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Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk, and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances.

We maintain bank - level security, which is continually independently tested and audited, and reinforced by ongoing training for all of our staff.

It was evident from the conference that global food companies use a combination of audits, testing and product tracking to minimize supply chain risk.

Stampede's safety and quality assurance programs have been tested and audited by some of the world's largest restaurant chains and retailers, as well as independent auditors.

It creates more economical means for our industry to self - regulate, focus on testing, spot audits and compliance checks, and to build on TOP members» great work (much of it voluntary) over the past decades promoting Tasmanian organic products.

The process involves audits, traceability, documentation, and, of course, thorough testing of all ingredients.

Chair of Australian Organic Dr Andrew Monk says, «Our organisation has extremely high expectations for organic products, underpinned by annual and unannounced audits, and product testing.

The company's portfolio of domestic and international accreditations demonstrates its trustworthiness and verifies its impartiality, competence, and consistency when it inspects, audits, and tests.

ACO has clients outside of Australia who are audited and tested (soil, water and product) during annual audits.

For the past 14 years it has also been used with the words Australian Certified Organic — the name of the government accredited certification group that audits, tests and approves organic products.

UK: Most alcohol packaging responsible - Portman Group Around 90 % of UK alcoholic drinks tested for responsible packaging have passed an audit, industry watchdog the Portman Group has revealed.

The Gluten Intolerance Group (GIG), the leader in the certification of gluten - free products and food services, announced that it has partnered with SGS, a global inspection, verification, testing and certification company, to be the first certification body approved to audit in conjunction with GIG's Gluten - Free Certification Organization (GFCO) program standards.

As part of the very first audit that takes place on a farm, auditors test the soil for chemical residue.

Australian Certified Organic also carry out random audits and product testing on certified products to ensure the authenticity of the Bud logo at all times.

«He has also been a leading voice for banning standardized tests for our youngest students, supported a three - year moratorium against the use of Common Core testing for student promotion and placement, and has backed giving the city and state Comptrollers the power to audit charters, particularly charter practices that limit the enrollment and retention of high - needs students.»

She and others cited Espaillat's work to fund universal prekindergarten, to ban standardized testing in kindergarten through 2nd grade and to ensure public audits of charter schools.

Stress tests or safety audits of U.S. reactors should consider the hazards from severe natural disasters that are currently considered too unlikely to warrant mandatory regulation of the emergency equipment and procedures that would be called into play, the letter authors say.

Twice the FDA announced it was requiring drug makers to repeat, reanalyze or audit many of Cetero's tests, and to submit their findings to the agency.

A sampling of problems the audit pinpointed include: a request to replace an «unreliable» fire alarm panel in a processed plutonium facility had not been fulfilled; a kitchen hood fire suppression system, required to be tested semiannually, had not been tested in four years; and facility operators did not always have money and time earmarked for fixing outstanding issues.

Kypros Kypri, Ph.D., of the University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia, and colleagues emailed invitations containing hyperlinks to the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test - Consumption (AUDIT - C) screening test to 14,991 students (ages 17 to 24 years) at 7 New Zealand universitTest - Consumption (AUDIT - C) screening test to 14,991 students (ages 17 to 24 years) at 7 New Zealand universittest to 14,991 students (ages 17 to 24 years) at 7 New Zealand universities.

While companies must comply with industry standards called Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP's), a 2012 audit found that nearly 70 % of companies audited by the FDA were not in compliance with major issues including failure to test products, the presence of contaminants, non-approved dietary ingredients, and pharmaceutical drugs

In that light, it's worth keeping in mind the realities raised by Rees when she points out that the alternatives to testing that we've tried (such as observers and classroom audits) are expensive and have an unimpressive record of success in the US.

And local districts, like those in our own community, need to do an audit of all of the tests they are using and get the number down to the bare minimum.

In Arizona, a record number of that state's charter schools — 31 of 288 reviewed — were fined in 2002 because of «late audits, ignored testing requirements, and financial fraud.»

North Carolina education officials last week ordered a major audit of the state's testing and accountability program to determine the soundness of the system after problems emerged over interim scoring measures for the state's end - of - grade math exam.

Standardized testing has a role to play as an audit, but one of the things that many policymakers and parents forget, or don't know, is that these tests have a very narrow focus and purpose as audits.

The state department of education has audits under way to examine Chavez's finances and concerns over whether proper protocols were used in the administration of the state's standardized tests.

President Bush wrote that this was why in 2001 he pushed for NCLB's accountability - through - testing as a performance audit of the spending of federal taxpayers» dollars.

A handful of recent district - and state - level audits suggest that students spend 1 - 3 % of the school year taking standardized tests, depending on the grade level, a figure that sounds appropriate given the value of the information they provide and evidence that test - taking itself can support learning.

We need to audit the number of tests administered throughout a school year and eliminate unnecessary and redundant exams.

We also support the idea of districts conducting thoughtful audits of their assessment practices in order to weed out unnecessary testing.

At the same time that NCLB told states to set their own standards, Congress directed them to participate in the federal tests, known as NAEP (National Assessment of Educational Progress), which serve as an external audit of their claims.

Currently, the only audits of the system's performance are conducted by those running the system or by organizations that depend on them for future business, including colleges of education and testing firms.

The organization of state superintendents and the organization of big urban school districts will work together to audit the number and types of tests administered and develop new systems that are leaner and more integrated.

This view was not universally shared among school personnel, who pointed to a track record of good results on the old state test and rankings, where Tortuga Shoals was always in the top 10 percent of the districts in the region.303 To legitimate these directions for improvement, the superintendent commissioned a curriculum audit by outside consultants, with the expectation that results from this audit would provide direction and legitimacy to a new plan for improving teaching and learning in the district.

This status is awarded for having three years of clean financial audits, and for earning an A rating at least twice in three years, based on Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test results.

For example, ESSA requires states to include a broader set of factors in school accountability systems rather than just test scores; provides funding for states and districts to audit and streamline their testing regimes; and allows states to cap the amount of instructional time devoted to testing.

Eliminating redundant or unnecessary tests and improving assessment programs is supported in ESSA through a grant program that provides for audits of testing systems at both the state and local levels.

Dr. Gandhi has recently served as the data director for the Special Education Component of the Audit of the Written, Taught, and Tested Curriculum for New York State, in which she oversaw the collection and analysis of data in districts that were under corrective action with the state due to failure to make Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) due to the performance of students with disabilities.

ESSA gives us an opportunity for audits of all the standardized tests mandated not only by federal and state governments, but also by school districts.

Cruz, WEAC member and president of the Racine Education Association, which represents hundreds of educators in the district, and a coalition of several other public education stakeholders, including students, parents, and community leaders, have asked the Board of Education for an audit of all the high - stakes standardized tests district students are required to take.

«The members of this coalition also believe that the audit will show that test preparation and administration take too much time and reduce time available for instruction... Finally, we believe that a reduction in state and local assessments can save financial resources that can be used instead for education.»

Improving access to and quality of arts learning first requires conducting audits of what exists by school, neighborhood or region and then making equitable access to arts learning a priority to help counteract the emphasis on tests scores.

The leader of California's most celebrated charter school, with outstanding test scores, stepped down when an audit revealed that nearly $ 4 million had been diverted to his other businesses.

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Dawn led the mathematics team for AIR's work creating customized improvement plans based on our comprehensive audit of the written, taught, and tested English Language Arts and mathematics curricula in 34 districts in corrective action across New York State.

They are expert in supporting states and other clients in the ongoing monitoring of assessment systems quality; e.g., supporting states in reviewing equating results, analyzing test interruptions, preparing for peer review audits, and leading technical evaluations.

Test scores have gone up in some districts and states, but federal audit tests do not reflect the same rate of improvement.

to allow states to use federal funds to audit the number and quality of tests they use, and eliminate any deemed repetitive or of low - quality.

«The AAA is very concerned that the government has no capacity to test, audit or enforce elements of its current vehicle - emissions regulatory regime,» he says.