Sentences with phrase «program administered tests»

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And according to a 2012 survey by the Graduate Management Admission Council, the organization that administers the GMAT admission test for graduate business and management programs, 64 % of business school deans felt MBA programs would specialize further in the next five years.

For years, he'd been administering a test to help board members assess their decision - making skills, as part of a training program he'd developed for corporate directors.

BRAC administers a written test at the end of the training program.

The Kentucky Industrial Hemp Commission oversees and administers licensing, testing and implements the rules & regulations regarding the program.

Rockenstein in 1966 and Klos in 1978 studied the effects of selected Christian children's programs on informational and attitudinal tests administered to selected groups of children in controlled laboratory situations before and after viewing.

Certified Is Best A certification sticker shows that the manufacturer has met safety standards set by ASTM International (formerly American Society for Testing and Materials), and that it takes part in a certification program administered by the Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association.

«And that whole high - stakes testing regime, which is part of Common Core, is a big drain on time in the schools as well as money to administer the program.

Educators and parents have complained about secrecy surrounding Albany's testing program since the first new assessments based on national Common Core academic standards were administered in spring 2013.

The program has been controversial in New York, where parents and teachers have confronted the state's Education Commissioner, John King, in public meetings, saying the children are stressed from all of the new tests being administered as part of the transition, and that too much time is being taken away from classroom learning.

Lately, as envirogenomics has taken off, scientists have begun to test for genetic markers in humans who are most heavily exposed to pollutants, an effort that got a huge boost in 2006 when Congress approved the $ 40 million Genes, Environment, and Health Initiative, a program administered by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

An Internet trainer is not able to directly administer fitness tests, motivate, observe exercise limitations, or respond effectively in an emergency situation (spotting, administering first aid or CPR), and thus is not able to design the most safe and effective exercise program for you.

Researchers Eric Hanushek (Stanford University), Paul Peterson (Harvard University), and Ludger Woessmann (University of Munich) examine the recently released 2012 PISA (Program on International Student Assessment) data, gathered from tests administered to 15 - year olds in the 34 countries that are members of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

For example, although the schools CMU chartered were required by law to administer the state testing system, the Michigan Educational Assessment Program or MEAP, the results were wholly inadequate for making high - stakes decisions like closing schools.

Here the correct answer, according to the latest tests administered by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's Program on International Student Assessment (PISA), is 24th out of 29th.

Instead, the just - released tests administered by the Program for International Student Assessment show that other countries are making faster progress than the United States.

A representative sample of this cohort of students took the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) tests, administered by the Organization for Economic Development (OECD) two years later, as 15 - year - olds, in 2009.

Coincidentally, that places the United States in 32nd place among the 65 nations of the world that participated in PISA, the math test administered by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), my colleagues and I report today in a research paper available at Harvard's Program on Education Policy and Governance.

(Those were the lowest - performing of the countries in the world who participated in the international testing administered by the Program on International Assessment (PISA), the official assessment system of the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development.)

The voluntary paper - and - pencil test, which Head Start programs may receive for $ 34 a copy from its developer, the University of Arizona, is too costly, takes too long to administer, is too complex for 3 - and 4 - year - olds, and does not provide useful child - development information, those familiar with it argue.

Indeed, Robert Brennan of the University of Iowa (who directs the Iowa testing programs), the psychometrician who said «no» and voted with the minority, wrote, «Crucial evidence from prediction studies does not support a conclusion that scores on College Board standardized tests administered with extended time to disabled students are comparable to scores on the same tests administered to nondisabled students without extended time.»

For instance, schools taking kids with scholarships funded through Florida's tax credit program must be approved by the state, meet teacher - qualification requirements, and administer either state exams or nationally norm - referenced tests and share the results with a researcher contracted by the state to report on scholarship students» progress.

On the tests administered by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, known as the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), the math performance of U.S. 15 - year - olds trails that of their peers in most other industrialized nations.

In a recent policy paper, we argued that private schools participating in voucher programs should have to administer their state's tests to their scholarship students.

A significant portion of respondents (71 percent) backs a voluntary national testing program that the federal government would administer to fourth - and eighth - grade students to measure the performance of U.S. public schools.

However, private schools participating in the corporate scholarship program must annually administer a qualified standardized test, and make the results available to the public.

The occasion is the triennial release of global scholastic achievement rankings based on exams administered by the Program for International Student Assessment, or PISA, which tests students in 65 countries in math, science, and languages.

On school requirements, the program requires schools to have state approval and administer a nationally norm referenced test to scholarship students, but avoids unnecessary regulations.

The International Benchmark Test (IBT) is an internationally administered program of assessments with tests appropriate for grades 3 to 10 in English, mathematics and science.

Nevada has imposed steep penalties on Harcourt Educational Measurement for errors in administering statewide exams, and Georgia is poised to do the same, following scoring glitches typical of the kind that have plagued state - sponsored testing programs in recent years.

The pilot program would be geared to help urban students prepare for the Connecticut Academic Performance Test in 2008, when it is scheduled to be administered on computers.

Partnership with SRI International (SRI) and School Readiness Consulting (SRC) to support the implementation of VPI + through the collection and use of formative program measures, summative child assessments, and cost - effectiveness data to provide feedback for continuous improvement of instruction and program implementation, administer predictive tests and analyze results to answer pressing questions, and communicate results with VDOE, school divisions, and teachers

In Florida's more lightly regulated program that requires schools to administer a standardized test of their choice, around 60 % of the private schools are willing to participate.

Students» performance on these tests must be disclosed to the State Education Administration Authority (SEAA), which is the entity that will administer the school voucher program.

This test is one of the California Standards Tests administered as part of the Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) Program under policies set by the State Board of Education.

CETE develops and administers educational testing programs that translate industry - leading research into real - world solutions in an effort to assist teachers in identifying strategies that will help students reach their greatest potential.

Teachers also keep even closer tabs on certain kids, using a web - based program called AIMSweb to administer short fluency tests to track the students» progress.

If a school has more than 65 percent of its students participating in a voucher program, the school must administer the state test to every child in the school; parents of children who do not receive a voucher may opt out of the state test requirement

One third of the 27 programs operating in school year 2016 - 17 had no academic testing requirements and officials in two of the programs interviewed indicated that some private schools were unfamiliar or unequipped to administer standardized tests.

If a school has more than 65 percent of students participating in a voucher program, the school must administer the state test to every child in the school; parents of children who do not receive a voucher may opt out of the state test requirement

Muir says that although the school did administer a standardized achievement test, that program did not: 1) provide a sufficient measure of proficiency against state requirements; 2) enable progress monitoring; or 3) include math - skills benchmarking.

The Woodcock Johnson Test of Student Achievement, the Peabody Individual Achievement Test and the KeyMath 3 Diagnostic Assessment are a few of the tests designed to be administered in individual sessions, and provide grade equivalent, standardized and age equivalent scores as well as diagnostic information that is helpful when preparing to design an IEP and an educational program.

The Oklahoma School Testing Program (OSTB) administers seven end - of - instruction (EOI) exams in English language arts, math, and science course subjects as well as U.S. History, in compliance with ESSA and aligned with the Oklahoma Academic Standards.

Academic Coaches may tutor students in 9th - 12th grade subjects, teach ACT workshops, lead study skills workshops, provide academic advising, outreach to teachers, counselors, and families, administer practice tests, manage a caseload of students to academic outcomes, develop curriculum, and manage programming.

Private schools participating in the program must administer the state LEAP and iLEAP tests to their voucher students in grades 3 - 8 and 10.

First administered to assess the quality of education systems worldwide, PISA, or the Program for International Student Assessment, covers math and science, and recently started testing collaboration, critical thinking, and global competency skills.

The institute proposes that state governments should require private schools to administer state tests to all students participating in school - choice programs, and that the results should be publicized.

A bill filed in the state Senate, «NC Comprehensive School Accountability,» seeks to strengthen oversight for the voucher program, but it only deals with limiting the choices of standardized tests private schools can administer in an effort to make students» academic progress more comparable and more easily understood.

'' seeks to strengthen oversight for the voucher program, but it only deals with limiting the choices of standardized tests private schools can administer in an effort to make students» academic progress more comparable and more easily understood.

A short placement test administered to every student starting the program ensures that they're provided with lessons and activities at the optimal level.

The Slosson Oral Reading Test (SORT) was administered before instruction began and after students completed the program.