Sentences with phrase «official test data»

For petrol, diesel and all - electric vehicles, real - world fuel use is estimated using official test data together with correction factors generated by vehicles driven on real roads.

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A ShotLink - based system that the tour hopes to test before the end of the year and deploy early in 2015, Shedloski said, would help rules officials track each competitor's pace, though players would not be penalized based on any of the data collected.

At the official launch and live test of the National Identification System in Accra on Friday, September 16, the President said the card would meet all basic biometric needs of the country and would enable the harmonization and integration of all other data services in Ghana.

State officials have argued that the data will be secure and not used for commercial purposes, but the parents who filed suit are reluctant to allow the transfer, given the sensitive nature of the information, which includes demographics, test scores, behavior and suspension records and parents» contact information.

She said Wednesday's rule implemented that policy after education officials had collected enough data to set the alternative test scores based on the new standards.

The state Attorney General's office has opened an investigation into the data breach that occurred after Questar Assessment Inc. of Apple Valley, Minnesota, administered the statewide test to elementary and middle school students, officials said.

The researchers conducted the study by using time series modelling of data on the official unemployment rate and recorded property crime rate, testing how the relationship has varied from the 1940s to the present day.

► «Armed with new data showing black applicants suffer a 35 % lower chance of having a grant proposal funded than their white counterparts, NIH officials are gearing up to test whether reviewers in its study sections give lower scores to proposals from African - American applicants,» Jeffrey Mervis wrote on Thursday.

While it will take time to analyze the large volume of data collected during the test burns and report official results, Rangwala said the research team made several observations that suggested that the Flame Refluxer technology performed as expected.

Despite ever - cheaper and faster sequencing technologies that now allow even a small lab to sequence an entire human genome, there is still a need for the big centers to explore genome biology, test out new technologies, and find better ways to analyze the data, say NHGRI officials.

But Krauss, at Arizona State University in Tempe, tweeted that he has heard rumours that the team detected a signal during tests of the upgraded detectors last summer, before official data - collection began — and before the blind - injection system was in place.

The study included survey data from 70,000 students in 1,015 public and private secondary schools, student achievement tests in mathematics and language arts, and survey data from school officials.

As soon as the next round of NAEP and state testing data become available, we should have some indication whether the recent changes are a precursor of what is to come or merely a temporary spike in official state policies.

Official policy statements indicate that inspectors place substantial weight on test scores, which is borne out by analysis of the data.

All three studies achieved very high response rates on all data collections, whether teacher surveys, classroom observations, collection of teachers» scores on college entrance exams or precertification exams, student achievement tests, collection of student data from district administrative records, principal surveys, or interviews with program officials.

Drew Furedi, an L.A. Unified official overseeing the district's evaluation system, said he could not comment on the proposals because he hadn't seen them yet, but he welcomed their support for multiple measures of teacher effectiveness, including test score data.

The study was a fallback when a bill by the governor, and sponsored by Hoffmann, would have allowed school officials to use test data as they chose on teacher evaluations failed to gain traction in the Legislature.

In fact, Wyoming's test scores went up across the board that year — despite the fears of state education officials, who asked the federal government months before getting the results to throw out the 2010 data.

Meanwhile, state officials are expected to compile and release student testing data from the virtual charters this summer, another key component for assessing the schools.

Having data from pupils who have sat both the baseline and KS1 SATs will enable officials to evaluate the correlation between the two tests, and provide assurances that the new baseline provides a «sufficiently strong correlation» to key stage 2.

According to PEAC members, some of the issues that PEAC and state officials should look at include the requirement that statewide test data be included in evaluations, the strict formulaic approach of the system that limits judgment and takes an inordinate amount of time away from teaching and learning, specified teacher rating categories that interfere with improvement, and evaluator training that may not ensure calibration.

Madison school officials corrected an error in data about student scores on reading tests, and that resulted in Sherman meeting the standard for showing improvement over the previous year, said Patrick Gasper, a spokesman for the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Officials for the school district say they worked jointly with the local teachers» union to agree on how state - generated test - score data would be interpreted, and took pains to make the evaluation instrument clear, to help make those finer distinctions in performance.

The Principal or Guidance Counselor — A school official who can provide information such as school statistics and test data.

The Smarter Balanced test is aligned with the new Common Core standards and its scores are not comparable to the old API scores, officials have stressed, but Cynthia Lim, LA Unified's executive director of the office of Data and Accountability, conceded that the gaps remain regardless of what test is being administered.

(Miss.) A breach in student testing data exposing personal information from more than 660 students across three Mississippi schools earlier this month has state education officials calling for stronger security protocols.

The MET report uses data from six major urban school districts to, among other things, compare two different value - added scores for teachers: one computed from official state tests, and another from a test designed to measure higher - order, conceptual understanding.

What SBAC and PARCC are labeling the first full operational testing year, spring 2015, will be in fact be used for the same function that has traditionally been called «field testing,» with final or official standards - setting or cut scores based on 2015 data.

Beyond the big picture, it is likely that the test's performance data will be used to judge officials, especially in Detroit and other cities, such as New York City, Washington, D.C., and Atlanta, that have taken on headline - grabbing reform plans.

California's top education official sought Tuesday to counter federal criticism of the state's reluctance to use student test scores to evaluate teachers, paying a visit to Long Beach to highlight one of the few California school districts to make extensive use of such data.

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But when New York released its 2014 Common Core test results on August 14, state education officials were selective in their data reporting and did not disclose actual student scores.

But there's no hard data on how much time schools here devote to testing, and it's not clear education officials are planning to collect it.

Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber and other state officials, for example, promised to roll out teacher and school leader evaluation systems using objective student test score growth data.

Grade span testing or semi-annual of student samples would give state and federal officials sufficient data to know when a closer look at a district or school is warranted (although, just like with annual testing, it does not remotely explain what will be found when looking).

The public shows far greater tolerance for tests whose scores may yield things we crave — admission to the college of one's choice, for example (SAT, ACT), even advance credit for college work (AP)-- than for the kind whose foremost purpose is to rank schools or teachers and give distant officials data by which to fine - tune their policies.

Official crash test data isn't available for the Audi A7 currently, though the performance of the Audi A6 (which was awarded the full five stars in its most recent NHTSA crash test) should mean the Audi A7 will offer more than enough protection should the worst happen.

[52] The TwinAir received the Best New Engine Award for 2011 and was marketed the «world's greenest petrol engine,» based on official Euro test cycle data for emissions and fuel consumption.

General Motors officials say that the tests do not provide a full and accurate gauge of how a vehicle performs in real - world conditions, but they also acknowledge that consumers value crash data for comparison shopping.

GAO analyzed published and unpublished budget data covering Direct Loans made from fiscal years 1995 through 2015 and estimated to be made in 2016 and 2017; analyzed and tested Education's computer code used to estimate IDR plan costs; reviewed documentation related to Education's estimation approach; and interviewed officials at Education and other federal agencies.

The Kentucky feed control officials analyzed test data from all pet foods tested during 1994 and 1995, and found that certain nutrients, such as magnesium, iron, and manganese, were present in most dry dog and puppy foods at 200 - 400 percent or more of their AAFCO Nutrient Profile values.

action MMO CosmicBreak has announced that its final beta test will begin on December 16th and this will transition directly into official service, with no data wipe between.

The trio has now announced, via Qualcomm's official blog, the world's first successfully completed end - to - end 5G New Radio (NR) Interoperability Data Testing (IoDT) system to be based on 3GPP R15 standards, supporting the -LSB-...]

• Lab Technician - Branson's Laboratories - Los Angeles, CA - 2015 to presento Conduct tests and experiments using the most advanced technology availableo Work directly with test subjects, educating them on standard procedures, what to expect, and potential risks, receiving informed consent with documentationo Contribute data for over 25 studies with published findings in peer - reviewed journalso Maintain a proper laboratory work environment and train newer staff and those in other areas of expertise in appropriate protocol • Graduate Research Assistant - University of Denver - Denver, CO - 2007 - 2017o Performed experiments and investigations under the direct supervision of the lead scientists and professorso Aided lead scientists and / or head researchers in collecting and interpreting information for their projectso Recorded data and results, and collected relevant information for the official reportso Directed a group of 11 biomed students through a research project for light therapy on rats

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