Sentences with phrase «taking exams required»

But it didn't specifically give a waiver to about 1,500 underclassmen — half the student body — who are, sooner or later, on the hook for taking exams required for a high school diploma.

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To give you an idea of the training required for this designation, «the pass rate for the exam to become a CFP certificant is about the same as the pass rate on the bar exam that law school grads are required to take in order to practice law,» she explains.

Some employers may ask you to take the national certification exam, and some provinces may require you to be a member of the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists before you can practice.

Guaranteed acceptance life insurance is similar to no medical exam coverage in that you aren't required to take a physical or submit to blood and urine tests in order to apply.

One of the most important parts of the preparticipation physical exam (PPE) most sports programs require is the taking of a complete medical history.

«The dietetic intern is required to take the exam to become a registered dietitian,» explained Karst.

You just have to take a look at the demanding requirements of their course to see they have the most hours in training, the most experience hours to sit an exam and they are required to have ongoing certification to hold their qualification and ensure they keep up to date.

Under the 4 +1 pathway assessment option, students must take and pass four required Regents Exams or Department - approved alternative assessments (one in each of English, math, science, and social studies) and a comparably rigorous assessment for the fifth required exam to graduate.

The city expanded its efforts to register voters this year, providing voter registration forms in 16 languages when the state only requires five and allowing registration for people that take civil service exams through the Department of Citywide Administrative Services.

What is in serious doubt, however, is the ensuing overreaction of the Suffolk County Legislature, which subsequently passed legislation effectively requiring all county residents operating «a pleasure vessel upon the waters of Suffolk County» to take an 11 - hour boating safety course and pass a final exam before being issued a boating safety certificate by «the Commission of the NYS Department of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation; by the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary; or by any other entity that offers a boating course that meets the standards set by the National Association of Boating Law Administrators.»

The education department is currently near the end of a five - year, $ 32 million contract with Pearson for the Common Core - aligned English and math exams that third through eighth graders are federally required to take.

In order to become chief in Lloyd Harbor, Krumpter is required to pass the chief - level Civil Service exam, which he previously took during his Nassau tenure — a test expected to be administered in the next few months, Lloyd Harbor Mayor Jean Thatcher said.

Exams regulator Ofqual that it is requiring each exam board to take actions to improve the control of exam papers

Commenting on the announcement by exams regulator Ofqual that it is requiring each exam board to take actions to improve the control of exam papers, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union, said:

The regulations advanced today include a «4 +1» option that permits a student to take four Regents exams and a comparably rigorous technical, arts, or other assessment for the fifth examination required for graduation.

For example, since my students are required to take a practice Graduate Record Exam (GRE) at the end of the general chemistry course, I e-mail a GRE vocabulary list to them at the beginning of each month.

Considering that students often take these exams multiple times (particularly the PGRE) and apply to 5 - 10 graduate programs, these tests require a significant investment.

This module is not required for Wellcoaches Certification but is required if you wish to be eligible to take the National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach exam through the ICHWC.

Participating students were not generally required to take exams — certainly not state exams — and even if they were, the results were not released by schools in ways that would inform parental choices or lead to administrative actions for chronically low performing schools.

Since 1996, these standards have required prospective college athletes to take more academic courses and achieve higher grade point averages and college - entrance - exam scores.

In case that you are not familiar with it, the skills concept in eFrontPro is quite simple: A Skill is a piece of knowledge or expertise (e.g. «Using MS Excel», «Sales Techniques») that a user should have, and a Course can either «offer» it (so that when you complete the course, you are assigned that skill), or «require» it (in which case you need to get it to take the course, which you can do by either following some prerequisite course or successfully completing a skills - gap exam).

My take is that this is a positive development, but it is important to realize that with the exception of courses in states where successful completion requires also passing a third - party end - of - course exam, these bills are largely incentivizing student completion, not necessarily student performance.

All BASIS students are required to take six AP exams, including at least one in each core subject (English, Math, Science, and History) in grades 9 - 11; in our legacy schools, student's average ten exams.

In 1999, after taking the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT), the standardized exam required of applicants to business schools, Mark Breimhorst sued the test's maker, the powerful Educational Testing Service (ETS).

At the time, Texas required all students to take algebra in order to graduate, though it was not necessary to pass the state's end - of - course exam.

I compared individuals of different ages, some of whom attended high school before the first - wave education reforms were implemented and others who attended afterward — and were thus required to take minimum - competency exams and more courses in academic areas in order to graduate.

We are ready to take immediate action if required and are currently considering wide ranging reforms to the exam board system.»

On January 2, 2014, Commissioner King announced that the United States Department of Education (USDE) had approved New York State's request for a waiver from Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) provisions that currently require students who take Regents exams in mathematics when they are enrolled in seventh or eighth grade to also take the State mathematics assessment for that grade.

The drop occurred because six new states (Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, South Carolina and Wisconsin) this year required all students to take the exam, dramatically altering the pool of test takers.

In particular, the 11th - grade tests are not required for graduation and competed with other high - stakes tests that juniors take, including the ACT and SAT college - entrance exams, and Advanced Placement tests.

If states choose to use this tool, they can require students to either take the same state assessment that all public school students take, or they can allow students to take alternative exams.

It is at the secondary level that they introduce the high stakes exams for students, with Japanese students required to take an entrance exam for upper secondary school and students in both countries required to take tests at the end of upper secondary school that will determine what kind of higher education institution they can enter.

At GCSE, pupils are now required to take all exams at the end of their course.

Those seeking alternative certification must pass subject - matter exams that are not required of traditionally prepared teachers, who have taken an approved sequence of courses in their majors.

Under that policy, students scoring below the national median on the 8th - grade math exam were required to take two periods of algebra a day during 9th grade instead of one, with the second class providing support and extra practice.

She said she supports teachers as long as students can take required exams and those students who have social service needs receive them.

Ms. Smith's students have serious learning disabilities and before NCLB they would never have been required to take the state exam.

Standouts among the states are Delaware, which passed a law last year raising admission standards to the highest in the country, and Rhode Island, which will eventually require that each class of students at its education schools score in the top third of everyone taking college entrance exams.

Federal law requires that at least 95 percent of students in schools and districts take both English language arts and math state exams.

The state agreed to have researchers at Harvard University analyze the scores and compare them with results on national exams and Regents tests, the subject exams that high school students are required to take for graduation.

Superintendent David Schuler, who is president of the national School Superintendents Association, believes Illinois and other states were likely required by the federal government to determine why too few students took the exams, and he doesn't think sanctions would be involved.

Additionally, students might be required to take additional exams to get into special programs or be placed properly in classes.

The federal government requires that at least 95 percent of students in schools and districts take both English language arts and math state exams and has warned in the past that sanctions could result if too few students participate.

The Senate argued that because most schools in Washington — including Nathan Hale — will likely be labeled as failing under the federal law that requires the test, taking the exam won't help them.

It doesn't make sense for the state to require students to take tests proving they have mastered a subject that has already been tested on a well known, national exam like the SAT, ACT, Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate, Gaetz said.

Much like public schools, charter schools are open to all students, do not charge tuition, and do not require your child to take an entrance exam.

One tricky issue states have to address in those plans is how to deal with schools where less than 95 percent of all students take required state exams.

At the same time, a policy of requiring pupils to re-sit maths and English, if they failed to get at least a C grade, means more 17 - year - olds are taking the exams.

Rather than requiring an additional placement exam, colleges could use student scores on tests that they have already taken, such as Common Core tests like Smarter Balanced and the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC).

Requiring students to take a national normed exam would serve the needs of transparency in a fashion that does not dictate curriculum to providers or students.»