Sentences with phrase «mandatory testing»

The new ruling will give officials a better handle on the extent of the infection within a year of mandatory testing.

There's no evidence that frequent, mandatory tests improve performance.

This means that they can be sold without scientific proof of efficacy and without mandatory testing to determine the optimal dosage.

Although licensed producers would be permitted to conduct their own, in - house, analytical testing, Health Canada will require that mandatory testing for the presence of unauthorized pesticides be conducted by an independent third - party laboratory.

While it was a project broader than just one, individual state, Norton shared with the committee news of the first comprehensive study ever undertaken to ascertain the true extent of mandatory testing in the nation's schools.

Last night, a group of teachers «occupied» the steps in front of the state Education Department building and railed against what they say is an educational money machine in the form of a private contractor that writes mandatory tests.

Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd - Bennett says the state's new mandatory test aligned with the national Common Core standards is too expensive and complicated to use across all city schools this year.

«The best thing would be to have this drug withdrawn from the market, and if it's not, there should at least be mandatory testing because we know that people don't take this as prescribed,» he says, citing a Truvada clinical trial in Africa that was ended prematurely because the drug was not preventing infection.

While logistics and cost would make mandatory testing on a broad scale impractical, unannounced spot testing could be implemented, particularly on elite fighters.

Mandatory testing laws, banning the sale, manufacturing, distribution and import of cribs with drop - sides, mandatory reporting laws, Dollars for Drop - sides program, and stationary cribs built lower to the ground will save babies» lives.

In the Capital Region, traces were recently discovered in Scotia, Bethlehem, Vorheesvillle and others following the latest mandatory testing.

The article by Jane Hannaway and Shannon McKay of the Urban Institute showed how mandatory testing can serve as a lever to create structural change in an otherwise entrenched education bureaucracy.

For the past decade and a half, the fight to improve America's schools has been fought largely on two fronts: academic standards as one battleground, and accountability the other, with the issue of mandatory testing adding heat to a very public — and increasingly...

Despite widespread media coverage of the opt out movement and significant retreats last year in federal education policy, the public remains solidly behind mandatory testing, with 80 percent favoring a federal requirement for annual testing.

As a result of the new mandatory test takers, 64 percent of high school graduates nationwide took the ACT this year, jumping from 59 percent in 2015.

Some DCPS teachers have estimated their students spend more than 10 % of the school year taking mandatory tests.

Field sobriety tests are not mandatory tests in drinking and driving cases where I practice law.

• The Coalition is lobbying for state laws that would establish mandatory testing and educational requirements for all health personnel doing phlebotomy.

We are not in support of mandatory testing, but we do think there are ways to make significant advances.»

On Monday night, a group of teachers «occupied» the steps in front of the state Education Department building and railed against what they say is an educational money machine in the form of a private contractor that writes mandatory tests.

Pursue ideas that matter instead of mandatory tests.

The design and technology of our buggies has evolved over the years, and our desire to produce premium products has led to high quality material selection, innovative engineering processes and a vigorous testing programme that includes exceeding all mandatory tests for worldwide safety standards.

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.

The mandatory tests are supposed to align with the new standards, but teachers for several years have complained that the curriculum guides and tests have been poorly implemented by the state.

Well, thanks, but no thanks to the No Child Left Behind legislation with its mandatory testing provisions and its destruction of bilingual education.

For the most part, this pro-homework sentiment is still going strong today, in part because of mandatory testing and continued economic concerns about the nation's competitiveness.

Is the act of measurement, mandatory testing, grading, etc., discouraging to the lifelong - learning prospects of disadvantaged students?

In the decade and a half since the national No Child Left Behind Act made annual, mandatory testing the new normal, protests have grown.

It's clear that ESSA is still test - centric, but the control over the mandatory tests is now in the hands of the states, who can now make their own laws on Op - Out.

I mean, really, 12 years is plenty long enough to evaluate their strategy of mandatory testing and test - based accountability,» Van Roekel said.

As a parent and educator I am disgusted at the number of mandatory testing and how much pressure they are putting on our kids rather than focusing on the everyday teaching in the classrooms.

As Democrats learned years ago, support for mandatory testing and charter schools opens fat wallets on Wall Street.

Both were tied to the mandatory testing included in No Child Left Behind, which most students had to pass if the school was to avoid the «failing» label.

The clearinghouse would help improve roadway safety by making it easier to determine whether a truck or bus driver is prohibited from operating a commercial motor vehicle for failing to comply with federal drug and alcohol regulations, including mandatory testing.

Mandatory testing of breeding canine pairs at high - volume facilities will limit the spread of the infection and provide the data the state needs to set realistic goals and timelines for eradication.»

They argued that the mandatory test was a violation of their s. 8 Charter right to be free of unreasonable search and seizure.

Under the mandatory test, permission must be refused if the court is satisfied that a person acting in accordance with s 172 would not seek to continue the claim.

Method 3 is the recommended method to make sure that a product you see advertised is Qi Certified and has passed all mandatory tests.

We recommend that buyers demand that their supplier provides a Qi Certificate of Registration as proof that the product has passed all mandatory tests.