Sentences with phrase «grade the tests as»

You will grade this test as follows:

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Why didn't they entitle the chart with something more positive such as, «Being Asian Can Get You A Lower Mortgage Rate,» or «Although Asians Need Higher Grades And Test Scores To Have The Same Chance To Get Into University, At Least Asians Get To Pay Lower Mortgage Rates,» or «Despite Some Disadvantages Of Being A Minority, You Can Still Get The Best Mortgage Rate Possible,» or «Being A Minority May Make It Easier To Get A Better Rate.»

He called you by your last name (a practice I use to this day), he had a way of instilling fear into kids who would goof - off and cause distractions in other classes (a practice I was very much unable to duplicate during my one - year stint as an 8th - grade English teacher), and you had to run the gauntlet of sentence - diagramming grammar, which advanced to a pretty complex level, before the more «cool - teacher» aspects of Mr. Pacilio were unveiled — and even then, the tests on those rock songs were no joke!

There is a reason that African immigrant child are starting to score as high in grades and apt «itude test.

For the rest of us, too, it is not as if the Creeds were proposed as tests — that the Church puts up tests that we must past with at least the grade of «D,» or we can not be admitted to membership.

The CCW - R -214-20-SF model will be shown as part of dedicated grading and tray sealing line, while a new model, created for product tests, will also be demonstrated.

The testing referred to by Cornucopia was done to identify low molecular weight carrageenan as a percentage of food - grade carrageenan.

Proposal 48 holds that entering athletes can be eligible as freshmen only if they have a minimum score of 700 on the combined college board SAT test (or a 15 of 36 score on the American College Test) and a 2.0 high school grade - point average in 11 core courtest (or a 15 of 36 score on the American College Test) and a 2.0 high school grade - point average in 11 core courTest) and a 2.0 high school grade - point average in 11 core courses.

Because Arsenal play these matches as a test for their youngster players to see who and who among them can make the grades to the senior team squad next season.

I say this because Arsenal play these friendly matches as a test for their youngster players to see who and who among them can make the grade to be promoted to the senior Gunners first team squad next season.

Finally, in Houston in 2010 — 11, he gave cash incentives to fifth - grade students in 25 low - performing public schools, as well as to the parents and teachers of those students, with the intent of increasing the time they spent on math homework and improving their scores on standardized math tests.

In contrast, parents who value a performance orientation, focus on their student's achievement as mainly measured by grades and test scores — the need to score better than others in order to succeed.

When we met up for extra help, it was almost as if she could read my mind; she looked me directly in the eye and said, «You do know that this test grade doesn't make you a bad person, right?»

With our culture and our nation's emphasis on high academic achievement, the perception that in order to get into college kids need straight As and perfect test scores, increased course work and more complex curricula, teachers are feeling the pressure to cover more material, and to prepare kids for the next grade.

When I explain that teaching kids to overvalue external measures of success short - circuits their development as self - regulating individuals — the true foundation of a productive life — a shocking number of parents respond that you can't undo bad grades and low test scores, but you can always catch up on the emotional stuff later — a tragic misapprehension.

Again and again, among the families I treat as a psychologist, I see a disconnect between the skill set that parents are pushing (compete like crazy, get good grades, over-prep for tests, go to a prestigious college, make lots of money) and the assets and attitudes that actually bring young people success in college, at work, in relationships, and in life.

The day after the treatment and control exercises were administered, the primary dependent variable was measured: students» food and drink choices for a «snack pack,» announced by the principal as a reward to the entire eighth grade class for their hard work during the state testing period that had just ended.

Sports - Related Drug Testing: N.J.S.A. 18A: 40A - 23 (2005) allows boards of education to adopt a policy for the random testing of the districts students in grades 9 - 12 who participate in extracurricular activities, including interscholastic athletics, or who possess parking permits for the use of controlled dangerous substances, including as defined in N.J.S.A. 2C: 35 - 2 and 24:21 - 2 or alcoholic beverages, as defined in N.J.S.A. 33Testing: N.J.S.A. 18A: 40A - 23 (2005) allows boards of education to adopt a policy for the random testing of the districts students in grades 9 - 12 who participate in extracurricular activities, including interscholastic athletics, or who possess parking permits for the use of controlled dangerous substances, including as defined in N.J.S.A. 2C: 35 - 2 and 24:21 - 2 or alcoholic beverages, as defined in N.J.S.A. 33testing of the districts students in grades 9 - 12 who participate in extracurricular activities, including interscholastic athletics, or who possess parking permits for the use of controlled dangerous substances, including as defined in N.J.S.A. 2C: 35 - 2 and 24:21 - 2 or alcoholic beverages, as defined in N.J.S.A. 33:1 - 1.

Since private pools don't have commercial - grade water filtration and treatment systems, and bacterial testing is not as frequent, microbial contaminants can multiply quickly.

It's reflected in improved grades and test scores, strong attendance, a higher rate of homework completion, higher graduation rates, improved attitudes and behaviors in the child, as well as the child being more likely to become involved in positive extra-curricular activities.

I was reading way above my grade level, but that didn't matter as much as a «C» on a spelling test (because girls are suppose to be GOOD at spelling!).

We don't need the best or fancy for our kids, but our school is rated, based on the standardized tests taken in grade 3 and 6, as a 2/10 (or, put another way, out of 3037 schools in our province, our local school is currently sitting at 2986/3037 with a continuing downward trend.

Frustrating as it is, it's normal for grade - schoolers to test adult guidelines and expectations.

The devastated Chinese mother would then get dozens, maybe hundreds of practice tests and work through them with her child for as long as it takes to get the grade up to an A.» The Tiger Mother believes that children owe their parents everything and «must spend their lives repaying their parents by obeying them and making them proud.»

[iv] Another administered tests of empathy to grade school children and found that those who had had secure attachments to their fathers as babies were better able to identify other children's feelings, and to take steps to make them feel better.

Peak velocity during a graded treadmill test can be equated to the time to exhaustion during the same test, as there is a progressive increase in velocity throughout the test.

If you find your child's teacher is the one focusing too much on grades and academics, try asking questions that address the parts of your child that can't be measured by test scores and homework, such as character and friendships.

Catalfo, a math whiz who passed the exam in seventh grade, found the flaw as he was reviewing the test in order to tutor other students.

Assemblyman Jim Tedisco (R,C,I - Glenville) today is calling on New York's congressional delegation to prevent the U.S. Department of Education from carrying out a threat to sanction New York schools as punishment for the hundreds of thousands of students who opted - out of grades 3 - 8 Common Core standardized tests this month.

They also pointed out how the education department has made recent adjustments to standardized testing, such as reducing the number of questions and testing time on state assessments for students in grades 3 through 8 this school year, and receiving a federal waiver to stop «double testing» in math for seventh and eighth graders through a combination of state and federal testing.

He and his wife chose to opt out their fifth grade son from taking the Common Core - aligned exams this year because they believe the tests were used for other purposes than what they were meant for, such as teacher evaluations and school funding.

New York City schools and a handful of districts statewide have used the standardized tests under Common Core for grades 3 through 8 as a factor in promoting students to the next grade.

«As soon as you start coupling tests with state funding or grading a school or district against another school or district, we feel that the tests were never designed for that purpose,» Paz saiAs soon as you start coupling tests with state funding or grading a school or district against another school or district, we feel that the tests were never designed for that purpose,» Paz saias you start coupling tests with state funding or grading a school or district against another school or district, we feel that the tests were never designed for that purpose,» Paz said.

Cuomo has sought a two - year moratorium on using test scores in students» grades, but wanted to use the testing as part of the job evaluations of teachers and principals.

State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia and Board of Regents Chancellor Betty Rosa say they've been in touch with testing vendor Questar Assessment since Wednesday, when testing was delayed for an unknown number of third - through eighth - grade students as they sat for the mandatory tests.

On April 11, New York schools reported some widespread problems with the computerized tests for students in grades 3 - 8, such as students not being able to log in and «system error» showing up as test choices.

Public school districts across Long Island and the state are bracing for what many educators and parents expect to be a fifth consecutive year of Common Core test boycotts in grades three through eight, even as eight districts in Nassau and Suffolk counties and dozens elsewhere introduce computerized versions of the exams.

State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia said Wednesday that students in grades three to eight will have as much time as they need to complete their state - mandated tests this year — as long as they are «working productively.»

Dr. Vanden Wyngaard and district staff will provide an overview of state exams and how the Common Core Learning Standards are changing instruction for students at all grade levels, as well as information about how the tests are used in the new statewide evaluation systems for teachers and principals.

In the speech, delivered inside The Mall at Bay Plaza in Baychester, Diaz described the number of Latino and black students admitted to the city's prestigious Stuyvesant High School over the past few years as unacceptably low and called for the creation of new high schools in each borough that would use a portfolio of the students» grades and schoolwork rather than a specialized test to determine who gets in.

This comes as students in grades three through eight across the state's 700 school began the first of three days of math testing on Tuesday.

The move to refuse the state standardized tests scheduled for later this week is getting more vocal, as test dates approach for children in third through eighth grades.

The debates over standardized testing, teacher evaluations and opting out of the tests by students with the backing of their parents were all renewed recently as New York released the results of the math and English language exams for grades three through eight.

Quinn said public school children shouldn't be forced any longer to take private testing companies» field tests, which aren't graded, and which are only intended to help for - profit companies such as Pearson develop questions for the next year's exams.

Opt - out activists have said the number will continue to grow, citing reasons such as the perceived «over-testing» of students using exams that are not age and grade appropriate, as well as the use of test scores on teacher evaluations.

Interestingly, whatever percent is assigned to standardized testing will only affect a small minority of teacher evaluations as only 20 percent of teachers are in subjects and grades that have state testing.

She said she agrees that transparency is important as the state continues to update the test to adapt to the controversial Common Core standards, which have been adopted by dozens of states and outline what students should know at each grade level in English and Math.

In January, arguing to increase the weight of test scores, Mr. Cuomo cited the small number of teachers who were rated ineffective, noting that at the same time only about a third of students were reading or doing math at grade level, as measured by state tests.

The tests — required as part of this year's new teacher evaluations — inspired a boycott at one school and a union - led drive to ban standardized tests for pre-kindergarten through second grade.