CLINIQA, ISO 13485:2003 / 9001:2008 certified, is a clinical diagnostics manufacturer of diagnostic test kits / assays, quality controls, calibrators, linearity calibration verifiers, reagents,
proficiency testing materials as well as biological raw materials used worldwide.
Not exact matches
As a specialist provider of
proficiency services and reference
materials, it also offers analytical benchmarking to more than 750 laboratories in 80 countries, providing independent assurance of accuracy and reliability in
test results.
A drop in
proficiency rates on the new
tests could mean that students are still getting used to the new
test format, or that schools are still adjusting to teaching new
material, or it could mean that states set higher cut points on the new
tests than on their old ones.
Unlike the original standardized
tests, PARCC is given to children, not adults, and is used as a discovery tool to find out if all children in all zip codes are achieving academic
proficiency in the same
material.
The method allows the teacher to drop low scores on previously
tested material once a student reaches the desired level of
proficiency.
I would also add that for high schools, I believe the CAHSEE (an 8th grade level
test) was also very heavily weighted, and a number of schools gamed their scored by doing lots of CAHSEE prep, and thus ensuring their 10th and 11th graders could pass 8th grade
material with
proficiency.
While each artist can claim a degree of
material proficiency, the true litmus
test for oddballs is visionary authenticity.