Sentences with phrase «over older tests»

Blood tests for trypsin like immunoreactivity (TLI) and serum folate levels are an improvement over older tests utilizing digestion of X-ray film.

Based on the practice questions released by Smarter Balanced and PARCC, others in education policy say they're confident that these tests will be a marked improvement over the old tests.

Frederick Hess, director of Education Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute, thinks we need to wait and see if performance tasks really do represent an improvement over old tests.

Not exact matches

It's also over 30 years old, and many haven't weathered the test of time with grace.

I challenge our team to infuse a little playfulness everyday even in a work environment, it can be while testing our products, team painting events, battling on old arcade games during lunch or getting kids in the office to play with us at an all hands meeting (usually over summer).

A taste test over at the Huffington Post determined that the ketchup has a bit more kick than old - fashioned Heinz but is still pretty far off from the hot and spicy flavor of straight sriracha.

I started small, but decided to go for it after my initial testing period and rolled over an old 401k that was returning — negative returns at the time.

What snap you fingers, no baby bottle, no teenagers, no old people, no opportunity to test yourself against good or evil, no acquired knowledge handed down over generations so you get to do all over again and again from scratch.

The team carried out tests on 24 overweight or obese adults over 45 years old.

I had cut WAY down on gluten over the past several weeks (never going the whole way, though), but... I'm now going to be adding wheat back in for a few weeks and attempt to go back to my «old» way of eating until I get this testing done.

Because my younger brother is not necessarily «young» anymore, having our friends over who have a 15 month old baby was the perfect test.

2 medium - large white, baking or Yukon gold potatoes, peeled (reserve skin) and cubed to make 3 cups 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 tablespoon vegan butter (I like Earth Balance) pinch of salt 1/2 teaspoon of Liquid Smoke 3/4 cup chopped onion (medium fine) 1/2 cup chopped celery (split stalks lengthwise and slice crosswise fairly thinly) 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme 1 teaspoon kelp granules (you could try powdered kelp, though I haven't tested it) salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste 3 cups vegetable broth, warmed in the microwave or in a saucepan 2 cups unsweetened soy milk, also warmed in the microwave or in a saucepan (may combine with broth to heat) 1 cup coarsely chopped homemade «seafood seitan» (see below) or Shitake or oyster mushrooms, sauteed in a skillet with 1 - 2 teaspoons olive oil for 2 - 3 minutes over medium - high heat, seasoned to taste with granulated kelp (in place of salt) liquid smoke to taste 2 tablespoons minced fresh parsley Optional garnish: a teaspoon of fresh minced parsley and a tiny pinch of Old Bay seasoning per bowl

Taste and tour through our hidden - gem wine region boasting over 40 + wineries, stroll the wooden boardwalks of historic Old Town, shop Promenade Temecula or our local farmers markets, and see a show; play a round of golf or test your luck at Pechanga Resort & Casino.

Jack Wilshere's physical powers have been intensely tested in the last few weeks as Arsene Wenger has picked the 25 year - old for every single Arsenal game over the intense Xmas period, and he showed he was just as fit today as when he first played by being as impressive as usual and even scoring his first goal in the Premier League for two and a half years.

According to Tuttomercatoweb, United have long been keen on bringing Rose to Old Trafford and are preparing to try again to test Spurs» resolve over the player this winter.

Recently appointed manager Pep Guardiola faces a test over which of his 30 or older players stay or go over the summer.

Bending over old Army water containers, his hands jumping from can to can, he reminds one of Bela Lugosi in a laboratory of smoking test tubes.

The French boss has seen his defensive options stretched over the past 18 months with his full - back area sorely tested and despite the good form shown by Kieran Gibbs the Gunners boss is keen on bringing in the 27 year old former Wigan Athletic wide - man.

The 18 - year - old took over driving duties for Williams on the second day of the Barcelona test but their programme for the morning session took a knock when he spun off at the high - speed turn 9.

Sitting in 8th place and with a win over Liverpool and a 2 - 2 draw with Manchester United at Old Trafford under their belt, Sunderland will provide a stern test for an Arsenal team that will be without a host of first team players.

Sunderland have conceded seven goals (half of their total conceded tally) in the final 15 minutes of Premier League matches this season — a league - high — and with United's record over the years at scoring late winners also in mind, patience could be a virtue for Moyes» men but with their wingers potentially set to be tested by both Johnson and Giaccherini's creative exploits, Rooney will need to be everywhere once more whilst Van Persie will be praying the 27 - year - old can provide the exquisite service for him to profit from in front of goal.

The 31 - year - old underwent tests in Rambouillet on Saturday and was shown to have suffered a right thigh strain during Friday evening's 2 - 0 win over Wales in Paris and will now miss Tuesday's friendly against Germany.

The Portuguese admits that there is always a question mark hanging over the head of new players but the 22 - year - old passed the test with flying colours.

there is little danger of confusing the average five - year - old scamp with the fledgling psychopath,» but we aren't talking about educational testing, where the results are quantifiable and the labels are easily shed over time.

It reviews two scientifically - tested sleep training programs appropriate for babies over 6 months old.

Consumer Reports just finished testing 65 interior paints and found that 20 of our top picks — all self - priming — let you skip priming and paint directly over everything from old paint or wallpaper to new unpainted drywall or wood.

My kids, for whatever reason, would never take a bottle, which we learned the hard way during a botched hearing test in which the nurse tried to give our oldest a bottle and the contents ended up regurgitated all over my husband's chest.

Old political arguments are being tested with new battles emerging over whose expectations are to be disappointed and who should be blamed for fiscal squeeze.

The suit could serve as a test case for her year - old unit, which has faced questions about its independence from Cuomo, and its ability to be an effective watchdog over what in the past has been a sparsely enforced election laws.

Fariña also said she wants to reduce reliance on testing, which features more prominently in the Common Core curriculum over the old status quo:

A recently discovered solitary ice volcano on the dwarf planet Ceres may have some hidden older siblings, say scientists who have tested a likely way such mountains of icy rock — called cryovolcanoes — might disappear over millions of years.

Wendy Oddy at the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research in Subiaco, Western Australia, and colleagues examined whether having been breastfed affected the test scores of over 1000 10 - year - olds.

The 100 - year - old theory has stood the test of time but it still conflicts with the theory of quantum mechanics that rules over the subatomic realm.

To test the anti-aging properties of the drug in later life, fruit flies over 30 days old that had almost all stopped laying eggs were given the same moderate dose of 15.6 µM, and still had an increased life expectancy of 4 %.

Studying older people over time can be challenging given their uncertain health, but Ritchie and his colleagues had an unusual resource in the Lothian Birth Cohort, a group of people born in 1936 whose mental function has been periodically tested by the Scottish government since 1947 — their first IQ test was at age 11.

Over the years, Moffitt reported in a series of papers that these boys did poorly in neuropsychological tests (such as verbal skills and verbal memory), measured high for impulsivity, and were likely to engage in substance abuse as they grew older.

The notion of transmitting power over the air is at least 100 years old, with methods from high - powered microwaves to focused beams of infrared being tested.

Over the past 18 months, 81 - year - old Bill Bunnell has visited the doctor a half - dozen times to take memory tests, provide...

So I decided to test it on my 88 year old mother who'd been on statin drugs for over 15 year....

I have been through many phases over the last couple of years since my father's diagnosis, he was 53 years old and had Early Onset Alzheimer's Disease and his diagnosis changed my life in many ways, I spend most of the time in denial and I keep thinking the tests were wrong.

It also makes me want to scream over the fact that we have spent countless hours going to numerous medical specialists, spent thousands of dollars (not to mention Luke's intense suffering... seriously, it would even reduce my 65 year old father to tears) on blood tests, prescriptions, etc., all to be told that nothing was wrong and he would eventually out grow it.

I was going to make cushions for an old rocker and tested the black by rubbing a white cloth over it.

Well, we made use of this old technique and sent out development mules all over the world to test and evaluate our new products before we actually produce them.

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Illinois educators have been scratching their heads over four years of mysterious declines in students» scores on the state's 10 - year - old reading tests.

The research studied the reading test scores of more than 200,000 15 - year - olds from over 8,000 mixed - sex schools around the world.

Union activists remain unconvinced by the proposals and believe their is a lack of action over tests for older pupils.

Long read: Is a «simple» baseline test for four - year - olds about to bring the fight over primary assessment to a head?

The results, which are determined by tests taken by 15 - year - olds in over 70 countries, show that the UK is below high performers like Singapore and Finland.