solid grade laminate door lockers, these are often specified as a cost - effective upgrade to standard lockers that are designed to stand the test of time of everyday school use.

Fine grades used (+, -, =) but these could be altered to standards grades if not required.

Resistance to evaluating teachers on results is well - founded at one level: Unsophisticated administrators might use unsuitable measures like norm - referenced tests or unfairly evaluate teachers for failing to reach grade - level standards with students who were poorly taught the year before or who had significant learning deficits.

... a networked iBook for myself, with a variety of teacher software; including a grading program to use to e-mail parents weekly reports and keep them up to date on their children's progress, and a lesson planning program with content, state standards, assessment and rubrics all in one easy - to - use package.

A new study calls into question the popular notion that grading standards in the nation's high schools just aren't what they used to be.

Peterson, Barrows, and Gift used data from state tests and the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) to estimate changes to each state's proficiency standards in reading and math in grades 4 and 8 by identifying the difference between the percentages of students the state identifies as proficient and the percentages of students identified as proficient by NAEP, an internationally - benchmarked proficiency standard.

Once you have narrowed your vendor pool to three to five providers, insist that they base their presentations on a common standard of your choosing (for example, in 7th - grade math, «Know the formulas for the area and circumference of a circle and use them to solve problems»), data reporting questions, or both.

If the National Assessment Governing Board approves ACT's recommendations, the new standards will be used for the first time in 2004, when the NAEP 12th grade math test introduces substantial...

The Center for Civics Education has specific standards that all teachers can use across all grade levels.

However, they did note a principle concern for parents was that «there is a lack of objective standards [in student reports] that parents can use to determine their children's attainment and rate of progress», suggesting a desire for more than grades, scores and marks to be able to monitor their child's growth in learning over time.

In addition, all remedial elementary algebra classes in the experiment covered standard topics and used a common final exam and final grade rubric.

Test results be used by standards developers and curriculum developers to provide a baseline for understanding of science keyed to grade level.