Sentences with phrase «key groups tested»

Since the NAEP was originally administered 25 years ago, 2015 was the first time that math test scores had fallen in both 4th and 8th grade, and the first time that NAEP scores declined in three of the four key groups tested.

Not exact matches

The key findings of the West Virginia group — already known to CARB and the EPA — were revealed for the first time on March 31, 2014, at a conference in San Diego on emissions testing.

Even Kuhn concedes that he'll consort with a small group of key accounts once an idea has moved into the testing stage.

Management Auto Manufacturers The Volkswagen emissions scandal, which saw the company fudge emissions tests to make its cars appear less polluting, has resulted in a new CEO appointment, the suspension of key executives and a proposed group restructure.

Since 2009, the Healthy Communities Research Group (GP RED, GreenPlay, Design Concepts, along with other key academic and community partners) has been working together to develop and test the Healthy Communities Surveillance and Management Toolkit Project.

A group of test subjects sat at a computer and carried out two tasks: They had to press a key on the keyboard if they heard a low - pitched sound and a different key if they heard a high one.

«The phi test helps physicians distinguish prostate cancer from benign conditions by utilizing three different PSA markers (PSA, freePSA and p2PSA) as part of a sophisticated algorithm to more reliably determine the probability of cancer in patients with elevated PSA levels,» said Kevin Slawin, MD, director, Vanguard Urologic Institute at Memorial Hermann Medical Group, clinical professor of Urology at Baylor College of Medicine and director of Urology, Memorial Hermann Hospital ‐ Texas Medical Center, who performed some of the key research that led to the development of the phi test and who also began using the test in February.

Now, a Massachusetts company is convinced that these microscopic cylinders are also key to conceiving a baby, and several groups of physicians outside the United States are testing that controversial premise in women with fertility problems.

Lab tests identified the most effective ones, and the group's partners at pharmaceutical company Bristol - Myers Squibb found that the compounds also blocked HIV reverse transcriptase, an enzyme that's key to the virus's ability to copy itself.

People who fall into this group exhibit the classic symptoms of celiac disease yet have no detectable intestinal damage, and test negative for certain key antibodies (though in some cases they may have elevated levels of others).

The Metabolic Analysis Profile is a nutritional test using a urinary assessment of 46 key organic acids grouped according to their primary roles in the following four central areas of metabolism.

Using this rapid cycle of design - test - iterate, an idea is developed by a group of experts and key stakeholders, piloted in a real world setting, refined, and tested again with a larger group, thereby creating an accelerated method to prepare for scale up at a population level.

The key idea is that inspectors have the same information on past test scores for both groups of schools.

The introduction of the Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education Students is a key recommendation of the Advisory Group's report.

The effectiveness of the model has been studied in over 20 years of research and field - testing about: (a) the effectiveness of the model as perceived by key groups, such as principals, teachers, students, and parents; (b) research related to student creative productivity; (c) research relating to personal and social development; (d) the use of SEM with culturally diverse or special needs populations; (e) research on student self - efficacy; (f) the use of SEM as a curricular framework; (g) research relating to learning styles and curriculum compacting; and (h) longitudinal research on the SEM.

This detailed and high quality unit includes: * 18 lesson plans (with 13 differentiation strategies) * 95 slide PowerPoint presentation (divided into lessons) * All resources and worksheets (9 sheets) * Homework project (7 tasks) that includes both reading and writing skills * A copy of the key scene, with original version on the left and space for students to «translate» into modern English on the right * End - of - unit reading / writing exam * End - of - unit exam mark scheme (suitable for KS3 Levels 3 - 6, with GCSE 1 - 9 conversion) Unit's lessons include: * Quiz on the life and times of Shakespeare * Group «collective memory» activity on the Globe Theatre * Activities focused upon «translating» Shakespearean language * Storyboarding the play * Reading and translating Act 3 Scene 1 * Analysing characters in the key scene * Structing an essay response * Designing costumes for Puck and Titania * Designing a set for the key scene * Spelling tests on key vocabulary (differentiated by writing level) * SPaG starter activities * Crosswords * End - of - unit reading exam (GCSE English Language / Literature style) * End - of - unit writing exam (GCSE English Language style) * Teacher / peer / self assessment opportunities

This detailed and high quality unit includes: * 33 lesson plans (with 13 differentiation strategies) * 147 slide PowerPoint presentation (divided into lessons) * All resources and worksheets (9 sheets) * Homework project (9 tasks) that includes both reading and writing skills Unit's lessons include: * Cloze activity on the play's contexts * Detailed, thorough comprehension questions on each scene * Spelling tests on key vocabulary * SPaG starter activities * Character crosswords * Huge 60 - question revision quiz * In - depth key scene analyses (including group work) * Exploring characters - Helen, Jo, Peter, Boy, Geof * Exploring themes - marriage, motherhood, relationships * AfL activities - improving sample exam responses * Essay planning * Writing a formal essay on a chosen character * Writing a formal essay on a chosen theme * «Closed book» mock exam to reflect new GCSE exam expectations * Teacher / peer / self assessment opportunities

California Department of Education officials say their preliminary conclusions about the field test process are based on online surveys of school districts and eight focus groups of key education constituencies, including parents and students.

«It's undeniable that the push for more testing shined light on things we didn't know before,» said Sandi Jacobs, vice president of the National Center on Teacher Quality, an advocacy group that presses to use student test scores as one key metric for evaluating teacher performance.

ACER UK currently leads the partner group delivering the Scottish National Standardised Assessments; provides assessment services to schools, such as the ELMs assessment suite; and works with the Standards and Testing Agency (STA) to provide content for key stage testing programmes (Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2Testing Agency (STA) to provide content for key stage testing programmes (Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 SATkey stage testing programmes (Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2testing programmes (Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 SATKey Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 SATKey Stage 2 SATs).

While the absurd Common Core Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) testing scheme is a «high - stakes» test designed to fail students, the NAEP has sought to reflect whether a random group of students have a basic understanding of the key concepts that are actually being taught at each appropriate grade level.

However, when it became clear at the end of the process that key members of the group would insist the final report contain recommendations eliminating the minimum salary schedule and tying teacher evaluations to student test scores, TCTA withdrew from the commission.

When I see groups that truly understand the value of involvement — school spirit and pride, higher test scores, fewer discipline problems, and more — and the key role that their group plays in building involvement at their school, I know that good things are happening.

The book points to rising test scores among many groups of students, including minorities, and argues that eradicating poverty, not overhauling the education system, is the key to lifting U.S. student performance.

For example, disaggregating test scores by identifiable groups of youngsters can provide the key to either bettering instruction or finger - pointing (or both).

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To better the test drive experience of its e2o Plus electric car, Mahindra Electric (part of the Mahindra Group) has provided virtual reality (VR) devices at select dealership outlets to highlight key features of the car.

Key responsibilities listed on a Teacher Aide example resume are instructing small groups of students, adapting learning materials, motivating students, invigilating tests, organizing school events, and attending meetings.

Study in groups and discuss test topics thoroughly, since the key to understanding something is the ability to explain it to someone else.

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ECD programmes can take many forms, including promotion of good health and nutrition, support for safe and stimulating environments, protection from risks such as violence or abandonment, parenting support and early learning experiences, media, preschools and community groups.4 Poverty is the key underlying cause of poor child development; children living in poverty are exposed to many negative influences, including poor physical environments, inadequate nutrition, parental stress and insufficient cognitive stimulation.5 Undernutrition can influence brain development directly by affecting brain structure and function, or indirectly via poor physical or motor development, in addition to other pathways.6 — 8 Exposure to multiple co-occurring risks most likely contributes to greater disparities in developmental trajectories among children with differential exposure.9 — 12 This paper focuses on associations between specific aspects of children's physical environments — access to improved water and sanitation (W&S)-- and childhood development as measured by performance on a test of receptive language.

Planned Parenthood has a significantly higher favorability rating than any other group or individual tested, according to an NBC - WSJ poll — that's including the U.S. Supreme Court, both political parties, and key Republicans running for president.

Similarly, equivalence of the high and low CU groups was tested by performing analyses of variance on key variables (e.g., child adjustment, number of treatment sessions).

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