Sentences with phrase «other test prep»

We offer free practice tests along with other test prep resources.

Some other test prep companies manage the size of the books so students aren't overwhelmed right off the bat.

Play2Prep can be used either exclusively or to complement other test prep materials.

Not exact matches

I still I have to take my Boards this summer, but for now, I'm ignoring my overpriced test prep texts in favor of other literature.

Other than testing them on your baby, there is really no way of knowing whether it is fully prepped or not.

Vander J. Carter, who owns startup Jest Green, said he hopes to use the kitchen space to prep fresh ingredients and juices and, more importantly, test recipes and collaborate with other entrepreneurs.

«PrEP promises to help to curb the rate of new HIV infections as part of a comprehensive prevention plan — including safer sex, regular «opt - out» HIV testing, risk reduction counseling, and treatment of any other sexually transmitted infections,» Dr. Balderson said.

Other kids start worrying about college way too early, starting with test - prep tutors in middle school.

In challenging the use of value - added models as part of evaluation systems, the teachers» unions cite concerns about the volatility of test scores in the systems, the fact that some teachers have far more students with special needs or challenging home circumstances than others, and the potential for teachers facing performance pressure to warp instruction in unproductive ways, such as via «test prep.»

In fact, on page 24, the report clearly says that the relationship between test prep and value - added on standardized tests is weaker than other observed practices, but does not claim that the relationship is negative:

• too much school time is given over to test prep — and the pressure to lift scores leads to cheating and other unsavory practices; • subjects and accomplishments that aren't tested — art, creativity, leadership, independent thinking, etc. — are getting squeezed if not discarded; • teachers are losing their freedom to practice their craft, to make classes interesting and stimulating, and to act like professionals; • the curricular homogenizing that generally follows from standardized tests and state (or national) standards represents an undesirable usurpation of school autonomy, teacher freedom, and local control by distant authorities; and • judging teachers and schools by pupil test scores is inaccurate and unfair, given the kids» different starting points and home circumstances, the variation in class sizes and school resources, and the many other services that schools and teachers are now expected to provide their students.

It's curriculum narrowing, over-reliance on test prep, practice exams, and myriad other decisions large and small that cumulatively alter our children's experience of school — and not always for the better.

Other companies that are selling courses include Corporate Aviation Solutions, which sells a test prep course for aspiring aviation managers, and Bluebeam Software, which sells one - on - one web trainings, group web trainings and on - site trainings for customers of its PDF creation and editing software.

Researcher's Goal: An Admissions Process That Rewards «Ethical Character» Chronicle for Higher Education, 10/4/15 «The project grew from the worry that many teenagers, focused on academic achievement and their own success, have too little concern for others and the world beyond their test - prep manuals.

These advances, while making test prep more convenient for all learners, also opens up new possibilities for students who had not previously been able to participate, whether due to geography or other limitations.

The test - prep and academic support for struggling students at Carlin Springs could serve as a model for other struggling schools, though teachers and administrators have been cautious because the approach was implemented only two years ago.

But in many schools, fear and cynicism took hold so that test prep replaced other instruction and faculty and administrators falsified test scores.

That said, due to test prep and other kinds of manipulation, «achievement increases may not correspond to actual learning gains» and «reading and math gains came at the expense of instruction in other subjects.»

Between test - prep (which he does not count as teaching) and various other duties, nearly half of every day is spent on tasks other than educating students, he observed.

Based on extensive evidence from Texas and other states, it still is: now some children are tracked into test prep, others into more educationally substantive programs.

Other Canadian schools have found that poetry — which is often among the first casualties of test prep — is a documented best practice not only for teaching literacy but also for helping students develop critical thinking and analytical perspectives (Hughes, 2007).

In other words, instructional quality sank a lot when these excellent teachers were delivering test - prep lessons.

Many feel that the high - stakes nature of testing at the state level drives a large quantity of tests at other levels, and leads to a disproportionately large amount of instructional time being devoted to test prep.

For her, that involves practice tests and looking over what she needs to fix, but a lot of her friends benefited from prep classes or from asking other people for help.

Last year, however, two studies — one by a Stanford University research group and the other commissioned by the Gates Foundation — found that some low - income schools using personalized models had positive outcomes on test scores, college prep course completion, and other measures.

The goal is to ease the pressures of testing and bring an end to the test prep mania that for years has consumed schools worried they wouldn't meet Annual Yearly Progress (AYP) and face closure, firing of staff, or other sanctions.

Jacob and Levitt note that there are other, more subtle ways teachers can cheat, such as giving students more time, or prepping students beforehand with answers to actual test questions.

Other career field, such as auto mechanics, could require other curricular choices beyond the 10 hour days of test prep,Other career field, such as auto mechanics, could require other curricular choices beyond the 10 hour days of test prep,other curricular choices beyond the 10 hour days of test prep, yes.

Too much school time is given over to test prep — and the pressure to lift scores leads to cheating and other unsavory practices.

While one - to - one, private tutoring is not a low - cost test prep option, its value far exceeds that of other, lower - cost test prep options.

Citizens stuck in blue states like California now have no recourse to escape the failed test prep approach other than to get their children into private schools — and if they lack the resources to pay for tuition a second time (since they still must pay taxes for the second class teaching their local state schools are dispensing), their children will be doomed to fall behind the international competition, since that is a consequence of the second missed opportunity of the past decade, the Common Core standards that doom American children to fall 2 - 3 years behind their peers in Asia and northern Europe by the time they finish high school.

If legal exam prep materials prove to be a successful digital offering, other key areas of academic test prep can come to the market.

Some females will start to become more surly with other dogs as their body preps for their first estrus cycle, and males will start to test your authority or exhibit dominant behaviors.

JobTestPrep is a one - stop exam preparation platform that provides an Electronic Data Processing Test Practice Pack which includes practice tests, a study guide, and all other tools necessary for a thorough EDPT prep.

We also have many other PTCB test prep resources.

Clinical medical assistants help doctors and nurses with basic lab tests, sterilizing tools, prepping supplies, getting patients ready for X-rays and other treatment - related tasks.

PPGP locations in Oklahoma offer a wide range of sexual and reproductive health care including transgender services, Pre Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), Post Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP), menopausal symptom management as well as other sexual and reproductive health care like annual exams, STI testing and treatment, emergency contraception and abortion referral information.

In addition to hormone therapy services, please know that well - checks, STD testing and treatment, HIV testing, HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP), clinical breast exams, cervical cancer screenings and HPV vaccines, pregnancy testing, abortion care, and other healthcare services are also available for transgender patients.

PPGP locations in Missouri offer a wide range of sexual and reproductive health care including abortion referrals, transgender services, Pre Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), Post Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP), menopausal symptom management as well as other sexual and reproductive health care like annual exams, STI testing and treatment and emergency contraception.

We have been developing and evaluating a research - based marriage education program PREP (Prevention and Relationship Education Program; see prepinc.com), and have been using and testing the program in a number of settings in the United States and in other countries.