Sentences with phrase «impact testing far»

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«Further testing is required before Song's device could be approved as a treatment for dementia or Alzheimer's, but if it is able to help those patients regain even part of their lost memory function, the impact would be felt not only by the patients themselves, but their families and even the economy at large,» says Science Alert, which notes that Alzheimer's was responsible for a whopping $ 236 billion in healthcare costs last year.

And the poll - tested incremental gun control measures that politicians tend to push in the wake of mass shootings are far too mild to have an Australia - size impact.

Sermons would be far more effective (and have a lasting impact) if we went out and tested them in real - life situations.

The moment an impact registers above a certain threshold, or the moment the Head Case Mobile App tests indicate impairment or risk of further injury, the Head Health Management System can alert parents and will automatically provide the athlete with direct leads to Emergency Response Services and customized recovery plans.

A new report has questioned the effectiveness of random drug testing in schools, calling for further evidence on their probable impact.

However, scientists say the tests may have exaggerated the impact by subjecting animals to doses of CO2 far higher than they would sense during careful gas disposal.

The fish shoots a water stream that merges together into a single, globular mass just prior to impact; the fish can determine how far its target is and can adjust accordingly when jet merging occurs.This finding implied that forces to distant targets could be similar to forces delivered to closer targets, and Burnette and Ashley - Ross set out to test this idea.

«Future studies are needed to further investigate new types of electronic activity monitors and to test their feasibility, acceptability and ultimately their public health impact.»

The scientists hope to gain more insight into this by exploring how past changes in seawater pH have impacted these organisms, but also through further field and laboratory studies testing the effect of ocean acidification on these calcifiers.

Easing yourself in gently with lower impact exercises to test the water and see if your ready is the key to avoiding further injuries.

Absent persuasive evidence on the impact of efforts to raise the bar, some people have speculated that the rise of test - based accountability associated with NCLB and the ongoing push to establish more - rigorous teacher evaluation systems have made teaching less attractive and thereby contributed to further decline in the quality of the teaching corps.

When examined in this light, the impacts of NCLB — which the NRC estimates at a 0.08 standard deviation improvement in average achievement nationwide — are far greater than suggested by the NRC committee, which concludes that test - based accountability under NCLB had minimal impact and probably should be abandoned.

In a revealing look at high - stakes standardized admissions tests, a new book called SAT Wars: The Case for Test - Optional Admissions, demonstrates the far - reaching and mostly negative impact of the tests on American life and calls for nothing less than a national policy change.

The report's conclusions about the importance of teacher quality, in particular, have stood the test of time, which is noteworthy, given that today's studies of the impacts of teachers use more - sophisticated statistical methods and employ far better data.

Book Claims Negative Impact of SATs In a revealing look at high - stakes standardized admissions tests, a new book called SAT Wars: The Case for Test - Optional Admissions, demonstrates the far - reaching and mostly negative impact of the tests on American life and calls for nothing less than a national policy cImpact of SATs In a revealing look at high - stakes standardized admissions tests, a new book called SAT Wars: The Case for Test - Optional Admissions, demonstrates the far - reaching and mostly negative impact of the tests on American life and calls for nothing less than a national policy cimpact of the tests on American life and calls for nothing less than a national policy change.

As a further test, I estimated the impact of performance pay for only the 21 participating European countries.

As a further point of comparison I provide results from a study [xvii] of Project STAR that examined the impact on middle school test scores of exposure to class size reduction in the early grades.

I also found further evidence of the impact of additional school days in Minnesota, a state which altered the day it took its state tests six times in six years.

Tennessee A List of Everything That Has Gone Wrong With This Year's Testing... So Far https://www.chalkbeat.org/posts/tn/2018/05/01/heres-a-list-of-everything-thats-gone-wrong-with-tennessees-2018-testing/ Tennessee Test Results Won't Impact Grades After More Computer Exam Problems https://www.theleafchronicle.com/story/news/2018/05/01/tnready-problems-strike-again-so-results-wont-impact-grades-teachers-schools/569829002/ Tennessee The Testing Culture in Our Schools Must Change http://www.johnsoncitypress.com/Column/2018/05/06/The-testing-culture-in-our-schools-must-change

Officials with the National Center for Education Statistics, which administers the NAEP exams, maintain that they took several measures to ensure that the switch to computer - based testing would not have an impact on the results and have promised to release further information on those steps to White and other state education leaders who request it.

After creating value - added to student attendance, I further investigate how this new dimension of teacher effectiveness influences student high school graduation and dropout above and beyond teachers» impact on student test scores.

Since test results are impacted by a wide range of factors including enrollment / attrition patterns, grade levels served, and student demographics, we hope this tool is used as a mere starting point for further inquiry.

«Essential Assessment provides a framework that outlines a foundation of beliefs and practices that reach far beyond the testing mindset to positively impact the lives of students and foster a sense of empowerment.

I support Dr. McRae's recommendations and would add further that a fundamentally ignored and harmful aspect of the test score release is the psychological impact on the vast majority of youth who are to receive [false] scores indicating that they are not on track for college or career.

The test was originally scheduled to have Ferrari's Sebastien Vettel testing the Halo equipped car, but Ferrari instead chose veteran driver Kimi Raikkonen, who according to Motorsport, «would offer a far more impartial view on its impact on the drivers.»

«The structural performances of the A3 and Passat in the side impact were good — impressive because most vehicles we've tested so far have allowed way too much intrusion.

Beginning with 2015 models, the side curtain airbags were extended farther forward, but this change does not affect performance in the Institute's side impact test.

As far as safety is concerned, the Flex performs well in testing conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), and despite the crossover SUV's age it earned an «Acceptable» rating in the difficult small - overlap, frontal - impact assessment.

This project was embraced by scientists worldwide, prompting Saraceno to further pursue his research at the European Space Agency (ESA) with his proposal to send spiders into space, testing the conditions of micro-gravity and its impact upon spiders» sociability, web building and the spider web itself.

While others don't go so far as to disrupt field research (in this case testing a wheat strain modified to lower the grain's glycemic index and increase fiber), the sentiments expressed by the raiders down under are popular among foodies and others who envision some kind of no - impact utopia feeding some 9 billion people.

Further given the significant impact on the accused's Charter protection interests and that the ASD and breath testing was without requisite Criminal Code and Charter grounds results in serious breaches of Section 9 and Section 8.

Using 3 years of data, we further tested the extent to which the impact of maternal depressive symptoms was mediated by the affective quality of mother - child interactions and the child's emotion regulation skills.

Further as the article states, «November was the first full month of the new mortgage rules... (including a new stress test)... but sales fell from October to November by roughly the same amount they do every year, suggesting little impact from the rules.»