Sentences with phrase «of testing irregularities»

As I'm sure you know, even the hint of testing irregularities and misconduct in the test administration process could call into question school reform efforts and undermine the State accountability systems that you have painstakingly built over the past decade.

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Multiple outlets published stories yesterday reporting that results from finger blood tests by medical startup Theranos showed greater irregularities than more conventional tests (according to the first published independent assessment of the company's tests).

Whatever age you are, keeping out of the harsh rays and protecting your skin with SPF is the most tested and true way to stave off pigment irregularities and dark spots.

These are usually measured via a lipid panel of blood tests meant to look for any irregularities in your lipid amounts.

Dan Koretz, Reporters Roundtable on High Stakes Testing Bloomberg, 4/26/13 «Dan Koretz, professor and director of the Education Accountability Project at Harvard University, John Merrow, PBS education correspondent, Kevin Riley, Atlanta Journal Constitution editor in chief, and Greg Toppo, USA Today national K - 12 education reporter, discuss the effects and increased pressure of high stakes testing on education, test tampering indictments of 35 educators in Atlanta and renewed discussion about standardized test score irregularities in the District of Columbia.Testing Bloomberg, 4/26/13 «Dan Koretz, professor and director of the Education Accountability Project at Harvard University, John Merrow, PBS education correspondent, Kevin Riley, Atlanta Journal Constitution editor in chief, and Greg Toppo, USA Today national K - 12 education reporter, discuss the effects and increased pressure of high stakes testing on education, test tampering indictments of 35 educators in Atlanta and renewed discussion about standardized test score irregularities in the District of Columbia.testing on education, test tampering indictments of 35 educators in Atlanta and renewed discussion about standardized test score irregularities in the District of Columbia.»

Texas education officials have announced a sweeping review of test security and a new monitoring plan for the state accountability system after a newspaper investigation alleged that assessment results for hundreds of schools throughout the state — including one celebrated elementary school in Houston — showed evidence of cheating and other irregularities.

During the 2014 testing window, a cyber attack launched on KAP's testing servers caused several irregularities in testing, such as students not being able to see all of a question or not being shown all questions.

Two of the 23 schools recently stripped of their API rankings by the state for testing irregularities were elementary schools located in LAUSD, and three more were located within LA County.

• Michelle Rhee, former chancellor of DC Public Schools and one of the country's most well - known «education reformers,» knew early on about widespread testing irregularities and possible cheating — far earlier than she has claimed publicly to have known, according to a confidential memo that was sent to her back in 2009 and obtained by PBS» John Merrow.

The Hartford Courant, in a story written by Vanessa De La Torre, is reporting that, «In a statement, Education Commissioner Stefan Pryor said the department retained the law firm of Siegel, O'Connor, O'Donnell and Beck, P.C. to investigate «potential irregularities detected on Betances Elementary School's 2013 Connecticut Mastery Tests.»

Given the mounting pressure on teachers, principals and superintendents to produce high scores, «no one has incentives to vigorously pursue» testing irregularities, says Gregory Cizek, a professor at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill who studies cheating.

Recommendations for Addressing the Impact of Test Administration Interruptions and Irregularities.

Update: Mitsubishi said in a statement to Automobile, that it isn't aware of any U.S. - spec vehicles that are affected by the fuel economy testing irregularity.

While Lexus was quick to point out that these were pre-production vehicles — and there was some slight panel - gap irregularities noted — an extended test of the system might be warranted.

Not since we test drove Nissan's 370Z have I been bounced and roughed around a cabin like the Evo, as each and every road irregularity is delivered to the seat of your pants.

Under closer inspection we could find no blemishes or irregularities during the review and testing procedure, as long as the minor matter of the give we discerned on the back panel is overlooked.

Additional Testing - a number of additional tests may be performed, either as part of routine preparations, or in response to some irregularity, deficiency or abnormality identified on physical examination or routine blood tTesting - a number of additional tests may be performed, either as part of routine preparations, or in response to some irregularity, deficiency or abnormality identified on physical examination or routine blood testingtesting.

Our pets can't tell us when something is wrong, and no matter, until pet owners have stethoscopes at home and are trained to hear heart irregularities, can do blood work in their kitchens to test for the likes of tick or heartworm disease, avoiding regular veterinary check ups is medically not in our pets» best interest.

Those irregularities affect weather, which over the 30 years of the test becomes climate.

Regular vet checkups and appointments keep your dog's health on track; vets can measure levels of creatinine in the blood and SDMA tests can be administered so irregularities can be more easily identified.

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