Sentences with phrase «national standards in place»

-- A real home inspector already does this, and there are already national standards in place.

It should pre-empt state renewable portfolio standards, since with a national standard in place, states» programs simply impose extra costs on their citizens without affecting national use of renewables at all.

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However, the Pan Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change lays out a number of policies that will compel more clean tech innovation in Canada, he said, including a price on pollution with a carbon price, to be in place across Canada by the start of next year, as well as a promised national clean fuels strategy, better energy efficiency standards and limits on greenhouse gases like methane.

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• The previous existence in some member states of organic standards (France, Spain and Denmark all had national organic legislation in place pre-1991) The regulation set out a number of provisions:

Certified organic is a regulated industry with set standards in place such as the Australian Certified Organic Standard and national and international standards, natural and eco don't fit within any regulations, nor are the claims supervised by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).

The new standards, slated to be fully in place by the 1996 - 1997 school year, call for school lunches to conform to the national Dietary Guidelines for Americans, which include such things as limiting fat to 30 percent of calories, using sodium in moderation and providing a selection of fruits, vegetables and grain products.

OPERATIVE PARA 2 (d) DELETE this whole para: to implement, through national legislation, the Codex Guidelines on Formulated Complementary Foods for Older Infants and Young Children and other relevant Codex standards and guidelines, and to ensure that arrangements are in place and that adequate resources are available to enact, monitor and enforce such legislation;

As part of the conversion to the national Common Core standards, school districts in New York are required to place more student records, transcripts, and even behavioral information, like absences and suspensions, in online data bases.

During that same period, these companies spent $ 45 million on ads for clean coal and $ 125 million in lobbying dollars to defeat a national renewable energy standard and federal legislation to place mandatory limits on CO2 emissions.

The new national academic - content standards for English and math are no better than the standards in place in one quarter of the states and weaker than those in a half - dozen states.

In this regard, the National Commission report issued by the centrist Brookings Institution remains a good place to begin, despite the fact that it is a bit boring and dated (2003) by the standards of the fast - changing world of school choice.

Finally, under the heading of unintended consequences, I am very fearful that placing sole responsibility for standard setting with the federal government could result in the worst of all possible worlds: national standards and assessments that embrace the conventional wisdom and social agendas of the education «experts» who staff our schools of education, teachers unions, and national associations.

In both math and reading, the national test - score gap in 1965 was 1.1 standard deviations, implying that the average black 12th grader placed at the 13th percentile of the score distribution for white studentIn both math and reading, the national test - score gap in 1965 was 1.1 standard deviations, implying that the average black 12th grader placed at the 13th percentile of the score distribution for white studentin 1965 was 1.1 standard deviations, implying that the average black 12th grader placed at the 13th percentile of the score distribution for white students.

The first presentation of National 5 (the replacement for Standard Grade, which is sat by 16 year olds and broadly benchmarked to upper level GCSE) took place in May with the results from the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) reported in August.

Anne Bull, LACA National Chair commented: «The timeline to have everything in place by September may seem daunting to some schools but we know that they are working hard with parents and staff to improve school meals whilst caterers and government are collaborating to improve standards and take up.

From a quite different place on the political spectrum, the New York affiliate of the National Education Association has withdrawn its support for the Common Core as implemented in that state, and the American Federation of Teachers is calling for a moratorium on all consequences attached to student test results while the standards are being implemented, a policy that has been affirmed in California.

National standards also risk unleashing negative forces in American education — including further curricular narrowing, harmful effects on states that got standards right in the first place, and the possible rekindling of culture wars over what knowledge and which skills matter most (and who gets to decide).

Efforts to disentangle success from economics are made somewhat harder by New York's decision not to adopt one of the national Common Core tests, which promised to allow more apples - to - apples comparisons among school districts across the country (though New York has a modified version of the Common Core standards in place, the state makes its own exams to test whether kids are meeting those expectations).

In 5th - 8th grade much emphasis is placed on mastering the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) enhanced with KIPP and national standards so that all students gain the additional knowledge and skills needed to be successful in the most competitive high schools around Austin, Texas, and the natioIn 5th - 8th grade much emphasis is placed on mastering the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) enhanced with KIPP and national standards so that all students gain the additional knowledge and skills needed to be successful in the most competitive high schools around Austin, Texas, and the natioin the most competitive high schools around Austin, Texas, and the nation.

The standard of performances across both semi-finals was incredibly high but unfortunately there were only two places for United Learning pupils in the national final.

With this in mind, ACE works to bolster the ever - increasing standard for academic excellence in Catholic schools, while maintaining — indeed, reinvigorating — the Catholic culture and identity that make these sacred places one our of greatest national treasures.

As I have noted, stronger standards alone aren't the only reason why student achievement has improved within this period; at the same time, the higher expectations for student success fostered by the standards (along with the accountability measures put in place by the No Child Left Behind Act, the expansion of school choice, reform efforts by districts such as New York City, and efforts by organizations such as the College Board and the National Science and Math Initiative to get more poor and minority students to take Advanced Placement and other college prep courses), has helped more students achieve success.

Common Core opponents, on the other hand, contend that developing national standards are hardly much better than state standards currently in place; in the case of some states, notably Massachusetts (which replaced its standards for Common Core), the national standards are ultimately a set - back for children within those states.

In fact, No Child Left Behind, with its emphasis on standards and hard data, has placed national policy in direct conflict with the prevailing approach of many colleges, where the John Dewey tradition of progressive education holds sway, marked by a deep antipathy toward testinIn fact, No Child Left Behind, with its emphasis on standards and hard data, has placed national policy in direct conflict with the prevailing approach of many colleges, where the John Dewey tradition of progressive education holds sway, marked by a deep antipathy toward testinin direct conflict with the prevailing approach of many colleges, where the John Dewey tradition of progressive education holds sway, marked by a deep antipathy toward testing.

South Korea has refined their national standards for mathematics education through seven periodic cyclic iterations of development, use and revision while we in the U.S. can't even agree on a starting place for a healthy standards development process.

Duncan seems poised to waive AYP standards if states» are willing to create their own accountability models — even without an alternative national accountability system in place.

It was a great example of professional collaboration that is called for in the frameworks shaping education today, from Charlotte Danielson's Framework for Teaching (specifically, components 4d and 4e) to the National Policy Board for Educational Administration standards (which places the kind of collaborative work that Troy's teachers are demonstrating at the core of two of their standards for the evaluation school leadership).

Now national and state standards recognize the enormity of this inquiry dimension and place the responsibility for instruction with every teacher in all disciplines.

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And so I have established a National Commission to understand the causes of this disaster and offer recommendations on what additional safety and environmental standards we need to put in place.

To provide the federal policy certainty needed to accelerate the transition to clean energy, Third Way proposes the establishment of a national Clean Energy Standard (CES) that would require each state to use at least 25 % clean energy by 2025 and 50 % by 2050.23 This federal CES would be a floor, not a ceiling — it would not preempt states like California that have stronger mandates in place.

Two of the four components for such a certification process are already in place: (1) Canada has authoritative national standards for electronic records management, that are based upon well established international standards; and, (2) there is a well developed profession of experienced experts in ERMS technology.

Nevertheless, he took the opportunity to elaborate on the PMOI standard of review and raised the question as to whether intelligence analyses and sources should be subject to the EU courts at all and «whether, in a system based largely on the confidence which the EU institutions place in the evaluation conducted by the competent national authorities of the seriousness of the evidence or clues to support a freezing measure, an intensive review of that evidence by the EU judicature is in fact appropriate» (Opinion para. 66).

Two of the four records management components for such a certification process are already in place: (1) Canada has authoritative national standards for electronic records management, which are based upon well established international standards; and, (2) there is a well developed profession of experienced experts in ERMS technology.

Two of the four components for the necessary legal infrastructure are already in place: (1) Canada has an authoritative national standard for e-records management, which is based upon well established international standards; and, (2) there is a developed profession of experts in e-records management.

The other two can be quickly put in place; (3) a procedure whereby the Canadian General Standards Board, being the sponsor of the national standard, can licence experts in e-records management as being competent to provide certifications of compliance with that national standard; and, (4) a standard form of certificate, placed in the national standard, for certifying compliance with it.

«From now on Venezuela is placed at the disposal of all the rules with which our Venezuelan digital assets are programmed, respecting the best standards of the cryptocurrency community in the world, to generate confidence and security in the national and international market», El Aissami said.

The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) is perhaps best placed to ensure that national standards and benchmarks for reducing the over-representation of Indigenous women in the criminal justice system specifically and Indigenous people generally are developed and implemented.

Although the state has stringent standards in place for child care centers, ranking 3rd nationally, the state ranks nearly last for enforcing those standards, according to Child Care Aware of America, a national child care resource organization.

OSHC services and that are put in place must comply with Education and Care Services National Regulations and meet the National Quality Standard to ensure high quality and consistent early childhood education and care.

The Steering Committee is mindful of the need for the Interim National Executive to be in place and operating as soon as possible, while also ensuring that there is testing of potential members of the National Executive to ensure that they possess the right skills and meet the proposed ethical standards for the organisation.