Sentences with phrase «refusing the tests in»

For opt out to be effective, we need families refusing the tests in every district and in numbers.

Students have been refusing the tests in New York City, in growing numbers, for upwards of 7 years now.

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VICTORIA — After the Christy Clark government refused to take the issue of lead in the drinking water of North Coast communities seriously, B.C. New Democrat MLA for the North Coast, Jennifer Rice, initiated water testing in three social housing units...

Despite this, the Christy Clark government refuses to test drinking water in other schools and public buildings such as social housing.

«I brought this to the attention of the Minister of Health, and asked him to ensure water testing in our schools, hospitals and other public buildings occurs, but he refused.

VICTORIA — After the Christy Clark government refused to take the issue of lead in the drinking water of North Coast communities seriously, B.C. New Democrat MLA for the North Coast, Jennifer Rice, initiated water testing in three social housing units in her community.

What should have been a simple transaction turns into a Sisyphean test of wills, in which the rep demands to know why he's being left and refuses to take an answer.

This is the method which consciously ignores the fact of crisis and suggests to the church that it continue in its tested course of the past while resolutely refusing to consider the causes and forces which have produced the modern critical conditions.

If it were an accident, the first time it caused rashes and or nose bleeds and diarrhea, they would have written what caused it in my Medical Records to stop others from causing the adverse reactions, but no, they have to try to prevent a Law Suit and write that I am delusional about the adverse reactions so every Doctor after that forced the adverse reactions on me and or refused to give me the Medical Treatment actually need, while they make money off charging the government for the Toxic Harmful Drugs that a Judge ordered them not to give me, tut they just falsely called me delusional about the Court Orders, to made money poisoning me with Toxic Drugs and Rash Creams, but normally they do that to their suspecting Victims to make money off doing Kidney transplants like they did to my Uncle, but they will not replace mine, because that is what they planned to do to kill me, just ask their associate assassin Dr Kanter of the Minneapolis VA, of course he will say I am delusional after he assaulted me saying the other Hospital Labs were wrong about that Blood Test that show the harm they caused.

This woman and her Fascist Right wing Nazis need to sit in prison for their crimes against humanity because I am not the only one these cold blooded lying murders did this to, and they deliberately will not have anyone obey Court Orders and get me Medical Records together, and get me Medical Doctors to address my Medical Concerns, and get all my Doctors on the same page, because they intended all along on messing up my Medical records while causing me serious medical harm, and then letting me die from Medical Neglect so that they could falsely blame me or environmental factors and they even have the Police deliberate to refuse to investigate why they removed Tests from my Medical Records that showed the harm that they caused.

Creationism refuses to test hypotheses, depending on absolute belief in the written word.

Oh, and I refuse categorically to count the number of flours (especially with all the blends I am testing) I have in my home.

Even in the face of increased competition and a shrinking customer base, Kohl Wholesale of Quincy, Ill., refuses to abandon the time - tested practices that have kept the family owned distributor in business since 1873.

The Commission's method to test for dual quality products will be ready in April and, when the results are published, Europeans should «vote with their purses and refuse to buy products they consider of lower quality,» the commissioner for justice, consumers...

During testing when our kitchen was overflowing with sweet upon sweet, it was the one treat that Jay hoarded in the fridge, refusing to give any away, savoring bite by bite until it was finally gone a week later.

I tested the damn thing 11 times (because I'm fucking crazy I refused to share a recipe for a cake with a small crater in the middle)(I have serious OCD about properly leavening things) so that's a matter of fact.

A number of car failures kept causing accidents in testing and the drivers started refusing to drive it.

Michels finished third in the 242 - pound division at the U.S. Olympic Trials, qualifying as an alternate, but he was refused that spot because he had failed a drug test at the»83 Pan American Games.

But if high school swimmers are refused the right to test their ability against others in competition on a national level, what incentive will there be for them to continue?

Regarding his pace — I think everyone has noticed and I can only assume DW hasn't done his sprint tests at Arsenal yet because I refuse to believe Walcott, Bellerin, Chamberlain or anyone else would be passing him in any sprint over say 40 - 50M.

But in a handful of states, you're not allowed to say no — the state believes testing is so important for your child's health that you have no legal right to refuse.

However, it does not list other exceptions or appear to propose consequences for biological fathers who refuse to participate in formally acknowledging paternity or make themselves available for DNA testing.

I said it, however, in the context of BPI's move to test for E. coli pathogens that others refused to test for.

Nearly 80,000 public school students in 100 districts across Long Island refused yesterday to take the state mathematics exam given in grades three through eight, in a fifth straight year of boycotts driven by opposition to the Common Core tests, according to a Newsday survey.

Conservatives say Ryan failed a critical first test just weeks after taking the gavel, when he refused to leverage government funding to impose new restrictions on the nation's refugee settlement program in the wake of the mass shooting in San Bernardino, California.

Assembly members Tedisco, Graf, Ra say Assembly Majority more interested in «symbolism over substance» and covering backsides after voting for budget that's outraged parents & teachers than informing parents of their rights to refuse to have their kids take tests

In the past two weeks, hundreds of thousands of parents across the state staged a parental uprising against the Common Core curriculum and culture of over-utilization of high stakes standardized tests and exercised their right to refuse to have their children take the grades 3 - 8 ELA and math exams.

Legislators seek passage of bi-partisan bill to ensure schools notify parents they can refuse to have their children in grades 3 - 8 participate in controversial Common Core standardized tests

«While the Majority bill protects children, teachers and schools from being penalized for opting out of the tests, it's missing the critical piece that parents should be informed by schools in writing or via email that they have a right to refuse to have their children take these developmentally inappropriate high stakes tests.»

Assemblyman Jim Tedisco (R,C,I - Glenville), Assemblyman Al Graf (R,C,I - Holbrook) and Assemblyman Ed Ra (R - Franklin Square) today called on the Assembly Majority to get serious about the impending Common Core standardized testing crisis in our schools and convene a special session before the first round of tests begin on April 14th to ensure parents know about their rights to have their children refuse the tests.

Assemblyman introduces legislation to ensure schools notify parents they can refuse to have their children in grades 3 - 8 participate in controversial Common Core state standardized tests

Tedisco, Graf, Murray and Ra are sponsoring the «Common Core Parental Refusal Act» (A. 6025 / S.4161) to require that school districts notify parents of their rights to refuse to have their children in grades 3 - 8 participate in the Common Core standardized tests.

Assemblyman Jim Tedisco (R,C,I - Glenville), Senator Terrence Murphy (R,C,I - Jefferson Valley), Assemblyman Ed Ra (R - Franklin Square), Assemblyman Michael P. Kearns (D - Buffalo), Senator Joseph A. Griffo (R,C,I - Rome) and Senator George Latimer (D - Rye) today joined with parents, students and educators in Albany to call for passage of bi-partisan legislation they are sponsoring, the «Common Core Parental Refusal Act» (A. 6025 / S.4161) to require that school districts notify parents of their rights to refuse to have their children in grades 3 - 8 participate in the Common Core standardized tests.

Tedisco, a former public school special education teacher, is the sponsor of the bi-partisan Common Core Parental Refusal Act (A. 6025 / S.4161), to require that school districts notify parents of their rights to refuse without penalty to have their children in grades 3 - 8 participate in the Common Core standardized tests.

«The Common Core Parental Refusal Act protects the rights of parents to have their children refuse to take these high stakes tests and it ensures that students, teachers and schools are not penalized or rewarded for participation — or lack thereof — in the exams.

Assembly members Tedisco, Graf, Murray & Ra start RefuseCommonCore.com petition to give parents a voice to refuse to have their children participate in Common Core standardized tests

Assemblyman Jim Tedisco (R,C,I - Glenville), who was the top vote getter in the Assembly on the Stop Common Core ballot line in 2014, today announced new legislation he is introducing, the «Common Core Parental Refusal Act» to require that school districts notify parents of their rights to refuse to have their children in grades 3 - 8 participate in the Common Core standardized tests.

In spring 2015, an estimated 200,000 students statewide — more than 70,000 of them on Long Island — refused to take state tests in English and math, the largest such boycott in the natioIn spring 2015, an estimated 200,000 students statewide — more than 70,000 of them on Long Island — refused to take state tests in English and math, the largest such boycott in the natioin English and math, the largest such boycott in the natioin the nation.

A Newsday survey conducted Friday on the last day of state math testing in grades three through eight found that 52.8 percent of eligible students in Nassau and Suffolk counties refused to take the assessment.

A large number of New York's students refused to participate in state tests this year.

May repeatedly refused to answer whether she knew about the outcome of the tests when questioned about the issue on the Andrew Marr Show on Sunday, though she insisted she had «absolute faith» in the Trident system.

More than 71,000 elementary and middle school students refused to take the state Common Core math test yesterday in 80 of Long Island's 124 school districts that responded to a Newsday survey — nearly 53 percent of those eligible for the exam in those systems.

More than half of Long Island students eligible to take the state Common Core test in English Language Arts refused to take the exam this week, according to a Newsday survey of public school districts ending Thursday, the third and final day of the assessment.

Sweeney was arrested last April after being pulled over for speeding in Clifton Park and refusing to take a field sobriety test.

MaryEllen Elia, tapped seven months ago to lead New York's education department, now finds herself wedged between a federal mandate to test students and a groundswell of parents in this state who refuse to let their kids take the tests.

She again stated the position Monday, saying parents in the state have the right under the law to have their students refuse the tests.

The bill would ensure that schools can notify parents they can refuse to have their children in grades 3 - 8 participate in Common Core standardized tests, protects schools from having state aid withheld & ensures that students are not punished for their lack of participation in those tests, and it would set - aside alternate studies, Last year, parents of 60,000 students refused New York State Common Core tests.

«We refused the test because we came to the realization that we held in our control the most valuable part of both APPR and the Common Core, my son's data.

He predicted even more families, including those living in the focal point of opposition on Long Island, will refuse to allow their children to take the tests.

The move to refuse the state standardized tests scheduled for later this week is getting more vocal, as test dates approach for children in third through eighth grades.