Sentences with phrase «much testing»

I understand that many of you feel strongly that there's too much testing in our schools.

Regardless of how much testing you've done, things are going to come up or there will be conditions that you can only simulate in the race.

But, in this time of emphasizing greater accountability, state officials find themselves in the odd position of being unable to release as much testing data as they have in previous years.

This is why cars undergo so much testing before they are sold to consumers.

We also let people get away at the school level with doing way too much test prep.

But if they are looking to see kids sitting in a row and judging you on how much test scores improve, that is going to be a problem.

While the app still needs much testing before widespread use, early results from a small group of patients show its potential to monitor moods while protecting privacy.

In short, far from providing a clear explanation of how the economy works, conventional economics fails pretty much any test that it is given.

It led to too much testing during classroom time.

So, hiding behind tired old claims of too much test taking and data collection in education, the resignation demand was voted upon.

Much testing remains before the varieties can be released to farmers, a process that could take several years.

The valid concerns of parents about too much testing also should be taken seriously.

55 percent are dissatisfied with some aspect of their jobs, including poor leadership, lack of control over teaching, and too much testing pressure with too little support.

It makes more sense to focus on how much test scores have grown at a school rather than whether scores rise to a uniform standard.

It took SO much testing and fine - tuning, but our plan worked.

For example, if there is too much test prep, ask that the principal monitor it and take steps to reduce it.

-LSB-...] teachers to know if instruction is working and how students are doing, there is also a danger in too much testing.

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Having always prided myself on my good eyesight and commitment to the sunglasses revolution, this is just as much a test of my ego as it is the health of my eyes.

So must getting rid of so much test preparation, which he believes is what most irritates parents about the testing component of accountability.

For those with questions about stacking, it has been found through much testing with braising pot roast, etc, that boiling / simmering, and braising generally yield the same result.

«We've done so much testing in Philadelphia, we already know the costs,» he says.

And now, a pair of ESEA rewrite bills headed to conference in Congress would give states acres of new running room when it comes to setting student achievement goals, figuring out how much tests matter, evaluating teachers, and more.

Lawmakers ultimately settled on keeping a federal requirement that schools test students annually — but they gave states more leeway in how much test results matter.

Playing an aging, decrepit, broken - down actor relegated to mostly corpse roles, his character stumbles into an unlikely love affair with a troubled young woman, and finds it is too much a test for his frayed libido.

It was very much a test in two parts, with the teams testing high - downforce configurations for the Monaco Grand Prix, the next round of the championship, and low - downforce settings for the Canadian Grand Prix... Continue reading 2008 F1 testing round - up 12: Paul Ricard

Most states do too much testing using multiple - choice exams that don't encourage students to think critically, concludes the report due out this week from the National Center for Fair & Open Testing, or FairTest, in Cambridge, Mass..

There is too much testing!!!!!!!! It is having effects that are not intended.

To find out how many states are using the consortia tests, how much these tests cost, and what parents think of standardized testing, see Policy Points: Testing Time (PDF).

Those opposing too much testing asked parents and kids to skip it to send a message, and a few teachers decided to refuse to proctor it.

Many teachers have made the point, over the years, that due to so much testing invasion they are now able to cover from 1/3 up to 1/2 less subject matter than they were covering before testing laws were mandated.

Download How Much Testing Ppt This powerpoint presentation shows the testing calendar for public education students in K - 12 and includes city interim assessments and state assessments.

After much testing, and just as much tasting, I narrowed it down to my essentials: quinoa flour, coconut sugar, coconut oil and flax.

macOS High Sierra 10.13.5 is coming down the line with new features that need as much testing as they can get; as such, Apple is releasing early beta software so that developers can make their apps work seamlessly when the full operating system launches to the public.

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Another example of current trends that I have noticed is: teachers and students obsess over standardized tests, wondering how much test preparation can be offered before the next testing date for the ACT or SAT.

At age 18 I don't want my cats to have to go through much testing or upset and Dr. Davis is very good at considering their age and quality of life.

He said, memorably, that he didn't care how much test prep there was so long as scores go up.

The bottom line is that none of the factors used by authorizers to open or renew charter schools in New Orleans were predictive of how much test score growth these schools could produce later on.

As the newest kid on the block, it's only natural we were keen to seen how the polished German SUV stands up when pitched against the cheaper, Czech - built Tuscon... which has won pretty much every test we've thrown at it, including our most recent medium SUV comparison.

It led to too much testing during classroom time, forced schools and school districts into cookie cutter reforms that didn't produce the kind of results that we wanted to see.»

«They should decide how much test results should factor into their accountability system.»

Speed is important, of course, but with so many turns, the Pikes Peak hillclimb is as much a test of stability through corners than sprints up straight sections of the route.

Switching to Terra mode on the Tamburo, the Urus rises by 40 mm but two laps of the off - road course was not so much a test of ground clearance or approach and departure angles, but to see how it handled on a loose surface.

In light of this evidence, perhaps states or the feds could offer guidance on what kind of and how much test preparation is appropriate and discourage the rest.

War Horse author Michael Morpurgo has warned that too much testing in schools risks killing the joy of reading for children.

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