Sentences with phrase «states such testing»

In many states such testing is required by law.

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«The documentation, such as the evidence demonstrating that the asset was tested and accepted, is not retained or available,» the audit stated.

The state has licensed 27 companies to test driverless vehicles on public roads, including vehicle manufacturers from BMW to Tesla Inc; suppliers such as Delphi Automotive Plc and Nvidia Corp; technology companies such as Alphabet Inc's Waymo and China's Baidu Inc; and a long list of self - driving startups such as Zoox, Drive.ai, AutoX and PlusAI.

States that have enacted autonomous testing laws — and as such have the potential to be the next home to Google's self - driving project — include Nevada, Michigan, Washington D.C., Florida, North Dakota and Tennessee.

And even in states with such laws, it would be extraordinarily risky for a harassment victim who has signed a confidentiality clause to violate the provision in order to generate a test case.

To me such a God exists because of the purpose I believe for us being her on this earth to live is to test us in following the teachings and that mastering those teachings brings about a state of happinessand greator personal development.

In the United States many Negroes have been prevented from voting by devices, such as literacy tests, which better education would have rendered ineffective.

I just want to anticipate the result by telling this woman that such a condition — which is anything but pleasant — is always only a state of testing / preparation / changing before God is going to reveal Himself on a higher level than before.

The most notable New England Baptist, Isaac Backus, opposed such a test, stating that «no man or men can impose any religious test, without invading the essential prerogatives of our Lord Jesus Christ.»

Such tests must be conducted by the applicable State organic program's governing State official or the certifying agent at the official's or certifying agent's own expense.

In media releases associated with the announcement, SCIEX states that traditional methods such as ELISA and PCR for allergen analysis come with several challenges, including detection accuracy in processed products and the cost of testing for several allergens in the same sample.

In many states, the test is required and is frequently done in conjunction with several other tests, such as Galactosemia, Thalassemia, etc..

We offer various services such as: - Pregnancy Testing - State Assistance Referrals - Childbirth Classes - Parenting Classes - Breastfeeding Classes - Doula Services - Prenatal & Fetal Development Education - Case Management Services - Child Development Education - Goal Setting - Support Groups - Transportation All of our services are free of charge.

As a result, even if a private sports program that uses town fields, rinks, diamonds, or courts is required to comply with state mandates regarding concussion safety, I believe that there is a huge sports safety gap which, absent voluntary implementation by a private sports program of youth sports health and safety best practices, such as those we are pilot testing in Grand Prairie, Texas this fall as part of our SmartTeams ™ program, can and should be filled by a municipality by exercising its power of the permit.

While Road Worthiness Tests (RWT) are set to replace UK MOTs for all such vehicles, eleven of the thirty - five member states, including France, Ireland and the Nederlands (who all test other vehicles but not bikes), will now have to include motorcycles in their annual RWT programme.

North Korea's leader, Kim Jong - un, has told South Korean envoys he is willing to negotiate with the United States on abandoning his country's nuclear weapons, and also said he would suspend all nuclear and missile tests while such talks were underway.

«These funds could be available for implementation of new filtration systems, water testing, and other measures for areas that suspect or know they have a contamination issue and have not yet received the Superfund status that would make them eligible for such state funding,» according to the report.

This demonstration and testing will enable state officials to assess the «development of autonomous vehicle technology and to begin identifying potential impacts of such technology on safety, traffic control, traffic enforcement, emergency services, and such other areas» of importance to state officials and others charged with traffic safety.

This budget proposal will empower the state commissioner of the department of motor vehicles (DMV) to «approve demonstrations and tests consisting of the operation of a motor vehicle equipped with autonomous vehicle technology while such motor vehicle is engaged in the use of such technology on public highways within this state.»

In what is believed to be the first such scheme in a state school, pupils in a Kent school will undergo random drug tests from Wednesday.

Field believed in mutual organisations such as friendly societies; he thought the state should only play a small role in the provision of welfare; and he disliked means - testing and non-contributory entitlement to benefits.

New York spends more money per student than any other state in the country, and yet its schools yield mediocre education outcomes, such as test scores and graduation rates.

WASHINGTON — Rep. Chris Collins Thursday took a strong stand against President Trump's call for biometric tests at U.S. border crossings, agreeing with critics who say such a move would lead to massive delays at bridges between the United States and Canada.

They also pointed out how the education department has made recent adjustments to standardized testing, such as reducing the number of questions and testing time on state assessments for students in grades 3 through 8 this school year, and receiving a federal waiver to stop «double testing» in math for seventh and eighth graders through a combination of state and federal testing.

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 nation.

As a result of the testimony given, the report recommends the state Department of Education immediately address several concerns, such as expediting waivers from the U.S. Department of Education «to relax onerous and rigid testing restrictions placed on certain students,» especially with English as a Second Language students and students with disabilities; producing all missing or incomplete curriculum modules; aligning assessments proportionally to curriculum actually implemented; and increasing funding for the professional development of teachers.

Angry teachers held a mock grand jury Tuesday night and indicted Governor Cuomo for such things as depriving students of enough school aid to meet the State Constitution and forcing standardized tests on students.

Rep. Chris Collins, a Buffalo Republican and Trump ally, took a strong stand against the president's call for biometric tests at U.S. border crossings, agreeing with critics who say such a move would lead to massive delays at bridges between the United States and Canada.

The new teacher evaluation system, tied to test scores, could make it easier for principals to single out teachers deemed ineffective, although state laws still make firing such teachers so arduous that only a few are forced out each year.

Cuomo took an aggressive position during his budget and policy address Wednesday, threatening to withhold a significant funding increase for schools if lawmakers don't approve his controversial reform proposals, such as an amendment to the state's teacher - evaluation system that would increase the ratings» reliance on standardized testing.

New York State United Teachers president Richard Iannuzzi is calling for a three - year moratorium on using the test results for «high - stakes» decisions, such as whether to promote a student or discipline a teacher.

Should a large share of the state's 600 - plus school districts choose to use alternative exams, the commissioner and her department would face a massive task in screening such tests.

The repeal bill would make school districts» use of state assessments in evaluating teachers and principals optional rather than mandatory, and would allow districts to use alternative exams of their own choosing, provided such tests were approved by the commissioner.

Betty Rosa, the Regents chancellor and a former New York City school administrator, noted the current evaluation law has created a situation under which teachers in fields not covered by state tests, such as physical education, often find themselves rated on the basis of student achievement in areas that are tested, such as English and math.

The devolution of tax and welfare within such a highly integrated state must be tested for its impact both on Scotland and on the rest of the UK.

«We are proud of our industry leading capabilities such as our unparalleled State investments, cutting - edge research in both UAS technology and UAS policy, and our proven New York test site team all of which are the basis of our comprehensive UAS integration pilot - program proposal,» Major General Marke F. (Hoot) Gibson (ret), CEO of the NUAIR Alliance, contended in the release.

Under the state's ESSA compliance plan, such districts would be required to come up with their own proposals for improving test - taking rates.

Interior minister, Lt. General Abdulrahman Dambazau in his address stated that one of the fallouts of the Chibok girls» abduction was the test case it placed on security agencies especially the intelligence community and the capacity to respond to such intelligence.

After a panel that he created said it concurred with the AFT's report recommending a bar - like exam, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, endorsed the idea in his State of the State address on Wednesday, saying that «every teacher» should take such a test and pass it «before we put them in a classroom.»

But Monserrate might be able to run for the unpaid party post because the state public - corruption statute's position on such jobs has not been tested in court.

The «growth score» is a state - produced calculation quantifying students» year - to - year improvement on standardized tests while controlling factors such as poverty.

While the state has taken some of the stakes away from the «high stakes» tests, such as not using them for teacher evaluations, districts still see them as crucial.

He said he doesn't know of any other problems such as this with other state standardized tests in the district.

Over the last several months, discussions of the Common Core State Standards have been eclipsed by the public's reaction to major issues which have arisen in their implementation — issues such as declining student test scores, and the role of such test scores in teacher evaluations, evaluations mandated if a state was to receive its share of federal money from the «Race to the Top» fState Standards have been eclipsed by the public's reaction to major issues which have arisen in their implementation — issues such as declining student test scores, and the role of such test scores in teacher evaluations, evaluations mandated if a state was to receive its share of federal money from the «Race to the Top» fstate was to receive its share of federal money from the «Race to the Top» funds.

Such a move offers many obvious advantages: State - of - the - art facilities would allow me to carry out high - level engine testing, exposure to different research methods would enhance my own research skills, new challenges would emerge, and I welcomed the idea of working as part of a well - known research group and interacting with members of a team.

MaterniT21, a Down's syndrome test that Sequenom of San Diego, California, launched in major centers across the United States on 17 October, is the first of several such tests expected on the market in the next year.

«More than 90 percent of those in the United States who know they are at risk for HD because of their family history have abstained from genetic testing, often because they fear discrimination or don't want to face the stress and anxiety of knowing they are destined to develop such a devastating disease,» says H. Diana Rosas, MD, of the MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease (MGH - MIND), lead and corresponding author of the paper that will appear in the March 11 issue of Neurology and has been released online.

A team in Japan is testing it in people who are at high risk of diabetic kidney disease, and researchers hope to launch clinical trials in the United States for conditions such as obesity.

Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory lower equipment underground for the September 1992 «Divider» nuclear test, the last such test that the United States conducted.

On January 23, an EPA employee leaked that agency staff were instructed to put a freeze on all grants and contracts, which delegate and fund state efforts such as water quality testing and air pollution monitoring.