Sentences with phrase «rules around testing»

That said, other countries have different standards and some may have different rules around testing and the accepted method of testing.

Not exact matches

As a general rule, work with cancer cell lines is an easy and cheap way to investigate biological concepts, test drugs and validate methods, mainly because cell lines are cheap compared to animal research, readily available, easy to grow, and there are few concerns around ethics and informed consent.

Among these are the implementation of LCFF, with all school districts approving their Local Control Accountability Plans (LCAPs) by July 1, the primary election for Superintendent of Public Instruction, the deadline for districts» administration of pilot versions of Common Core State Standards tests, and a ruling in the Vergara lawsuit, around teacher tenure and job protection laws and students» right to access equal education.

There have now been a few successful lawsuits brought to challenge various versions of these tests, with rulings centering on tenuous connections between the skills being tested and those necessary to do the job.120 To address some of these underlying concerns, the TeachNY Advisory Council, supported by a grant from the New York State Department of Education, drafted policy recommendations in May 2016 around teacher preparation recruitment, selection, and cultural competence in the hopes of finding ways to improve teacher quality and diversity.121

Question: What are the rules and regulations for charter schools, around the administration of the Physical Fitness Test?

New regulations included federal measures to tighten mortgage insurance rules, expand stress tests, and improve tax fairness around capital gains exemptions as well as changes to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation's securitization programs; B.C.'s new 15 % land transfer tax on foreign nationals in Metro Vancouver and introduction of the Home Owner Mortgage and Equity program to provide interest - free loans to first - time buyers, along with Vancouver's introduction of a tax on vacant homes; and Ontario's doubling of the land - transfer tax rebate for first - time buyers, combined with a tax increase on homes over $ 2,000,000.

I read a recent test (only covering just over a decade though) that was very close to the defensive rules (allowing for leniency re: dividends mainly, understandably) that showed results around 15 % (compound)-- well outperforming the S&P 500 — assuming the backtest was reliable etc..

Sure, it only takes about a year and a half to raise a puppy, as opposed to eighteen (or more) for children, but that can be a year and a half of having things chewed up or peed on, having your rules constantly tested, and having a growing ball of energy rushing around the house.

So we're continually evolving our stuff and we're in a beta now for the new test questions that are coming up and then the next iteration will be for the changes around the 2015 rule.

Given that the test used to determine whether an instrument is a security was developed more than 60 years before Satoshi Nakamoto published the paper describing bitcoin, the uncertainty around the regulatory treatment of most cryptocurrencies will remain despite Judge Weinstein's ruling.»