Sentences with phrase «recent focus on test»

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Managers of ordinary ability, focusing solely on acquisition possibilities meeting these tests, have achieved excellent results in recent decades.

23andMe: Scanning for Genome - Wide Associations Much of the recent hype in ancestry testing has focused on genome - wide association tests, which can rapidly scan hundreds of thousands of SNPs.

The focus of intense research by automobile makers in recent years, ultracapacitors are finally being tested on the road.

The recent study, published in the journal Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, focuses on using a simple test of visual flicker to evaluate an individual's level of executive cognitive abilities, such as shifting attention between different tasks, planning or organizing and problem solving.

In recent years, the SMA Foundation has shifted its testing strategy to focus on proprietary new compounds specifically designed for SMA.

One researcher suggested that recent studies saying current middle school programs focus more on developing a nurturing climate than strong academics, and the emphasis on high - stakes tests in eighth grade, may have spurred some principals to drop service - learning programs, according to Kielsmeier.

Hobby's controversial proposal, published on the NAHT blog, follows recent government intentions to places a stronger focus on progress as a measure of schools, and the introductions of the new Progress 8 measure at GCSE and baseline tests at the beginning of a child's formal education.

My recent research in this area suggests that there can also be a strong focus on skill acquisition related to test preparation in contemporary classrooms, which can be approached in a way that excludes pleasure and enjoyment, leading to children deciding that reading is a thing done for the purpose of measurement and testing.»

Recent discussions on the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) have largely focused on accountability issues, particularly testing and what it does with (or to, depending on your perspective) children and teachers alike.

On the most recent PISA test, Finland ranked 12th in mathematics (the focus of the test in 2012), which rather stretches the definition of the word «top.»

The program focusing on informational text was implemented in 1998 - 99 after an analysis of recent statewide reading test data.

From January to April, when delivering professional development to help close achievement gaps, in recent years we have focused on strategies such as studying and test taking skills, fluency, vocabulary development, writing and rewriting, and even for some students meta - cognitive strategies to help them understand their own learning process.

The problem, he says, is that the intense emphasis on standardized testing in recent years has pushed a lot of American schools to focus almost exclusively on academic skills, cognitive skills.

Recent Vamboozled posts have focused on one of the qualities of the achievement tests used as the key measures in value - added models (VAMs) and other «growth» models.

In recent years, the United States has focused heavily on external test - based accountability.

At a time when a recent report shows that teachers are less satisfied with their jobs than they have been in decades, Mieliwocki acknowledged the challenges that the profession faces and the narrow focus on student achievement and teacher evaluations as measured by standardized tests.

But with an increased national focus on standardized test scores, the data collection process has become much more formalized in recent years.

Two recent events have made it a perfect time to change the way we conduct our educational testing: growing dissatisfaction with consortia - built tests and a new focus on the proposed use of a test in the revised Standards for Educational and Psychological Ttesting: growing dissatisfaction with consortia - built tests and a new focus on the proposed use of a test in the revised Standards for Educational and Psychological TestingTesting.

But in recent years, there has been increasing focus on test based performance by third grade that has created pressure to ensure children are «ready» by increasing academics in earlier and earlier grades.

Over recent weeks the focus of this blog has been on parental right and the importance of opting out of the unfair, inappropriate and discriminatory Common Core Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) test, but that issue is only one piece of the puzzle when it comes to the unprecedented activities of the Corporate Education Reform Industry and their supporters like Governor Dannel Malloy.

Recent evidence on teacher productivity suggests teachers meaningfully influence noncognitive student outcomes that are commonly overlooked by narrowly focusing on student test scores.

This book is focused on the challenges to implement sustainability in diverse contexts such as agribusiness, natural resource systems and new technologies.The experiences made by the researchers of the School of Agricultural, Forestry, Food and Environmental Science (SAFE) of the University of Basilicata offer a wide and multidisciplinary approach to the identification and testing of different solutions tailored to the economic, social and environmental characteristics of the region and the surrounding areas.Basilicata's productive system is mainly based on activities related to the agricultural sector and exploitation of natural resources but it has seen, in recent years, an industrial development driven by the discovery of oil fields.

Gaitán's open curatorial format, and its focus on recent colonial history and post-colonial discourse, rather than contemporary neocolonialism, paired with a general approach of probing or testing, intelligently, various realities — all this means that the 8th Berlin Biennale is a biennale to ruminate over, to spend time with, rather than a biennale that makes or breaks trail - blazing ways of understanding contemporary reality.

Recent solo museum exhibitions include «Cotton Puffs, Q - Tips ®, Smoke and Mirrors: The Drawings of Ed Ruscha,» Whitney Museum of American Art (2004, traveled to The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; and National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., through 2005); «Ed Ruscha,» MAXXI, Rome (2004); «Ed Ruscha: Photographer,» Jeu de Paume, Paris (2006, traveled to Kunsthaus Zürich; and Museum Ludwig, Cologne, through 2006); «Ed Ruscha: Fifty Years of Painting,» Hayward Gallery, London (2009, traveled to Haus der Kunst, Munich; and Moderna Museet, Stockholm, through 2010); «Ed Ruscha: Road Tested,» The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas (2011); «On the Road,» Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2011, traveled to Denver Art Museum, Colorado; and Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, through 2012); «Reading Ed Ruscha,» Kunsthaus Bregenz, Austria (2012); «Artist Rooms on Tour: Ed Ruscha,» Tate Modern, London (2009, traveled to Inverness Museum and Art Gallery, United Kingdom; Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, United Kingdom; and The Hatton Gallery, Newcastle, United Kingdom, among other venues, through 2013); «Ed Ruscha: Standard,» Los Angeles County Museum of Art (2012, traveled to The Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Massachusetts, through 2013); «Ed Ruscha - Los Angeles Apartments,» Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland (2013); «In Focus: Ed Ruscha,» The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles (2013); and «Ed Ruscha: Mixmaster,» Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli, Torino (2015 — 16On the Road,» Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2011, traveled to Denver Art Museum, Colorado; and Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, through 2012); «Reading Ed Ruscha,» Kunsthaus Bregenz, Austria (2012); «Artist Rooms on Tour: Ed Ruscha,» Tate Modern, London (2009, traveled to Inverness Museum and Art Gallery, United Kingdom; Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, United Kingdom; and The Hatton Gallery, Newcastle, United Kingdom, among other venues, through 2013); «Ed Ruscha: Standard,» Los Angeles County Museum of Art (2012, traveled to The Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Massachusetts, through 2013); «Ed Ruscha - Los Angeles Apartments,» Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland (2013); «In Focus: Ed Ruscha,» The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles (2013); and «Ed Ruscha: Mixmaster,» Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli, Torino (2015 — 16on Tour: Ed Ruscha,» Tate Modern, London (2009, traveled to Inverness Museum and Art Gallery, United Kingdom; Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, United Kingdom; and The Hatton Gallery, Newcastle, United Kingdom, among other venues, through 2013); «Ed Ruscha: Standard,» Los Angeles County Museum of Art (2012, traveled to The Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Massachusetts, through 2013); «Ed Ruscha - Los Angeles Apartments,» Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland (2013); «In Focus: Ed Ruscha,» The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles (2013); and «Ed Ruscha: Mixmaster,» Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli, Torino (2015 — 16).

Recent solo museum exhibitions include «Cotton Puffs, Q - Tips ®, Smoke and Mirrors: The Drawings of Ed Ruscha», Whitney Museum of American Art (2004, traveled to The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; and National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., through 2005); «Ed Ruscha,» MAXXI, Rome (2004); «Ed Ruscha: Photographer,» Jeu de Paume, Paris (2006/2006); «Ed Ruscha: Fifty Years of Painting,» Hayward Gallery, London (2009 / 2010); «Ed Ruscha: Road Tested,» The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas (2011); «On the Road,» Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2011/2012); «Reading Ed Ruscha,» Kunsthaus Bregenz, Austria (2012); «Artist Rooms on Tour: Ed Ruscha,» Tate Modern, London (2009, traveled to Inverness Museum and Art Gallery, United Kingdom; Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, United Kingdom; and The Hatton Gallery, Newcastle, United Kingdom, among other venues, through 2013); «Ed Ruscha: Standard,» Los Angeles County Museum of Art (2012, traveled to The Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Massachusetts, through 2013); «Ed Ruscha - Los Angeles Apartments,» Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland (2013); «In Focus: Ed Ruscha,» The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles (2013); and «Ed Ruscha: Mixmaster,» Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli, Torino (2015 — 16On the Road,» Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2011/2012); «Reading Ed Ruscha,» Kunsthaus Bregenz, Austria (2012); «Artist Rooms on Tour: Ed Ruscha,» Tate Modern, London (2009, traveled to Inverness Museum and Art Gallery, United Kingdom; Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, United Kingdom; and The Hatton Gallery, Newcastle, United Kingdom, among other venues, through 2013); «Ed Ruscha: Standard,» Los Angeles County Museum of Art (2012, traveled to The Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Massachusetts, through 2013); «Ed Ruscha - Los Angeles Apartments,» Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland (2013); «In Focus: Ed Ruscha,» The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles (2013); and «Ed Ruscha: Mixmaster,» Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli, Torino (2015 — 16on Tour: Ed Ruscha,» Tate Modern, London (2009, traveled to Inverness Museum and Art Gallery, United Kingdom; Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, United Kingdom; and The Hatton Gallery, Newcastle, United Kingdom, among other venues, through 2013); «Ed Ruscha: Standard,» Los Angeles County Museum of Art (2012, traveled to The Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Massachusetts, through 2013); «Ed Ruscha - Los Angeles Apartments,» Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland (2013); «In Focus: Ed Ruscha,» The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles (2013); and «Ed Ruscha: Mixmaster,» Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli, Torino (2015 — 16).

Atomic Afterimage: Cold War Imagery in Contemporary Art at the Boston University Art Gallery focuses on recent artistic re-interpretations of pictures from the era of aboveground nuclear testing (1945 - 1962) and new interpretations of weapons - test sites.

Based on the benchmark results of the top ten Windows registry cleaners performed in October of 2016, Macecraft Software continues its tradition of comparative tests with a focus on the top three Windows registry cleaners that ranked highest in our most recent tests.

He announced $ 375 million to permanently extend homelessness funding to the states «with a continued focus on supporting young people and victims of domestic violence,» and said the government would restore the pensioner concession card to those affected by the recent assets test change.

Recent research has focused on the development and validation of checklists and protocols to be used by mental health professionals along with clinical interviews and medical tests.

More specifically, according to a recent study focusing on the role of self - compassion on life satisfaction and hope (Yang, Zhang, & Kou, 2016) and testing a sample of Chinese adults demonstrated that self - compassion indeed is positively associated with life satisfaction and added that hope plays a mediating role between self - compassion and life satisfaction.

When children have the skills to listen, calm down, empathize with others, and solve problems, they can focus more on their studies — in fact, a recent CASEL study showed that students who receive SEL instruction improved an average of 11 percentile points on standardized achievement tests.