Sentences with phrase «less focused on test»

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Under Muhlhauser — who joined the company in 2005 and became CEO the following year — Celestica is focused less on such «commoditized» products and instead establishing itself in new, higher - margin fields where major players currently do the majority of design, testing, manufacturing and quality control themselves.

I'm trying to focus on less CHO in our meals too right now, we've been doing a lot of recipe testing for the book and I'm noticing the hubs and I are both packing on a little extra weight haha.

Others are less focused on increasingly sensitive tests.

The researchers suggest, based on their analysis of the data, that screening compliance could be increased by focusing educational and outreach efforts on certain groups who were less likely to get their infants screened for congenital CMV: less educated mothers, babies not born in a hospital and infants who received hearing tests later than 14 days after birth.

With Falcon Heavy's additional lift, researchers planning the Large UV Optical Infrared Surveyor telescope, a proposed mission for the 2020s with a mirror at least 9 meters across, could focus less on reducing weight and more on delivering a great scientific instrument, says Matt Mountain, president of the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy in Washington, D.C. «If we don't have to fight for mass, the testing is greatly simplified and you can launch more ambitious systems.»

In the past 6 months, I've also been working with a naturopath who has helped me focus on whole foods, testing for and elminating food sensitivities, exercising less, and slowly eating more.

The sweet spot for Rosetta Stone Korea is in serving students who are in Grades 1 to 4 because they are young enough that the parents are less focused on how the language learning will prepare students for the suneung, or the College Scholastic Aptitude Test.

This means that less teachers will be required to mark test papers and will have more time to spend focusing on planning the next lesson.

With states now appropriately crafting accountability frameworks that focus not just on test scores but on multiple measures, we also will hear less heated rhetoric about the consequences of poor results.

Luke Reynolds (recommended by Adam Steiner - @steineredtech) thinks students are «more than just test scores,» and hence focuses less on the test and more on overall classwork.

As expected, the multitasking students learned less than those focused on the lecture, scoring about 11 percent lower on a test.

(HealthDay)-- U.S. children entering kindergarten do worse on tests when they're from poorer families with lower expectations and less focus on reading, computer use and preschool attendance, new research suggests.

Glynn's concern about New York's test is that teachers will react by focusing more on reading, and less on writing, speaking and listening, all skills that he thinks are critical.

The school's relentless focus on standards and testing reduces time for less defined but often more meaningful types of lessons — ones that help kids understand themselves, their fellow students, and the world around them.

I'd love a world where our mathmatics instruction focused more holistically on mathematically modeling and less on the kinds of computational tasks that make up much of standardized testing, but have been rendered obsolete in the real world by computers.

Diverse and authentic assessments used to inform instruction and less time spent on test prep and bureaucratic paperwork so teachers can focus on planning meaningful instruction.

Like a lot of teachers, she gets frustrated by the «experts» and the politicians who are constantly proposing «No Child Left Behind» and «Race to the Top» schemes, along with other grand plans that invariably add up to more standardized testing and less focus on actual education.

Students and teachers have more time to prepare for tests when the school year starts earlier, and there is less time in school after tests when students may not be fully focused on school.

At a time when a recent report shows that teachers are less satisfied with their jobs than they have been in decades, Mieliwocki acknowledged the challenges that the profession faces and the narrow focus on student achievement and teacher evaluations as measured by standardized tests.

The No Child Left Behind Act's (NCLB) narrow, regimented approach to accountability led to reduced attention for subjects other than English language arts and math, overreliance on standardized testing, and less focus on meeting students» all - around needs.

On the other, unions want more focus on the social problems contributing to low achievement and less emphasis on testing, which in Chicago takes up an extraordinary amount of timOn the other, unions want more focus on the social problems contributing to low achievement and less emphasis on testing, which in Chicago takes up an extraordinary amount of timon the social problems contributing to low achievement and less emphasis on testing, which in Chicago takes up an extraordinary amount of timon testing, which in Chicago takes up an extraordinary amount of time.

Michigan's plan includes less student testing, focuses on student academic growth and gives schools more flexibility.

Irby says, schools need to focus less on leveled, out - of - touch books and reading tests that leave kids feeling defeated and try listening more.

The new law focuses less on standardized testing requirements and transfers federal control of school accountability to the states.

It depends on the state, but the procedures for standardized tests could possibly become less strict, which will allow schools and teachers to focus more on other subjects and creative activities rather than teaching to the test.

It is for this reason that we should keep an eye on New Hampshire's pilot of a new kind of assessment, one that more holistically examines multiple measures of student performance and focuses less on standardized testing.

ASCD's Director of Public Policy, David Griffith, explains that due to an overreliance on standardized testing, schools are seeing an increased «focus on test taking and test preparation» and less emphasis on «actual knowledge and achievement for students.»

In other words, focusing on testing in the early years may lead to less effective teaching and learning, not the other way around.

Some mellowing, less testing, and a Shiba more focused on living life to the fullest.

And rather than visiting individual galleries — and perhaps discovering new talent — collectors are focusing on market - tested trophy works carried by major dealers; are sometimes buying from Instagram or other online images without seeing the work in person; and are less willing to gamble on the emerging artists represented by small and midsize galleries.

«The multitasking students learned less than those focused on the lecture, scoring about 11 percent lower on a test.

Basically, the campaign requests that restaurants stop buying bottled water for these reasons: - Tap water is no less safe than bottled water, especially if the tap is filtered - Restaurants will protect customers from the chemicals and pollutants found in various brands of bottled water - The city of San Francisco's water is tested more than 100,000 times each year, and it meets state and federal water quality standards that are stricter than bottled water standards - It's cheaper - It's better for the environment to end the manufacturing of plastic bottles - Focusing on using tap water will refocus monies towards the repair and maintenance of our water infrastructure

A new two - part test is the latest development in English patent law, which focuses less on the specific wording of the patent and more on the underlying concept which the patent protects.

The tests focus less on extensive academic knowledge, and more on a good understanding of the underlying concepts.

-- Focus less on the latest design trend or fad, and more on elements, fixtures and colors that will stand the test of time.

[345] Instead, the Bureau's testing indicates that consumers focus on other information that is less prominently disclosed on current Federal disclosures than the APR, or that is not required on current Federal disclosures.