Sentences with phrase «teaching to the test in»

Where US schools were encouraged to compete against other government - funded schools, for instance, the institutions started teaching to the test in order to improve their rankings.

For instance, schools may have taught to the tests in math and reading while neglecting science, social studies, the arts, and physical education.

But not for all the usual reasons that people raise concerns: the worry about whether we've got good measures of teacher performance, especially for instructors in subjects other than reading and math; the likelihood that tying achievement to evaluations will spur teaching to the test in ways that warp instruction and curriculum; the futility of trying to «principal - proof» our schools by forcing formulaic, one - size - fits - all evaluation models upon all K — 12 campuses; the terrible timing of introducing new evaluation systems at the same time that educators are working to implement the Common Core.

«Teachers don't have any choice but to teach to the test in Texas,» said Annette Cootes, spokeswoman for the Texas State Teachers Association, an NEA affiliate.

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Google is teaching its self - driving cars to share the road with cyclists, the company said in a monthly report on its autonomous vehicle testing program.

To test how much meditation training you need to make a serious dent in your stress levels, J. David Creswell and his team from Carnegie Mellon University, looked at the payoff of three short 25 - minute mindfulness training sessions in which participants were taught to focus on their breath, focus their attention and be more in the momenTo test how much meditation training you need to make a serious dent in your stress levels, J. David Creswell and his team from Carnegie Mellon University, looked at the payoff of three short 25 - minute mindfulness training sessions in which participants were taught to focus on their breath, focus their attention and be more in the momento make a serious dent in your stress levels, J. David Creswell and his team from Carnegie Mellon University, looked at the payoff of three short 25 - minute mindfulness training sessions in which participants were taught to focus on their breath, focus their attention and be more in the momento focus on their breath, focus their attention and be more in the moment.

We had an experience early on that taught us a lot, where we did a very small experiment with some pop - up in - store demos at a few retail stores in Canada, just to test the in - store sales model for a weekend.

While it was once true that most testing of potential new drugs took place in medical schools and teaching hospitals, that is no longer the case, and in Elliott's view the change has given rise to serious problems and abuses.

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They can «study» their religion, but it still comes down to faith in the teachings, and personal experience, neither of which can ever be meaningfully tested true or false in any kind of objective way.

In 1995 Ravitch defended «teaching to the test.»

We anticipate a similar period of planning, experimentation and testing — and similar pains of adjustment as we learn to teach in ways none of us was taught.

I can not escape the conclusion that you will come out convinced that, both in general and in detail, the ethics of the Bible, from the Ten Commandments to the character and teaching of Christ, meet the test.

I like the idea of openness to lots of teachings, testing them practically in the ongoing life of the church.»

Whether that means not participating in an organized religion but still studying its teachings, proposing a new mathematical theory to explain the origin of the universe that can't easily be tested experimentally, taking the notion of a personal God and trying to have an actual personal, and not a corporate, herd - instinct, everyone - else - is - doing - it, relationship?

But beyond the drama of these moments that put Jesus» «instructions» to the test, there are his words uttered in the relative calm of the teaching situation.

When I was going to school (back in the stone age) teachers were asked to be aware of religious holiday and not schedule tests or teaching of important new concepts.

This means that we must pay profound attention to the way in which the apostolic witness is formulated and test our own teaching against it.

The formation and testing of teachers being prepared to teach sex education can not reasonably be achieved at a one or two day in - service programme.

To do so is to test what is taught us such as the church in Berea did when Paul came to teach them about Jesus ChrisTo do so is to test what is taught us such as the church in Berea did when Paul came to teach them about Jesus Christo test what is taught us such as the church in Berea did when Paul came to teach them about Jesus Christo teach them about Jesus Christ.

We certainly support one another in that, and learn together, and teach each other, but there is no one who tells us what we must believe, or who tests us to be sure our beliefs conform to anything.

While reading Vincent of Lerins's fifth - century aids to remembering (Commonitory) I gained the essential hermeneutical foothold in defining ecumenical teaching under the threefold test of catholicity as «that which has been believed everywhere, always, and by all» (quod ubique, quod semper, quod ab omnibus creditum est).

And you've your so intrested in reading why not read the books on religion it states multiple times that God answers prayers that are in accordance to his will not ours, and we are taught not to «test» God.

After an armistice was signed in the summer of 1953 the Century indicated its support of the United Nations action in Korea by asserting that «now that aggression has been restrained at great cost in life and material, it is to be hoped that communist expansionists have been taught a lesson and that no other test of like character will be demanded of United Nation members» (August 5).

Notice, then, that in the prayer Jesus taught the order of things is this: first, identification with God, his will, his kingdom of sovereign love; next, asking for daily bread or what is needed to make life possible; then, deliverance from evil and from the test that will be too much for us; and all of it, as Matthew's gospel recognizes when it adds the doxology to the simpler Lukan version, to God's glory — so that the divine will may be done, and be seen done, «in earth as in heaven.»

Things such as in the old test do not commit adultry then in the new Jesus taught if anyone looks upon a woman to lust they have already commited adultry in their hearts.

About five percent are used for teaching purposes, another five percent for diagnosis of disease, twenty percent for production of biological substances («biologicals») and for toxicity testing, thirty percent in development of drugs and their testing, and forty percent for other research activities such as the present work in genetic engineering to increase the size of sheep and pigs.

«18 There is no reference here to the passion and crucifixion, the central events in the life of Jesus, the supreme tests of his teaching.

The first result of our investigation to become significant in this connection is the obvious one, namely, that almost all the elements in the tradition which give a definite form to the future expectation in the teaching of Jesus fail the test of authenticity.

But it ruled that the school board nonetheless passed muster under the secular purpose test of Lemon because the school board stated two other valid secular purposes for its policy: «disclaiming any orthodoxy of belief that could be inferred from the exclusive place of evolution in the curriculum, and reducing offense to any student or parent caused by the teaching of evolution.»

Everything that is said in the Gospels about the character of Jesus must be subjected to the same tests of historical accuracy used in dealing with the events of his life and with his teaching.

The Livonia campus is home to one of the most advanced teaching kitchens in the country, which will be put to the test by this year's CMC candidates.

This includes: 1) teaching coaches and their staff what to look for in the potentially concussed athlete, 2) developing a concussion policy for teams and leagues, and 3) helping to provide pre-injury baseline ImPACT testing as well as post-injury evaluations for athletes.

Waldorf schools are learning environments in which educators teach not to a test but to a child's innate desire to discover the world.

When a school ignores brain - development basics to squeeze in more worksheets and tests, they're teaching to children's ears instead of their brains.

Beyond Standardized Tests — Teaching Empathy More than ever children need skills in how to work with changing teams of collaborators and how to seek solutions rooted in the needs of others.

The high school Family and Consumer Science teacher collaborated with the Environmental Science teacher to coordinate their classes to teach about nutrition while growing vegetables in the greenhouse for four large taste tests.

Some of that extraordinary work includes Dougherty County School System training students to harvest, wash, and prep product from their teaching gardens for taste tests and to serve in the cafeteria, Elbert County School District featuring local strawberries on the lunch line from a farm 20 miles away, and Dade County Schools utilizing experiential nutrition and garden - based education to teach Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) standards.

They often work with standardized materials designed to complement what is being taught in the public school classroom, many offer diagnostic testing to determine your student's needs and are able to develop a plan based on that information.

My background in Visual Communications Design taught me the elements to make a great display that sells and my entrepreneurial side pushed me to test out - of - the - box ideas until I found the secret recipe to craft fair success.

From methods taught in the classroom to techniques used by major retailers to bring in the big bucks, I've tested them all to see what works and what doesn't when it comes to selling handmade at craft fairs.

It illustrates that people are hungry for an alternative to the status quo where content is increasingly brought through computers rather than teachers, academic learning is being pushed down to younger and younger children, and the focus in the classroom is «teaching to the test.»

My daughter already had a love of learning, and I am grateful that the Waldorf School preserves and promotes that by eschewing «teaching to the tests» and instead fostering the creativity and imagination of the students while celebrating the sense of discovery in learning.

I assume he is just testing boundaries, but I'd like to teach him about basic rules (i.e. we sit either in a high chair or a normal chair for meals) without having to yell at him.

Since good behavior in schools generally translates to more time teaching and more time on task, cutting or reducing recess time could affect everything from test performance, to grades, to academic progress.

So, as I teach in a Title I school, many took all day to test with only lunch in their bellies... so nothing until noon.

As a significant part of the AP Program is a standardized test does the program teach the higher level skills that require nurturing in regular high school courses, or is it also prey to teaching to the test?

By countering common fertility myths and teaching the facts about prenatal testing, Trying Again explores in detail all the pertinent procedures and measures to create the best possible conditions for a healthy baby.

Scientific method, as taught in the UK, means that we first propose a hypothesis, then find ways of testing it, then try it out sufficient times to demonstrate what we need to know.

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