Sentences with phrase «not fair tests»

Then she ate the plain one... I know what you're thinking - maybe it's not a fair test, and you are right if you are thinking she'd eat pretty much anything resembling and smelling like chicken!

It should be said that the opening tournament was not a fair test of Dixon's grand plan.

«Not a fair test,» he answered.

Tracking is considerable, but my cats prefer open litter boxes and delight in tossing litter everywhere so probably not a fair test.

«Sceptical groups, however, argued that publication in scientific journals was not a fair test of expertise.»

Granted, I live in a one - bedroom apartment, so maybe that's not a fair test of how far they can go while still getting a signal.

Not exact matches

I have had more than my fair share of pie while recipe testing the last few weeks, but I really loved this one, even though I didn't know if I would.

Don't forget that for your experiment to be a fair test you need to change just one condition and keep the rest constant, for example if you're investigating whether a vitamin tablet works better than alka seltzer, you'll need to keep the amount of water in the canisters the same, and shake each the same amount (or not shake at all).

I like the way this got you thinking not only about how to test the different materials, but how to create a fair and accurate test — great problem solving activity!

Craft fairs are also great places to test new products because you can get direct feedback from your buyers — or if you're scared to ask them face to face, why not set up a mini voting booth or chalkboard poll, like Folksy seller Ruth Robinson did at one of her markets stalls.

From methods taught in the classroom to techniques used by major retailers to bring in the big bucks, I've tested them all to see what works and what doesn't when it comes to selling handmade at craft fairs.

There WERE also older installers that didn't think it was fair, and who didn't feel they needed to take a test.

So you're saying any studies that show formula yields better results (not that Tanya was making such claims) would be due to the impossibility of developing a fair sampling / testing method, but you have no problem extolling the virtues of breast feeding, not to mention perpetuating this modern day phrenology of head circumference as a determination of future IQ, based on the same flawed science?

Powdered formulas have faired better in the tests, although not every brand has been tested yet.

«Nobody's suggesting that people shouldn't pay their fair share, If you single out one industry and you make that industry pay a disproportionate amount - whether you agree with it or not in a fairness test — it's just not a practical sense.

These means - tested weekly payments of up to # 30 are a crucial means of support for those who wish to remain in further education - and it is simply not possible for the Government to claim their cuts to be fair at the same time as they remove this support for the poorest in our society.

The test scores that the Success network touts, Mantell said, «would not be valid» because the network does not educate its fair share of English language learners, students with disabilities and students with behavior problems.

There is already over-testing in our classrooms - a greater emphasis on testing, in my opinion, will not yield an accurate or fair assessment of our educators» or children's abilities.

Fair warning: this is not a quick, easy test.

Jimmy said that he didn't feel he could give PHD a fair test on his own, because he didn't fully understand it.

I am 62 and have a history of hypothyroidism (on Armour), adrenal fatigue, anemia and to be fair, either Celiac or NCGS (could NOT go back on gluten for the «definitive» biopsy test which bears a 70 % failure rate anyhow.

It's also fair to assume that e-cigarettes strongly deplete other acne vitamins like vitamin C, even though they haven't been tested, because tobacco cigarettes also deplete them and in the study above they both depleted vitamin E equally.

I wanted to test it out to give a fair review, and 48 hours later it has not moved or rubbed off.

To be fair, Match could be testing this with 500 people and photos aren't linked to personal information (although embedding meta - data in photos via steganography and other means is done all the time on certain sites).

There is also a fair amount of crude humor and even a tame and brief sex scene, but they really don't test the PG - 13 limit.

Amazingly, the initial post-credits cut had this idea taken even further, with Deadpool killing baby Hitler in a German nursery, but the test audience wasn't so down with infant murder — which, you know... fair.

Frequently, the greatest question in the minds of many teachers is not whether they should be assessed, but whether the test used to do so is fair.

Judge Robert B. Freedman agreed with the plaintiffs in Valenzuela v. O'Connell that students who have failed the test — especially English - language learners — have not had a fair chance to learn the material because they were more likely than others to attend overcrowded schools and have unqualified teachers.

Teaching points that are covered in the topic are listed below: Understand that it is important to be able to grow plants well because they provide food and other items for us To know that all food chains begin with a green plant To understand the function of the parts of a plant To understand that plants need leaves in order to grow well To plan an appropriate investigation To make careful observations and measurements of plants growing To use simple apparatus to measure the height of plants in standard measures To use results to draw conclusions and provide explanations To know that water is transported through the stem to other parts of the plant To know that that plants need light for healthy growth To know that plants need water, but not unlimited water, for healthy growth To know that temperature can affect the growth of plants To ask questions about the growth of plants To plan a fair test To write a clear conclusion

Many students are resistant to formal evaluations and experts agree that standardised testing isn't always a fair representation of a child's intelligence.

There should also be a national strategy for teacher recruitment and retention that recognises teachers as high - status professionals and guarantees enough teachers for every school; fair methods to hold schools to account, recognising that test and exam results are only part of the picture when judging a pupil's success or a school's effectiveness; and a broad range of subjects in the school day so opportunities are not limited.

Many students are resistant to formal evaluations, and experts agree that standardized testing isn't always a fair representation of a child's intelligence.

It's particularly not fair to students from historically disadvantaged backgrounds, whose summer breaks rarely involve trips abroad or afternoons at museums, and who are thus at a disadvantage on any test that, whether it's acknowledged or not, measures background knowledge.

7) Choice - based reforms have not had a fair test.

(2) When teacher evaluations of students count as least as much as the score on a one - time standardized test (3) When employment contracts are not for life and employee evaluations are fair and thorough.

«It's certainly not fair to anybody to not be able to take a test on the standards that you receive,» she says.

His mom, Jamie Abbett (right), says it isn't fair for her child to have to worry about one test.

He's a senior at Miami University of Ohio, and his petition says, «Standardized tests are not a sound or fair way to evaluate teachers.

Evaluations should be based on at least a few years» scores.The district also must find a fair way of evaluating teachers whose students don't take the annual tests and should look at multiple ways of measuring achievement, including student portfolios and graduation rates.

Eligibility in the Local Context (ELC) isn't intended to be fair in the context of what you consider fair, Floyd - that is, whom so ever has the highest grades and test scores combined.

The union argued that it was not fair to make test scores so big a part of a teacher's rating because many factors outside the classroom can influence scores.

But it's not fair to tie a performance rating or job security to tests that are not geared to the curriculum that's being taught.

Clearly, Superintendent Gordon's comment that ``... it wouldn't be fair to test students on skills they haven't been taught» was in support of the state's decision to not publish student scores from... Read More

To base tests on what is actually taught in school would not only be fairer to disadvantaged students than the current Kafkaesque system of testing, it would enable such students to gradually narrow the gap in their general knowledge and vocabulary.

As an assessment guy, I advise folks that statewide instruction must come before statewide assessments, or as Dave Gordon (Sacramento Co Supt) has been quoted «it isn't fair to test the kids on skills they haven't been taught.»

The point of the quote was that some students hadn't received the instruction, not that publishing those tests results wouldn't be fair, which is also true no matter which year is in question.

There have been many many red flags over the past several years that SBAC testing this spring will not yield reliable, valid, fair results for CA students, parents, teachers, schools, districts, or aggregate data for subgroups.

Until schools are teaching Common Core in all of their classrooms, Gordon said, «it wouldn't be fair to test students on skills they haven't been taught.»

Mommy, these tests aren't fair to our teachers.

Clearly, Superintendent Gordon's comment that ``... it wouldn't be fair to test students on skills they haven't been taught» was in support of the state's decision to not publish student scores from this year's field test.