Sentences with phrase «new testing contract»

If Louisiana isn't pursuing a new testing contract, then the governor may not insist that multiple vendors be considered and White may proceed with using the consortium's test as planned.

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Reaction Engines has a contract with the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Project Agency for airflow testing and is building a new facility in the U.K. for further tests.

The business won a new contract from Kuwait for 28 F - 18 fighter jets, as well as made further progress on its delayed KC - 46 program and completed the first power - on test of its Starliner spacecraft for NASA's commercial crew program.

Major packaging companies looking to expand into new service areas are finding growth opportunities in packaging design, materials testing and contract packing, according to Smithers Pira.

The National Residue Survey (NRS), contracts the services of Australian and New Zealand laboratories to perform residue testing.

New Williams signing Sergey Sirotkin immediately impressed the team when he took part in the post-season test, leading to a multi-year contract

When asked to identify the boxing matches for which a USADA drug - testing contract was filed with either the New York or Nevada State Athletic Commissions, Travis Tygart declined through a spokesperson (USADA senior communications manager Annie Skinner) to answer the question.

It is assumed that Mkhitaryan has rejected a new contract offer from his current club and is looking to test himself in England.

Collins, who is entering a contract year in New York, had said he was completely healthy, but evidently tests showed «his forearm is not healing properly around the plate put there in December.»

Ki has yet to sign a new deal with the Swans and with only one year remaining on his contract there is no reason why we shouldn't put in a bid to test the Welsh side.

The contract calls for drug testing for employees when deemed appropriate during work, a change from the previous policy, which required that only new employees be tested.

A recently minted activist group is calling on the Kingston Common Council to hold off approval for any new police contract that fails to include new language governing drug and alcohol testing for officers, and indemnification for cops» off - duty actions.

The testing company he is referring to is Pearson, which has won contracts to develop Common Core - aligned tests in New York and many other states.

The first week that the new education commissioner began her job, in July, the state Board of Regents announced it was not renewing a contract with the testing company Pearson and beginning a new arrangement with the company Questar.

In 2015, Questar received a five - year, $ 44 million contract from New York to develop and administer state testing.

They include ensuring that the new Common Core test results for third through eight graders will not count on students» permanent records and an end to the State Education Department's contract with a private company, called InBloom, to input students» personal records and data.

Other issues on Carranza's agenda will be what to do about dozens of failing schools in New York City, the debate over testing, the question of how to attract the best teachers and what teachers are lacking in their current contracts.

Furthermore, the contract did not appear to cover the costs of future biomonitoring which has included the testing of private wells and household blood sampling, conducted by the New York State Department of Health, for anyone in and around the Hoosick Falls area.

The object of all this ire and satire was Pearson PLC, the company based in Great Britain that has a nearly $ 33 million contract with New York state to write and administer tests given to K - 12 public school students and to help run teacher training tests.

Elia said the state has contracted with a new testing design company, and she hopes to make a fresh start with teachers, letting them have more say in how the exams are written.

The commissioner says New York teachers who are seeking more input into standardized tests that will be used to rate their performance, will get more chances to design tests going forward, under a new contract signed with testing company QuestNew York teachers who are seeking more input into standardized tests that will be used to rate their performance, will get more chances to design tests going forward, under a new contract signed with testing company Questnew contract signed with testing company Questar.

The commissioner said New York teachers, who are seeking more input into standardized tests that will be used to rate their performance, will get more chances to design tests going forward, under a new contract signed with testing company QuestNew York teachers, who are seeking more input into standardized tests that will be used to rate their performance, will get more chances to design tests going forward, under a new contract signed with testing company Questnew contract signed with testing company Questar.

The new contract requires Questar to develop tests that can be given on computers and also calls on the company to create more versions of the exams, a shift that should allow them to be shorter.

«While we are disappointed that we were not awarded the Gade 3 - 8 testing contract, our commitment to New York is unwavering,» Laura Howe, a spokeswoman for Pearson, said in a statement.

New York State in 2015 awarded a five - year, $ 44 million contract to Questar to develop its tests and provide platforms for administering the tests by computer.

Gambetti, who was not involved in the new study, is co-author on a second NEJM paper appearing online today that shows that an assay similar to the CSF — based RT - QuIC test can pick up very small amounts of abnormal prion protein in the urine of people who have contracted a rare variant of CJD that is transmitted by consuming contaminated meat.

Researchers test a new buff and tough material that expands or contracts when an electrical charge is applied and is able to withstand blazing heat and freezing cold

The state contracted with private, nonprofit organizations to develop new curricula aligned to the common core, developed a web site that included sample lessons and professional - development materials, and then developed a new assessment tied to the standards and administered it in the spring of 2013 — two years before most states had planned to put new tests in place.

The Hawaii board of education has voted not to pay for a new drug - test program for teachers that was approved last year in contract negotiations between the state and the teachers» union.

The Hawaii State Teachers Association has ratified a new contract that will require its members to undergo random drug and alcohol testing — a requirement unusual for public school teachers — as the price for receiving a 4 percent salary increase each year over the next two years.

The governing board that oversees the National Assessment of Educational Progress has awarded a $ 1.5 million contract to ACT Inc. of Iowa City to help set new achievement levels for the NAEP math test in grade 12.

As states approach crucial go / no - go calls (budgeting for the new tests, ending contracts for existing tests), the gaps between the consortia's decisions and each state's preferred paths will be magnified.

The Educational Testing Service breached its contract with a student test - taker when it refused to consider his explanation for an unusually large increase in his SAT scores, the New York State Court of Appeals has ruled.

New York, for example, made its own tests, though a contract with the testing company Pearson.

He said he could do that without issuing a new contract to buy the consortium's test.

The first week that the new education commissioner began her job, in July, the state Board of Regents announced it was not renewing a contract with the testing company Pearson and beginning a new arrangement with the company Questar.

The Educational Testing Service, or ETS, is under contract with the state to continue administering the current California Standards Tests until a new science assessment is developed.

The Pearson corporation, which reported a 72 % increase in profits, was awarded a $ 33 million contract by the New York State Education Department in 2010 for testing.

The education board on Friday unanimously approved a four - month extension to GED Testing Services» contract, which was set to end in June, so the company can continue administering exams while the education agency prepares to bring on the two new test providers who offer exams called the HiSET and TASC.

By forming NYCEDF, MORE and its allies intend to increase grassroots support for a fair contract and to organize effective opposition to the new teacher evaluation system imposed on city teachers by State Education Commissioner John King and the high - stakes testing regime that has been so detrimental to the City's public schools and students.

Their job is to say, we need some professional development; a new curriculum; better tests — but, especially — «better - trained» 21st century teachers who get nice merit incentives rather than strong union - guaranteed contracts with step raises that are honored, etc..

While the Hawaii State Teachers Union has been locked in a battle with the state over a new contract that would link student test scores to teacher ratings and pay, education reformers have praised the state for creating a merit pay pilot program and funding charter schools.

The contract came about because the General Assembly passed legislation calling on the state to open bidding for new assessments rather than continue as planned with administration of the PARCC tests.

The new contract is necessary because the Department of Education the state's testing vendor, Measurement Inc. due to a failure to deliver the TNReady test as desired.

Third, we also propose that the state of Tennessee leave open the possibility of switching tests if it appears that PARCC is not working by including an exit clause in any new contract created with PARCC to hold it accountable for continuing to provide a high quality assessment.

Hernandez ruled that Jindal's team did not offer any evidence that Superintendent John White had broken state law in amending an existing contract with a testing company to deliver the new Common Core exams, which were developed by the federally funded PARCC consortium.

To arrive at the new figures, Abrams pored over teachers» contracts and bell schedules for a sampling of districts where the amount of instructional time is close to the national average — and accounted for days lost to standardized testing, professional development, and other reasons.

The Portland, Oregon, teachers» union's new contract «bars the use of student performance on standardized tests as a basis for involuntary transfers, layoffs, placement on the salary schedule, and / or disciplinary language.»

In fact, the only people to «benefit» from this system are private test designers like Pearson, who are being handed not just lucrative contracts but also terabytes of data to mine for new products, and advocates of firing as many teachers as possible based upon student test scores.

And now, preparations for the next school year are underway, with top officials opening up bids for new standardized testing vendors and contracts.