Sentences with phrase «measures from different states»

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The way in which Virginia approached the question of religious liberty was very different from the path chosen by Massachusetts and other states, but the Virginia way has become the standard by which American liberals today measure the relations of church and state» and even of religion and society.

DiNapoli's report found the state's workforce has declined 13.1 percent, from 180,564 in 2007 to 156,986 last year, but he uses a different measure.

With just more than a week left to the legislative session, senators said their package was also different from measures supported in the state Assembly.

Brandt and Jarrett Crawford (The College of New Jersey) analyzed data from 5914 people in the United States that includes a measure of verbal ability and prejudice towards 24 different groups.

Now better techniques for measuring sleep states have shown that their sleep is fundamentally different from normal, which probably explains their subjective reports of being unable to switch off (see «Awake asleep: Insomniac brains that can't switch off «-RRB-.

Initial speculation centered around the possibility of a lightning strike, but last week Airbus released a memo stating that «there was inconsistency between the different measured airspeeds» coming from different pitot tubes.

These and other distinctions mean that assessments that truly measure the Common Core will likely look different from current state tests, necessary as we move from fill - in - the - bubble tests toward more engaging assessments that better mirror good instruction in the classroom.

Year 4 Science Assessments Objectives covered: Recognise that living things can be grouped in a variety of ways Explore and use classification keys to help group, identify and name a variety of living things in their local and wider environment Recognise that environments can change and that this can sometimes pose dangers to living things Describe the simple functions of the basic parts of the digestive system in humans Identify the different types of teeth in humans and their simple functions Construct and interpret a variety of food chains, identifying producers, predators and prey Compare and group materials together, according to whether they are solids, liquids or gases Observe that some materials change state when they are heated or cooled, and measure or research the temperature at which this happens in degrees Celsius (°C) Identify the part played by evaporation and condensation in the water cycle and associate the rate of evaporation with temperature Identify how sounds are made, associating some of them with something vibrating Recognise that vibrations from sounds travel through a medium to the ear Find patterns between the pitch of a sound and features of the object that produced it Find patterns between the volume of a sound and the strength of the vibrations that produced it Recognise that sounds get fainter as the distance from the sound source increases Identify common appliances that run on electricity Construct a simple series electrical circuit, identifying and naming its basic parts, including cells, wires, bulbs, switches and buzzers Identify whether or not a lamp will light in a simple series circuit, based on whether or not the lamp is part of a complete loop with a battery Recognise that a switch opens and closes a circuit and associate this with whether or not a lamp lights in a simple series circuit Recognise some common conductors and insulators, and associate metals with being good conductors

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First, it mentioned that Common Core differs from other standards, for example, in its heavy focus on writing; therefore, «assessments that truly measure the Common Core will likely look different from current state tests.»

This new unit should focus on providing a student experience that excels on measures different from the traditional measures of quality — such as top - notch extracurricular offerings and state - of - the - art facilities — that private schools have historically used.

It is based on a comparison of two different value - added scores for teachers: one derived from the regular state assessment (which varies by participating district) and the other from an alternative assessment that is specifically designed to measure students» depth of higher - order conceptual understanding in each subject.

Since reading assessment measures vary from state to state, we identified three large states — California, Michigan, and Texas — in different regions of the country and proceeded with site selection within those states.

A Columbus, Ohio group called Best Education Degrees has put together a handy interactive map that shows how the 50 states and the District of Columbia compare on nine different measures, using data from the U.S. Census...

Thankfully, research on which policies work in other states show us that educational choice programs supported by ALEC members have a record of success across different measures, from test score increases, to parental satisfaction, to better life outcomes for students.

The MET report uses data from six major urban school districts to, among other things, compare two different value - added scores for teachers: one computed from official state tests, and another from a test designed to measure higher - order, conceptual understanding.

But, he wrote, if «other data can be derived from the state assessments to define a distinctly different measure of student achievement,» that measure could count for the second 20 percent, as long as it was developed locally through collective bargaining.

To read more about this, the best research study explaining why doing just this will set any state up for lawsuits comes from Brown University's John Papay in his highly esteemed and highly cited «Different tests, different answers: The stability of teacher value - added estimates across outcome measures»Different tests, different answers: The stability of teacher value - added estimates across outcome measures»different answers: The stability of teacher value - added estimates across outcome measures» article.

Observed changes in short term precipitation intensity from previous research and the anticipated changes in flood frequency and magnitude expected due to enhanced greenhouse forcing are not generally evident at this time over large portions of the United States for several different measures of flood flows.

I would also invite you to think about how perfect LTE could possibly be observed if it did exist; any device you use to measure the thermal radiation or the distribution of velocities or the population of excited states must itself be at a different effective temperature from the gas in question, and must absorb energy from it, disturbing the very equilibrium you are trying to observe.

I measure Americans» trust in scientists using self - reported measures of trust in information from four different different groups; science professors, state environmental departments, NASA / NOAA, and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

This is also because it is not immediately clear whether the measures needed by the Member States as a result of the Commission's implementing regulation are fundamentally different from the intervention required from Member States in T & L Sugars.

To test if question style plays a role in the sex and satisfaction link, researchers from Florida State University and University of Tennessee tested the link between how often couples have sex and relationship quality by measuring marital satisfaction two different ways.

During buyer consultations, he discusses how his marketing plan differs from other agents» — including posting listings on three different MLSs in his state — and drafts a buyer's service agreement that lays out all the measures he will take to sell his client's property.