Sentences with phrase «on alternative tests»

Although conclusions about individual teachers can be highly sensitive to the test used for calculating value - added, value - added on state tests can be used to identify groups of teachers who, on average, have students who show different growth on alternative tests.

In a recent letter to Sen. Lamar Alexander, who chairs the ESEA committee, parents argued against raising the cap on alternative testing.

[5] Associations in this range typically are considered weak: teachers with value - added in the top quartile on the state reading test would have about a 40 percent chance that their value - added on the alternative test would be below the 50th percentile.

Not exact matches

Biofuels and other alternative sources have been in the headlines enough to have dulled any futuristic sheen (thanks to Richard Branson's billions, Virgin Atlantic became the first airline to conduct a commercial test using biofuels in 2008), but their widespread viability remains somewhere on the horizon.

After prototyping a moisture - wicking, formfitting alternative — made of fabric for women's undergarments — and testing it on ex-teammates, Plank set up shop in his grandmother's basement and, just before he went broke, scored his first big sale, to Georgia Tech.

The latest contribution to the literature, Race and Bankruptcy, by Ed Morrison (Columbia), Belisa Pang (Columbia), and Antoine Uettwiller (Imperial College Business School), tests an alternative hypothesis that pivots on a selection effect: «Financially distressed African Americans may be more likely to benefit from Chapter 13 than other consumers.»

See «Testing Navellier's Stock Picking and Market Timing Based on Fund Performance» for an alternative perspective.

Since our main interest in this book is to demonstrate an intelligible approach to religion, we need not dwell long on such alternative hypotheses which in the nature of the case can not at present be tested.

This statewide program guides California «s wineries and winegrape growers to adopt an integrated system for their operations based on tested «best practices» in alternative energy, packaging, transportation, production and farming practices to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) footprints in the state with the most stringent environmental laws in the country.

These plant - based meat alternatives put a new spin on time - tested ingredients like vital wheat gluten and soy.

Unconscionable conduct (agrees with NFF that they have not provided protection and support reforms «to provide transparency in the supply chain» and recognise that «certain classes of suppliers... are predisposed to suffering from a special disadvantage...»; misuse of market power (legal framework must «level the balance of market power in negotiations...», «ensure transparency in the transmission of market prices» and «not allow for final market risks to be borne by the primary producer» and provide «transparency of contract processes» - specifically, Canegrowers supports effects test and a process giving ACCC greater power to «regulate anti-competitive behaviour and impose penalties», shifting «the decisions framework from the judicial system to a regulatory system» which would make it more accessible to small producers); collective bargaining (notes limits of Sugar Industry Act (Qld); authorisation and notification approval costly and limited and not a viable alternative - peak bodies should be able to «commence and progress collective bargaining with mills on behalf of their members» and current threshold too restrictive)» competitive neutrality (mixed outcomes - perverse outcomes in the case of natural monopolies - suggest remove «application of competitive neutrality provisions to natural monopoly essential services»)

Baking schedule alternative: Mix the dough, leave it to rise for 3 hours hours until the dough gets alive, slightly risen and puffed, shape it and leave it to rise at the room temperature until passes the poking test (time is dependant on the ambient temperature).

We want to test some alternatives on their positions.»

Not only does this make good on his promise that «no - one is an alternative ``, it also would ensure that those who faced England get decent rest after the gruelling test of Manaus.

NHERI executes, evaluates, and disseminates studies and information (e.g., statistics, facts, data) on homeschooling (i.e., home schooling, home - based education, home education, home school, home - schooling, unschooling, deschooling, a form of alternative education), publishes reports and the peer - reviewed scholarly journal Home School Researcher, and serves in consulting, academic achievement tests, and expert witness (in courts and legislatures).

At the same time, this Administration has initiated an aggressive response to ensure Hoosick Falls residents have clean drinking water and peace of mind — including expanded well and blood testing, installing water filtration systems at no cost, and beginning work on finding an alternative water source.»

First, he fought and won a testing leadership election, offering his alternative vision for the future of the Party to a sophisticated electorate of Conservative MPs, taking on serious heavyweight alternatives in Michael Heseltine and Douglas Hurd.

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.

This work has placed tight limits on the need for a hyper - complex quantum theory, but there are many other alternatives which need to be tested, and the newly - developed tools provide the perfect avenue for this.

Besides its potential application in human patients, the newly developed skin tissue also could be used as an alternative to testing cosmetics on animals, the researchers said.

An inexpensive blood test to diagnose schizophrenia could be made available within two years, offering a groundbreaking alternative to conventional methods that rely on conversations between patients and doctors.

On the scientific agenda are identifying molecular markers for resistance, which would simplify testing; accelerating the development of alternative drugs; and studying the effectiveness of mass screening and treatment to eliminate malaria in the areas where resistance occurs.

Be that as it may, one thing is certain — this is a golden opportunity for the development, validation, and application of alternative test methodologies and testing strategies, namely, procedures that do not rely on the use of laboratory animals.

Using molecular - genetic methods, a German - Chinese research team has now tested an alternative colonization hypothesis on lazy toads (Pelobatoidea).

MX's performance on the cube - picture test also suggests that he is making use of alternative parts of the brain.

As an alternative, a team working with Kenneth S. Suslick has developed inexpensive, colorimetric, disposable test strips based on strong interactions between the sensors and the analyte molecules.

The researchers, who reported their findings in a recent issue of BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, suggest that the findings could pave the way for clinical testing of the compounds on human colon cancer, which is the second most common cancer in women and the third in men.

Researchers all over Europe are working on alternatives to animal testing that can be used to evaluate the adverse side - effects of medications.

But the alternative is to test pesticides directly on humans.

Building on the discovery that fragments of fetal DNA are present in a mother's plasma, the company and other scientists are working to develop prenatal DNA tests as an alternative to amniocentesis and other invasive ways of collecting DNA from a developing fetus that raise the risk of miscarriage.

That said, Nick and others have been working on a test bed called GENI, the Global Environment for Network Innovations project that will allow us to experiment with alternative futures.

«PROMISE establishes CTA as a viable alternative to stress testing for the evaluation of patients with suspected coronary disease,» said Udo Hoffmann, M.D., principal investigator of the PROMISE Imaging Core and Professor of Radiology at Harvard Medical School and Director of Cardiovascular Imaging at Massachusetts General Hospital «With the addition of high - risk plaque assessment and CT fractional flow reserve technology on the horizon, we may have yet to see the full potential of CTA.»

The tests used smart, energy - efficient desk fans that run on more efficient, direct - current (DC) motors using between 3 and 17 watts, rather than alternative - current (AC) motors that use around 100 watts.

After testing many alternatives, the chemists found an organic molecule that clamps down — like Pac - Man — on one of uranium dioxide's oxygen atoms.

Specifically, Doug Rodante, president of Green Flight International (a company in Florida that promotes alternative aviation fuels), and chief test pilot Carol Sugars, a senior pilot with the United Parcel Service (UPS), conducted extensive fuel tests on the ground, beginning with a 20 percent blend of biodiesel and normal jet fuel (kerosene known as Jet A) and progressing to 100 percent biodiesel (B100) as their confidence increased.

Safety regulations on the space station prohibited the use of the standard fixing solution of ethanol, chloroform and acetic acid, but after much testing, the scientists developed an alternative based on a mixture of acetic acid, ethanol and distilled water.

More comprehensive studies testing the effects of multiple road salts and additives on numerous species of mosquito should be conducted before agencies promote the increased application of alternative road salts and road salt additives.

Further discussions of REACH and alternative testing methods will be addressed at the 7th World Congress on Alternatives & Animal Use in the Life Sciences held in Rome, Italy, August 30 to September 3.

Based on the potential problem with cross-reactive Infinium probes (37), we tested whether any of the probes that detected differential methylation in our cohorts cross-react to alternative genomic locations (Supplementary Tables 11 and 12).

Meanwhile, the report proposes that decisions on when to provide whole genome sequencing in place of conventional alternative diagnostic tests «should take into account the digital infrastructure available».

Hospitalists typically work in shifts; therefore, within the same hospital, patients treated by hospitalists are plausibly quasi-randomized to a given physician based on when patients become sick and based on hospitalists» work schedule.34 We defined hospitalists using a validated approach: general internists who filed at least 90 % of their total evaluation and management billings in an inpatient setting.35 Second, to evaluate whether our findings were sensitive to how we attributed patients to physicians, we tested the following 2 alternative attribution methods: attributing patients to physicians who had the largest number of evaluation and management claims and attributing patients to physicians who billed the first evaluation and management claim for a given hospitalization.25, 36,37 Third, within some hospitals, male internists may be more likely to work in intensive care units and have severely ill patients.

Then the race will be on to replace those five second - tier in vivo ecotoxicity tests involving quail, fish, frogs, and rats with high - throughput nonanimal alternatives.

With ~ 81 % of the human proteome on a single slide, ImmuneProfiler represents a more comprehensive and high - throughput alternative to other assay platforms for the development of predictive early diagnostic tests.

Some alternative medicine practitioners recommend supplements or home tests (which they conveniently sell on their websites), but ignore these.

Functional medicine integrates traditional Western medical practices with what is sometimes considered «alternative» or «integrative» medicine, creating a focus on prevention through nutrition, diet, and exercise; use of the latest laboratory testing and other diagnostic techniques; and prescribed combinations of drugs and / or botanical medicines, supplements, therapeutic diets, detoxification programs, or stress - management techniques.

I went to see an alternative practitioner who performed bio resonance tests on me who diagnosed me as having dysbiosis and candida of the digestive tract (bacterial and yeast overgrowth).

All youʼd really have to do is start studying EVERY resource available on old - time physical culture and gymnastics, read every training journal and periodical you can get your hands on, study for and attend dozens of advanced exercise, nutrition and bio-chemistry seminars, seek out and learn from the worldʼs leading alternative exercise method gurus, and put all that knowledge to the test, 40 hours per week, on a variety of in - person clients from all walks of life.

The African Journal of Traditional, Complementary, and Alternative Medicines is a peer - reviewed scientific journal devoted to uncovering and testing the properties of African medicinal plants, traditional medicines, and alternative healing practices based on centuries - old traditions across theAlternative Medicines is a peer - reviewed scientific journal devoted to uncovering and testing the properties of African medicinal plants, traditional medicines, and alternative healing practices based on centuries - old traditions across thealternative healing practices based on centuries - old traditions across the continent.

Genetic testing for MTHFR variants has become increasingly popular in the alternative health community, and many patients begin supplementing with high - dose methyl donors based solely on their genetic results.

Functional medicine integrates traditional Western medical practices with what are sometimes considered «alternative» or «integrative» medicine, creating a focus on prevention through nutrition, diet and exercise; use of the latest laboratory testing and other diagnostic techniques, and prescribed combinations of drugs and / or botanical medicines, supplements, therapeutic diets, detoxification programs and stress management techniques.