Sentences with phrase «of competency tests»

Secondary school teachers employed by the Edo State Government on Wednesday staged a protest over the alleged reintroduction of the competency test by the State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki.

Richard A. Boyd, Mississippi's superintendent of education, is expected to recommend to the state Board of Education at its meeting this week that the use of a competency test to determine whether students graduate from high school be delayed for three years.

The National Center of Competency Testing offers the National Certified Medical Assistant certification.

McClelland argued for the use of competency testing in place of standardized tests.

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«There are all kinds of snake - oil salesmen and saleswomen who purport to have «the one test,»» she says, «but you have to look at hard - core competencies, personality characteristics, motivational factors.»

Unfortunately, the traditional interviewing structure — two to three rounds of interviews perhaps with a skills competency test added in — is not an efficient method for finding the most talented salespeople.

«Internships and mentorships are a hallmark of the plan, allowing students to build professional networks, test their skills in real - life situations and develop competencies — including cross-cultural communication — in both public and private sector environments.»

The exam is designed to test and assess food service employees on competencies relevant to the prevention of foodborne illness.

Reacting to the recent mass failure of some teachers during a competency test in Kaduna State, the don said the situation was sad and disappointing.

Governor Nasir el - Rufa» i of Kaduna State has disclosed that competency tests for secondary school teachers will soon be conducted across the state.

The Secretary of ASUSS, Mr. John Omon - Isibor, said that the title of the letter, «Invitation to write Competency Test» inviting the teachers for the examination made them worried about the true intention of the state government.

For them to make teachers write the test is to flout the court order that gave an injunction during the administration of Adams Oshiomhole, stopping the state government from conducting competency tests for teachers.

Omon - Isibor stated, «We know the implication of (the) competency test.

The pro government protest came 24 hours after leaders of the labour unions and the Nigeria Union of Teachers joined others in Kaduna state to protest the sack of 21,000 teachers who failed a competency test organized by the government.

Meanwhile, Governor Nasir El - Rufai while speaking on Channels Television reiterated his stance to sack the teachers who failed the competency test in spite of the protests, stressing that he will not rescind the government decision under whatever guise.

The union had on Jan. 8 embarked on an indefinite strike over the sacked of 21,780 primary school teachers who allegedly failed a competency test organised by the state government in June 2017.

«However, contrary to all standards of decency in a democratic setting and in spite of the service of Court process on the Kaduna State government, you have gone ahead to publish on your tweeter handle, a list of teachers who purportedly passed the competency test by scoring 75 per cent and above.

«Your Excellency, while hosting a delegation of World Bank officials, you announced to the whole world that 21,780 teachers will be disengaged in Kaduna State Public primary and secondary schools for not scoring up to 75 per cent in the competency test, while 25,000 will be recruited in their stead.

A press statement issued by the Assistant Secretary General, Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, Comrade Adamu Ango in Kaduna on Monday noted that the state government purportedly conducted a competency test for all teachers in public primary and secondary schools on the 3rd June, 2017.

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IFNA ™ training includes skill - building and competencies in key clinical areas: nutrition - focused physical assessment; therapeutic elimination diets; conventional and functional labs and diagnostics including nutrigenetic testing; art and science of dietary supplements; mind - body modalities such as meditation, yoga, breathing techniques and other lifestyle - oriented practices.

Back in 2013, 12 Atlanta educators — including five teachers and a principal — were indicted following years of suspicion regarding how Atlanta students had improved their scores on the Criterion - Referenced Competency Test, which is administered throughout the state of Georgia.

Interestingly, the committee's conclusion with respect to exit exams does not pick up on the full report's emphasis on the importance of the design features of incentive systems, which include warnings that tests aimed at ensuring minimum competency may lower expectations, and concerns about both the potential narrowing of the curriculum and the tendency for score inflation on a known test.

After a few dozen questions, the test identifies the competency level of the student — a better diagnostic than a simple percentage score.

Despite the controversy, 45 states have officially adopted CCSS, pledging themselves to a high, common definition of expected student competencies, to be assessed by common tests starting in 2015.

• MAT@USC offers traditional credit - hour courses, but at WGU, courses are competency - based, allowing students to prove that they have mastered content through a combination of tests, portfolios, and observations.

The test identified four aspects of individual problem solving (exploring and understanding, representing and formulating, planning and executing, and monitoring and reflecting) and three collaborative problem - solving competencies (establishing and maintaining shared understanding, taking appropriate action to solve the problem, and establishing and maintaining team organisation).

Previous evaluation criteria only accounted for grammar, spelling, and understanding, testing only the limited areas of language competency.

Do you think the required competency test will improve the quality of education in Florida?»

Amrein and Berliner also used trends on the SAT, the ACT, and Advanced Placement (AP) exams to assess the effectiveness of minimum - competency exams in the 18 states where students must pass such tests in order to graduate from high school.

School officials in Baltimore said the city school system hired 32 teachers this year who failed to pass a test of basic writing competency; another 100 teachers who failed the basic - skills examination were hired last year and remain on the staff, school officials...

Nearly one - third of all fourth - and eighth - grade students in Louisiana may be held back this year because of the state's new high - stakes testing program designed to boost student competency in basic skills.

The new framework and emphasis on global competencies is part of a larger effort to incorporate the assessment of social skills and abilities into PISA tests.

The capture of the risk factor data is part of a comprehensive intake process that also involves determining how far a student is from graduation based on the number of course credits they arrive with, and every student is placed into classes based on their competency level as determined by pre-enrollment testing.

While both states deserve plaudits for innovative moves in recent years — Arizona for its excellent approach to school ratings under ESSA, and New Hampshire for its work on competency - based education — they have erred in enacting laws that would let local elementary and middle schools select among a range of options when it's time for annual standardized testing.

The legislation, which is based on the recommendations of a task force appointed by Ms. Castor, calls for scrapping the state's tests of minimum skills in grades 3, 5, 8, and 10, as well as the minimum - competency test required for high - school graduation.

Mental Competency Tests in the C - Suite Are More Common than You Think Fortune, 10/14/15» «I find the whole idea of «testing» senior executives to be ill - considered,» said Howard Gardner, a professor of cognition and education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

In another significant departure from traditional education practice, Western Governors and institutions like it deploy separate groups of faculty for different areas of responsibility: establishing competencies, teaching, and testing.

An independent panel of Maryland educators and citizens will recommend that teacher candidates take competency tests and that all practicing teachers be evaluated according to statewide standards.

Indeed, traditional tests, which may not assess LTLT competencies such as teamwork, leadership and community involvement, remain the predominant mode of assessment.

In Indonesia, on the other hand, discussions with teachers in Banten, Jakarta and West Java provinces as part of this research indicate that there is room to test LTLT competencies.

While improved curricular standards yielded benefits in employment and in course - taking, minimum - competency testing had relatively few of the desired effects on educational attainment and early labor - market experiences.

For instance, did the requirement that all students pass a minimum - competency test in order to graduate from high school encourage more students (in particular, minorities) to drop out of high school, as many critics feared?

Taiwan is a bit of a hybrid, with no required testing in primary school, but a Basic Competency Test at the end of lower secondary (along with three required tests a year in each of three subjects during lower secondary) that determines admission to upper secondary school.

Establishes a pilot program in up to seven states (or consortia of states) that allows for the complete revamping of their assessment system, meaning that it's possible that summative state tests as we know them will be eliminated, replaced by competency - based assessments, performance - based assessments, interim assessments, or something else entirely

And there are tests that assess many of the competencies outlined here, such as the College and Work Readiness Assessment.

(To drive this point home, Runyan - Shefa's predecessor, Neerav Kingsland, liked to tell the story of a class valedictorian who failed to graduate after flunking a math competency test five times.)

For our 2015 March - April Education Insider survey, as asked Insiders to provide insight into a range a K - 12 and higher education policy topics, including Common Core testing consortia, ESEA reauthorization timing, student data privacy legislation, competency based education, and the role of the private sector in education.

Personalize learning experiences: Capitalize on technology's efficiencies and functionality to meet students» individual learning needs, for example, scaled tests and quizzes; adaptability tools and features; software data that can capture where students are struggling or spending the bulk of their time; competency - based learning resources; tools that facilitate student reflection; project planning, organization and time management; communication; collaborative work; individual research and curation; and design and creativity.

Beyond the student achievement on standardized tests, almost 1/3 of Ariel graduates test out of Algebra before their freshman year — a major achievement considering the dire statistics around math competency and graduation rates in typical public schools.