Sentences with phrase «new tests for»

Entered 3 new markets via business development opportunities to evaluate and define collaboration opportunity adding 6 new customer and 5 new tests for the Molecular Diagnostic Pipeline.

His research has been focused on the development and application of new tests for gastrointestinal diseases, particularly those affecting the pancreas, small intestine, stomach and liver of dogs and cats.

Our pets will benefit from research into the causes of cancer, new treatment modalities, new tests for early cancer detection and new drugs to treat cancer.

Dr. David A Williams's research interests are Development and application of new tests for gastrointestinal diseases, particularly those affecting the pancreas, small intestine, stomach and liver of dogs and cats.

However, reflecting wariness over being judged too soon on tests they've never taken and standards they're just beginning to implement, the Association of California School Administrators and the California School Boards Association asked the State Board of Education to put off setting API base scores using the new tests for another year.

Related: Will controversial new tests for teachers make the profession even more overwhelmingly white?

As with previous assessments, states will use the new tests for school accountability determinations, but the tests will have the added purpose of clearly demonstrating students» reading and math readiness for entry into college and the workforce.

However, at least 10 states are already transitioning to new tests for the 2015 — 16 school year and beyond.41 Earlier in their development, every state that had adopted Common Core was also involved in some way with one of these groups.42 But concerns with Common Core - related assessments — and over-testing of students more broadly — have led some states to reassess their testing policies and reconsider their participation in PARCC and SBAC (Figure 3).43 44 45

Beginning this fall, in Collier County Florida as per the state of Florida's new teacher accountability policy, district teachers / administrators are to create new tests for each and every class it offers (including all electives) to hold all teachers accountable for the value they purportedly add to student learning and achievement over time.

Murphy said she hopes lawmakers allow districts to use the new tests for a few years before accountability measures are put into place.

The regulations also clarify that states can develop the new tests for specific grades or subjects instead of creating an entirely new K — 12 system for every subject.

The new tests for pupils in their last year of primary school will cover maths, reading, grammar, punctuation and spelling, and children will be expected to reach a higher level than currently.

Research and past experience suggests that teachers should be prepared for greater year - to - year variability in their value - added ranking for a few years after the change when districts use both old and new tests for value - added calculations.

Now, in the latest measure of faith in the exams, the council of 19 community college presidents announced that they plan to use scores on the new tests for student placement next year.

Groups of parents in parts of England have withdrawn their children from school, in protest against new tests for six and seven - year - olds.

We echo fears of primary school teachers that too many of the new tests for young children seem designed to show young children failing.

These findings could lead to new tests for detecting and monitoring abnormal platelets to improve the outcome of blood transfusions from both diabetic and healthy individuals.

New tests for genetic screening of unborn babies will not be 100 per cent accurate and may scare parents into...

Researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have documented the accuracy of three new tests for more rapidly diagnosing drug - resistant forms of tuberculosis (TB), which are much harder and more expensive to treat and which, experts say, represent a major threat to global public health.

Avacta Animal Health Ltd has been actively involved in developing new tests for canine lymphoma.

A judge in Manhattan has ordered new tests for lead in New York City public housing amid revelations NYCHA did not conduct enough examinations as required by law.

The case is seen as a new test for Norway's legal system, as the country tries to forget the name of the perpetrator behind the deadliest carnage on its soil since World War II.

Here's some of what's going on in the health care world as we head into Easter weekend: payers are pushing back against PTC Therapeutcics» controversial Duchenne muscular dystropy drug; insurers are cautiously lauding new rules for Obamacare's marketplaces; a fascinating lawsuit in Arkansas explores the ethics of drug making; and a new test for Zika virus can produce results within an hour.

A round - up of news from the waste and resources sector including a new test for anaerobic digestion biomethane potential, food waste funding for Norfolk and an inquiry into the sustainability of the Ministry of Justice.

They have some tricky wingers, which is a new test for the two wing - backs.

Abortions on the basis of disability are back in the spotlight thanks to a new test for Down's syndrome during pregnancy and law changes around the world

As part of the EU «ID Lyme» project, the infection immunology working group at the Institute for Hygiene and Applied Immunology at the Center for Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology at the Medical University of Vienna is working on developing of a new test for early detection of Lyme disease (borreliosis).

In a new test for Alzheimer's disease, participants must navigate a 3D landscape in search of buried treasure.

«New test for cocaine in urine, oral fluid could lead to rapid, low cost roadside testing.»

And Story number 4: A new test for enlarged prostate involves placing a microphone down there amongst the private parts.

«Finding a new test for children with concussions.»

We will discuss the different critical issues and the possible solutions in order to bring to the market a new test for NIPND.

Tied to the future of Common Core is student testing — the Board of Ed will also have to decide on a new test for Hoosier students.

CTB / McGraw - Hill is creating the test for this year, and the State Board of Education is looking for other vendors to create a new test for following years.

It is still clinging to external testing for reading and maths and is introducing a new test for spelling, and while testing continues to be used to rank schools teachers will feel under pressure to teach to the test,» she said.

As Yager points out, it's not the panel's job to suggest a new test for Indiana students.

Perhaps the most significant proposal is to reduce the weight of value - added data on teacher evaluations during the transition to a new test for Tennessee students.

As per a recent article in the Tennessee Education Report (see also an article in The Tennessean here) Governor Bill Haslam announced this week that «he will be proposing changes to the state's teacher evaluation process in the 2015 legislative session,» the most significant change being «to reduce the weight of value - added data on teacher evaluations during the transition [emphasis added] to a new test for Tennessee students.»

Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said Thursday that he is pursuing legal remedies to avoid paying the full cost of the state's new test for elementary and middle school students after technological glitches delayed and scaled back the exam this spring.

The Labrador Retriever Club support the use of OFA Data Bases, Penn Hip, CERF and other individual tests such as the test for CNM1, the Optigen tests for the prcd form of PRA in the Labrador Retriever, and the new test for EIC.

• Information (link) • Order form for those who submitted DNA prior to 9/1/09 (pdf) • Order form for a new test for PLL after 9 / 1/0.

The newer tests for antithyroglobulin antibodies (thyroglobulin autoantibodies) is a pretty good indicator of the presences of lymphocytic thyroiditis.

There is a new test for Lyme disease in dogs, known as the Canine SNAP 3Dx or the C6 SNAP test, which tests for C6 antibodies to Lyme disease, and also tests for heartworm disease and ehrlichia canis, another tick borne disease.

«The law was straightforward for a long time in Canada,» says Van Barr, «but it changed... with [the Supreme Court case Apotex Inc. v Sanofi - Synthelabo Canada Inc], which introduced a new test for obviousness, and «since that time the courts have been interpreting and reinterpreting what that test means.»

Reasons for judgement were released last week by the BC Supreme Court, Vancouver Registry, interpreting the new test for the first time.

Laurie Meyer and Claire Hartley Published in DRI on Supreme Court's New Test for Determining Employer Violations of 1978 Pregnancy Discrimination Act

In Attorney General of Canada v Johnstone, 2014 FCA 110, the Federal Court of Appeal («FCA») established a new test for determining whether an employer has discriminated against an employee on the basis of «family status» under the Canadian Human Rights Act («CHRA»).

The Court dismissed the request citing the new test for production of a document and also took into account the issue of privacy in the context of personal injury litigation.

Recently in Canada, a number of internet service providers went to great expense to resist handing over customer information in the face of the recording industry's demands (see: The Canadian Privacy Law Blog: The new test for disclosure of identities after BMG v John Doe).

Additionally when they retested phones a week or two before the iPhone 8 Plus review landed (and came out) they retested the most recent iPhone at the time, the 7s, but did not do a new test for the recently released Note 8, nor did they retest the S8 / S8 + or re-test the S7, they instead went 2 years back and retested the S6 Edge.