Sentences with phrase «of poor test results»

We'd like to apologize for continuing to recommend Microsoft Security Essentials for so long, in spite of the poor test results.

«Adelante» means «going forward» in Spanish, which is exactly what the school wants to do; they must improve upon multiple years of poor test results to avoid closure.

It is amazing what a few days of poor test results or unresponsive medication will do.

Even though online testing may be more efficient, the consequences of poor testing results would be catastrophic.

Not exact matches

After having made this recipe a couple of times and testing different variations (poor us), this is the final result.

Blackburn Rovers put their strong home record of just two Ewood Park defeats well and truly to the test on Saturday against a Birmingham side whom, despite some poor recent away results, have been a difficult team to overcome on the road this season.

Inconsistency, a poor defence, a friendly fixture list — these arguments have been crushed by impressive results in the most testing period of the season thus far — so instead the focus is placed on the fact we are yet to face our two most likely rivals — Chelsea and Manchester City.

Schools certainly feel the immediate costs of failing to prioritize wellness — poor test scores for students, lower standardized test scores school - wide, reduced funding resulting from absenteeism, which is why it is so important to share this report with school administrators and boards of education.

But she admitted there is still a large gap in the test scores of children from richer schools, where around two - thirds scored highly on the tests, and the results in poorer schools.

As many Nigerians trooped out onto the streets of Lagos, Abuja and other cities on Monday February 6, 2016 protesting poor governance, a worsening economy, increasing poverty and degenerating standards of living in Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari's spokesmen had late the previous evening informed Nigerians that the holidaying leader, who they had till then insisted was «hale and hearty» would no longer be returning on Monday due to «some tests» which results he would have to await.

Pupils in England who get poor results in their Sats tests at the end of primary school will face a resit in secondary school if the Conservatives form the next government.

But she admits there's still a large gap in the tests scores of children from richer schools, where around two thirds scored highly on the tests, and the results in poorer schools.

Regardless, the results are worrying, she said, because children who live in poor neighborhoods are, on average, a year behind academically, according to standardized math, reading and writing assessment tests of the students.

The results of eye tests carried out as part of last year's annual survey of the health of schoolchildren were the worst on record, with the highest ever number of children having sight classed as «extremely poor».

However, some researchers think that poor training has left microbiologists unaware of how best to interpret test results.

Although recent studies suggest an association between erectile dysfunction and atherosclerotic vascular disease, this is the first study to link ED with abnormal results on cardiac stress testing, including evidence for severe coronary artery blockages and markers of a poor cardiovascular prognosis.

The results demonstrate that the detection power of the WADA test is poor and that agreement in analytical results from two WADA - accredited laboratories is very poor.

In addition we check a general inflammation test, which can be associated with abnormal levels of fats, also the result of poor metabolism.

In the study from Northern Ireland, four of the five people who still had positive EMA - IgA test results one year after diagnosis had what the researchers termed «poor dietary compliance.»

Tough presents particularly compelling narratives about the progress of one Promise Academy elementary school and the middle school, the former achieving dramatic increases in test scores, and the latter temporarily closing its doors to new students as a result of poor (albeit improving) performance.

While we spent recent years pretending that a teacher might lose his or her job because of an 8th grader's poor test results, we gave short shrift to the reality facing the 8th grader: a lifetime of truncated opportunities dictated by weak performance at an incredibly young age.

Despite all the barriers to teaching science in primary school, and the apparent poor results in national and international testing, there are countless cases of wonderful practices, some incredible teachers of primary science and individual schools that do their utmost to prioritise science.

With states now appropriately crafting accountability frameworks that focus not just on test scores but on multiple measures, we also will hear less heated rhetoric about the consequences of poor results.

Ford added that changing tests after one year of poor results «is a teacher's worst nightmare.

But, if we're going to support our arguments for choice with test scores (using them to show either shortcomings in public schools or the benefits of choice), we have hitched our wagon to them and can't be surprised if people attack vouchers when poor test score results come out.

Leveraging donations from businesses and foundations, along with district funding, it manages a number of L.A. schools where test results were poorest, dropout rates highest, suspensions rampant and parents dissatisfied.

While no group of students scored particularly well, the PARCC test results released Tuesday highlighted wide disparities in achievement, including low levels of performance for special education students, minorities and the poor.

Both of types of kids, poor and not poor, saw improved results in test scores.

The bottom line: reading comprehension is a slow - growing plant, and the demand for rapid results on annual tests may be encouraging poor classroom practice — giving kids a sugar rush of test preparation, skills, and strategies when a well - rounded diet of knowledge and vocabulary is what's really needed to grow good readers.

But she admitted there is still a large gap in the test scores of children from richer schools, where around two - thirds scored highly on the tests, and the results in poorer schools.

Add in the school's «D' academic rating and poor AZ Merit results (only 13 % of students passed the English test and 7 % passed the math component), and one has to ask how the school's charter could possibly be renewed.

That number is small compared to the Atlanta and Philadelphia scandals, yet with more state policies — like teacher evaluations, merit pay, and takeovers of schools with poor ISTEP + scores — riding on students» scores on state tests, state officials, education experts, and parents told StateImpact Indiana they see these pressures to get results as incentives for teachers who can't hack it to bend the rules on state tests.

As Republican lawmakers push for expansion of Milwaukee's 20 - year - old voucher program, state test results for the first time show voucher students performing «similar or worse» than other poor Milwaukee students.

Some reformers hoped that the poor results of the new tests would persuade even suburban parents to lose faith in their community schools and demand not only new products but school closings, charters, and vouchers.3

The results from those new Common Core tests — designed explicitly to look for the skills kids need in college, namely critical thinking, problem solving and analytical writing skills — have been held up as proof of the persistence of deep - seated disparities in the education provided to poor students and children of color.

The parents who oppose Ms. Garg say the changes are unfortunate but result from various factors: gentrification; a few well - connected Upper West Siders talking up the school; and the spread in East Harlem of charter schools, which appeal to many poor families because of their structured approach and high test scores.

The data, part of the benchmark test known as the National Assessment of Educational Progress, show that New York City fourth graders have made progress in closing the gap between their scores and the state and national results in reading, despite the higher percentages of poor and minority students in the city.

That group's executive director, Lenny Schafer, said in July that he «could infer that we probably don't shake out too well in the academic portion» that Hansen scrubbed out of the council's rating, and predicted that the revised rating would be «greatly impacted» by including the poor test results of thousands of Internet - charter students.

Poor test results can trigger an avalanche of interventions, based on a presumption of school failure, which are distracting at best and career ending at worst.

It is difficult to say how many students, parents and educators pushed for not taking the test for fear of a poor result.

Results were mixed at some of New York City's most highly touted charter schools, often acclaimed as «miracle» schools because in years past, so many of their mostly poor and minority students aced the state's proficiency tests.

Critics of standardized testing say cheating is a result of the consequences that policymakers have attached to scores, from closing schools for poor performance to offering merit bonuses to teachers whose students do well.

Northern had gone from being predominantly white and high performing to having mostly black students and poor academic results — three quarters of the sophomore and senior classes scored below the national average on math, science, and reading tests.

She initially backed No Child Left Behind, the law that mandated an expansion of testing and sanctions for schools with poor results.

Each year educators raise concerns about the limitations of standardized testing and the downside of «teaching to the test» while policymakers and commentators discuss and pontificate about the «shockingly poor results.»

From the results of the studies mentioned above, we might at first conclude that value - added on one test is a poor measure of a teacher's effectiveness at teaching the content and skill measured by other tests.

The poor craft of the tests invalidates all results.

As a condition of basic funding, they demand concrete results, like standardized test scores, that are often irrelevant to important educational and life outcomes; and that often force schools to deprive poor children of the types of learning that are most important in life.

Given the findings of our report on the Smarter Balanced tests, it is our firm belief that an examination of the results from Smarter Balanced would mirror the findings on PARCC: A substantial factor in the failure of many students on the Smarter Balanced tests in 2015 was poor test design and implementation.

While I have seen no studies released that examine the degree to which the Smarter Balanced online tests themselves contributed to the devastating student results, several analyses of the PARCC test results substantiated our prediction that poor computer test design could contribute significantly to poor test results.