Sentences with phrase «new alternative tests»

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«We have a long history of testing new technology — including alternative - fuel trucks — and we are excited to be among the first to pilot this new heavy - duty electric vehicle,» a Walmart spokesperson told Fortune in an email.

Here we apply a new model of elastic - brittle failure to test the alternative view that successive episodes promote a long - term accumulation of stress in the crust.

New mortgage stress tests are pushing some borrowers from the big banks to alternative lenders charging higher rates.

These plant - based meat alternatives put a new spin on time - tested ingredients like vital wheat gluten and soy.

The search for an alternative program comes at a time of turmoil in New York over the current testing system.

But this first electoral test in the new parliament has made clear Labour is the real alternative for Britain.»

She said Wednesday's rule implemented that policy after education officials had collected enough data to set the alternative test scores based on the new standards.

Some of these alternative mathematical rules even predict new effects, which require new experimental tests.

A new type of cancer drug developed at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, but not yet tested in clinical trials may have triggered the deaths of three patients who were undergoing an alternative cancer treatment by a nonmedical practitioner in Germany.

The new method — called the Alternative Pyroshock Test — used a nitrogen - powered gas gun to shoot a 100 - pound steel projectile into a steel resonant beam, which then transfers energy through a resonant cone attached to the part being tested.

The new epidermis, grown from human pluripotent stem cells, offers a cost - effective alternative lab model for testing drugs and cosmetics, and could also help to develop new therapies for rare and common skin disorders.

But there are a number of complexities related to the viability of a new fuel, Fretheim added, such as the vehicle payback period, the need for new infrastructure, overcoming maintenance issues and sourcing enough of an alternative fuel to test it and to fully adopt it if it works.

The new analysis combines sea - surface temperature records with meteorological station measurements and tests alternative choices for ocean records, urban warming and tropical and Arctic oscillations.

Researchers are developing a new generation of breath tests as an alternative to invasive diagnostic procedures

In this presentation, we discuss data from studies conducted with academic, clinical, and industry collaborators that demonstrates the utility of the system as a more predictive, human - relevant alternative for efficacy and safety testing of new chemical entitites.

To scale up the new technology to meet these market demands, Argonne partnered with St. Louis, Missouri - based Roeslein Alternative Energy LLC, which has a test site in northern Missouri.

We used our best eliminase (the W229D / F290W variant of the alternative GNCA4 reconstruction at the GNCA node), to test whether the introduction of the new active site affects the catalysis at the «old» natural active site (catalytic residue S70, located at about 23 Å from position 229).

Of course, these «alternative» flours can get expensive, especially if you're like me and like recipe testing and trying new things.

Blood Spot Hormone Testing from ZRT Labs Blood spot tests are a new, minimally invasive, high tech and accurate alternative to conventional blood tests that require going to a lab and having vials of blood drawn.

Y ’ all know how much I LOVE testing out new combos of flours (and alternative «flours»).

18, no. 2), Dan Goldhaber takes aim at my new book, The Testing Charade: Pretending to Make Schools Better, in which I argue that test - based accountability has failed on balance and that it is time to explore alternatives.

Harris instead offers two potential alternatives: 1) the improved public / charter school performance in New Orleans made the performance of the private sector look relatively worse; and 2) the curriculum at most private schools may not have been aligned to the state test, so the poor performance merely reflects that lack of alignment rather than poor performance.

For non-disabled kids, New York State is considering the recent recommendations of the statewide Coalition for Multiple Pathways to a Diploma which has recommended alternative routes to a standard diploma for kids who for whatever reason don't do well on the new tesNew York State is considering the recent recommendations of the statewide Coalition for Multiple Pathways to a Diploma which has recommended alternative routes to a standard diploma for kids who for whatever reason don't do well on the new tesnew tests.

Of course I was predisposed in that direction because I'm a huge admirer of Eva Moskowitz's Success Academy charter schools — more than 40 of them now, in four boroughs of New York City — which are knocking the top off state test scores and providing terrific educational alternatives for thousands of youngsters, mostly poor and minority, who would otherwise be stuck in some of the country's worst urban schools.

The study, which was conducted at three community colleges at the City University of New York, represents the first controlled test of an alternative to traditional remediation.

If standards and testing formed one arm of yesterday's education - reform consensus, a push for new alternatives to traditional schools formed the other.

The number of students in alternative schools showed moderate increases contemporaneous with new national mandates regarding standardized testing and graduation rates.

In Louisiana about a year ago, lawyers for students complaining of discriminatory treatment in alternative schools in a school district near New Orleans discovered student transfers from regular schools shot up just before the state's annual tests were given.

Teachers who enter New York City schools through alternative pathways such as Teach For America and the city's Teaching Fellows program are as effective as their traditionally certified counterparts in raising student test scores in mathematics and reading, a report says.

The article looks at alternatives to standardized tests as high school graduation requirements, profiling the East Side Community High School in New York City which has replaced standardized tests with a combination of projects and oral presentations which it considers more authentic as assessments.

Approximately one - fifth of all New Jersey school districts have responded by assuring parents who refuse the test that their children will be provided with an alternative location, or at least the ability to read in class, while their classmates take the test.

The legislation also asks that UW - Madison's Value - Added Research Center provide the new board a list of alternative tests «acceptable for statistical comparison» with the tests adopted by the superintendent.

But there's hope, and new exams aligned with the Common Core offered for the first time this year provide a promising alternative to the ill - aligned and poorly designed tests from the past 20 years.

After almost 30 years at an alternative high school, Ann Cook now heads a consortium of New York public high schools that assess students with little reliance on standardized tests.

In his letter, Farrow pointed to a waiver New York received last year, which allowed the state's schools to use alternative tests this school year.

The Annenberg Institute's new issue of VUE, Performance Assessment: Fostering the Learning of Teachers and Students proposes an alternative to standardized testing, based on a performance assessment approach, which is personalized and rigorous, and improves teaching and learning — thereby benefiting both students and teachers.

Under the new plan, the State's Superintendent of Public Instruction would form an advisory panel to develop recommendations on the future of the CAHSEE or create alternative tests during the period of suspension.

While New Jersey moves toward a new school testing system in 2015, it is staying with a North Carolina - based company to conduct two more years of the state's decade - old high school exit exam and its alternative teNew Jersey moves toward a new school testing system in 2015, it is staying with a North Carolina - based company to conduct two more years of the state's decade - old high school exit exam and its alternative tenew school testing system in 2015, it is staying with a North Carolina - based company to conduct two more years of the state's decade - old high school exit exam and its alternative test.

Secondly, if two teachers are in an urban classrooms that are side by side and one gets 4 new students who are not proficient in English and their test score drops by 3 percent, are they doing a better or worse job than the teacher who gets 2 new special education students and 1 new English Language Learner, but their test score goes up 2 percent after the special education students are given the alternative test rather than the standard mastery test.

A few states, including New York, opted out of the revised GED and are administering a new alternative — the Test Assessing Secondary Completion, or TASC — also linked to Common CoNew York, opted out of the revised GED and are administering a new alternative — the Test Assessing Secondary Completion, or TASC — also linked to Common Conew alternative — the Test Assessing Secondary Completion, or TASC — also linked to Common Core.

«Given the lack of broad - based stakeholder input into the waiver, the unrealistic timelines for implementing the teacher evaluation system under the waiver, the lack of research - based support for evaluating teachers based on student performance on state tests, and the dearth of vetted alternative measures of student learning available to use for teachers other than those teaching grades 5 - 9 reading and math, we recommend the Legislature delay taking action to implement the waiver's teacher evaluation system requirements, and urge the commissioner to continue to negotiate for more flexibility in the waiver regarding the teacher evaluation requirements, as well as to seek an extension from USDE regarding the timeline under which to implement the new system,» Eaton testified.

The state is also developing new science tests and English learner assessments as part of CAASPP, including an alternative science test for severely disabled students, which the board will weigh in on Wednesday.

The discussion will highlight ESSA's testing requirements and some new options states and districts will have, including alternatives to a single summative test and additional high school tests.

Reports indicate that part of this increase is related to potential teachers being unable to pass a new state test, known as the Foundations of Reading Test.74 As a result of staffing issues, the Wisconsin DPI has issued an emergency rule easing licensing requirements and is pursuing a rule that would further ease the licensing process and eliminate state GPA and Praxis test score requirements for teacher prep programs.75 This increase in teachers with alternative forms of certification may lead to future problems with teacher retenttest, known as the Foundations of Reading Test.74 As a result of staffing issues, the Wisconsin DPI has issued an emergency rule easing licensing requirements and is pursuing a rule that would further ease the licensing process and eliminate state GPA and Praxis test score requirements for teacher prep programs.75 This increase in teachers with alternative forms of certification may lead to future problems with teacher retentTest.74 As a result of staffing issues, the Wisconsin DPI has issued an emergency rule easing licensing requirements and is pursuing a rule that would further ease the licensing process and eliminate state GPA and Praxis test score requirements for teacher prep programs.75 This increase in teachers with alternative forms of certification may lead to future problems with teacher retenttest score requirements for teacher prep programs.75 This increase in teachers with alternative forms of certification may lead to future problems with teacher retention.

Under No Child Left Behind, schools were rated on how many of their students tested as «proficient», but new regulations under ESSA may allow for alternative metrics such as non-academic indicators and testing improvement.

Its new program is still being designed, but it will include norm - referenced tests and a high school exit exam (which will allow for alternatives) hence a 2.

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When Mr. Fulop takes office on July 1, Jersey City could join New York City, Newark and Bridgeport, Conn., as another local laboratory for a national movement known as education reform that emphasizes tougher standards for teachers, uses test scores to grade schools and educators and promotes alternatives such as charter schools.

My original plan was to test / purchase a rent to buy vehicle from the AMTRAK location but the entire rent to buy process was nothing but a headache and it turned out that the rent to buy entity couldn't locate the vehicle after waiting a week past my scheduled rental date and offered me no alternatives other than scheduling a new rental for a different vehicle.

Mitsubishi says this program is a «new marketing launch for us» and that this could be a smart alternative to trying to get buyers to the dealership for initial test driving.