Sentences with phrase «since passing my test»

Been driving manuals exclusively since I passed my test in 1985 so that's nearly 30 years.

Not exact matches

Since high RS is one of the top technical criteria in the individual stocks we look to trade, both stocks pass that test with flying colors.

Various other tests must be met, as travelers by air since September 11 know all too well, and the burden lies upon those would - be travelers to do what is necessary to pass them.

So my optimistic inner voice asks, «Should I work towards perfecting the macaroni for the next event since it clearly passed the first two all - important tests, or should I scrap this traditional dish and move on to something else?»

As seen in the video below, Semedo arrived at the medical centre to undergo his tests early on Friday morning, with Mundo Deportivo reporting that he has since passed it and will now go on to sign his contract with the La Liga outfit.

Since that time, I have taken and passed all 46 drug tests I've been given, which test for every drug and banned substance imaginable.

Since entering the program, Freeman said he has passed 46 drug tests.

He's also been one of the finest defensive left fielders in the game since moving to the position, and while his advanced defensive metrics dipped in that regard this past summer, he still passes the eye test out there.

In addition to Wilfried Zaha passing a late fitness test to start, Roy Hodgson's team had been further strengthened by the return to their starting XI of the fit - again Yohan Cabaye for the first time since the defeat at Everton on February 10.

The Eagles will be without eight first teamers for the trip to Yorkshire, but are hopeful Ruben Loftus - Cheek can pass a fitness test and be in contention to play his first game since December.

It was an incredible effort from Aaron Ramsey to play over 110 minutes on his first start since Boxing Day, plus Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain only passed a late fitness test before playing 120 minutes.

Since we are discussing harnessing newborns, the car seat must be rear facing which means the straps should be at or below the shoulders and tight enough to pass the «pinch test.»

Since you don't pump in a laboratory you may want to make sure the milk passes the sniff test before feeding it to the baby.

«So Friday, we passed a resolution to FOIL all of the health testing that's been done up at CPV since its inception,» O'Donnell says.

Several years have passed since TU Wien was first able to demonstrate on a test facility that the CLC combustion method works.

In fact the death rate among drivers over 80 has dropped in Florida since the state passed a law requiring vision tests for drivers over 80.

As outlandish as it seems that Gail's clock runs slower, or that she and the train are compressed, special relativity has passed every experimental test thrown at it since its publication in 1905.

«Although only one year has passed since the molecular testing guideline was published, rapid accumulation of scientific knowledge and new evidence in this field indicate that the guidelines should be updated.

However, the results of the tests surprised her since a lot of time has already passed.

For 3 days I've been super sensitive, crazy emotional, experienced cravings I haven't had since the first time I did this test years ago... What is happening and why!??!?!?! I certain it'll pass, but I'd like to understand why this happening and if i should do something differently.

It's getting a little too hot here to really get a feel for them (our meager two weeks of spring have long since passed), but I thought I'd take them for a brief test run.

Despite eight years (and the tenure of one broken - hearted Jeremy Renner) having passed since the last time they picked up the franchise, it looks like Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass are already getting back into the Bourne series» tried - and - tested formula.

The verdict that critic Andrew Sarris passed on Nichols near the beginning of his career, harsh as it may have been, has stood the test of time: «No American director since Orson Welles had started off with such a bang [The Graduate, 1968], but Welles had followed his own road, and that made all the difference.

The plot itself barely manages to pass the snicker test, especially since it smacks of Riddler's diabolical mind - control plot in Batman Forever.

There is some debate on whether it qualifies as passing the Bechdel test since their conversations are all about the eponymous alien, but most agree that the alien is asexual, albeit quite phallic.

That's a pretty funny accident, since I don't think any of the other ensemble movies on my list manage to pass that test.

Not only is it a likely awards - reaper for its magnificent leads Rooney Mara and Cate Blanchett, and Todd Haynes» best film since 2002's Far From Heaven, it passes the Bechdel test in its first five minutes.

Currently, more than half of the states require that students pass a test of some sort to obtain a normal diploma (see Figure 1), and virtually all of these current requirements have been put in place since 2000.

Since the Texas state test was a test of basic skills, and the accountability metric is based on pass rates, schools had strong incentives to focus on helping lower - scoring students.

In particular, since 2001 (that is, since NCLB was passed), there have been sizable gains in NAEP 4th - and 8th - grade math tests, small improvements in 4th - and 8th - grade reading tests, and very little change in 12th - grade scores.

Since those ratings don't pass the smell test, this can't help but create face validity problems.

This is enormously risky and, frankly, hubristic, since nobody yet has any idea whether these standards will be solid, whether the tests supposed to be aligned with them will be up to the challenge, or whether the «passing scores» on those tests will be high or low, much less how this entire apparatus will be sustained over the long haul.

The impact of the exit exam policy in Massachusetts is worth noting, especially since the proficiency threshold for passing the state test is one of the highest in the United States.

Since the school opened in 2000, the percentage of students passing all four state tests has grown approximately 90 percent and they are outperforming state averages in each of the four subjects tested.

Since Mr. G.'s arrival five years ago, the percentage of African American 5th graders passing the state reading test is way up, from 55 to 91 percent.

The members of the governing board of NAEP have been very active ever since NCLB was passed to make whatever changes are needed to accommodate the new law and to make sure they do it in a way that the NAEP test really is the kind of benchmark we want it to be.

Rush says that first year proficiency scores are not the correct benchmark, since passing the 7th grade test is not the goal for the student starting at a 4th grade level.

Nationwide, such instruction has declined under pressureto emphasize subjects tested under the No Child Left BehindAct, and the impact has been severe in elementary schools.A survey released in 2007 by the independent Center onEducation Policy found that since the law passed, 44 percentof districts have cut time in the elementary grades fromuntested subjects.

For the first time since 1989, New Jersey will next year suspend its requirement that high school graduates pass a state test in language arts and math to receive their diplomas.

The test has been administered since 2012, and if students don't pass they retake third grade versions -LSB-...]

Proponents of Prop. 227 say English immersion is essential to students learning the language as quickly as possible, pointing to increases in academic performance by English learners on state tests since the law passed.

Since 2003, schools have been issued a yearly federal rating based primarily on whether enough of their low - income, minority, special education and limited - English students passed state reading and math tests.

The federal government has increased spending on education by 300 % since ESEA was passed with nothing to show for it; student test scores have remained flat.

Since it was first passed in 2011, lawmakers have made annual changes to the school grading law, which requires public schools to receive a letter grade based on metrics like test scores and graduation rates.

The sad reality is most people seem to think gifted students will be «fine» since they are usually capable of passing minimum - competency standardized tests (which is what school is all about, right?).

Statewide, 73.5 percent of Indiana students passed both the math and English language arts ISTEP + tests this spring — that's a 10 percent increase in pass rates since 2008.

Since when can people read a set of standards on math and language arts and say «passing» them (the tests I assume) will «ensure» student success without remediation?

NEW YORK — Since the Republican takeover of state legislatures around the country, states have been passing loudly - trumpeted laws that revamp teacher evaluations and tenure, tying performance reviews to standardized test scores.

New civics test graduation requirements: The Education Commission of the States (2017) reports that since 2015, 8 states have made passing a high school civics exams modeled on the 100 - question immigration citizenship test a graduation requirement: Arizona, Arkansas, Idaho, Kentucky, Missouri, Nevada, North Dakota and Utah.

It is also well - known that yearly testing is unnecessary, since a child who passes a test one year is overwhelmingly likely to pass the next.