Sentences with phrase «testing every year in»

BEIJING, April 22 - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit China later this week for an informal meeting with President Xi Jinping, as efforts at rapprochement gather pace following a testing year in ties between the two giant neighbours.

BEIJING, April 22 - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit China this week for an informal meeting with President Xi Jinping, as efforts at rapprochement gather pace following a testing year in ties between the two giant neighbours.

BEIJING, April 22 - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit China this week for an informal meeting with President Xi Jinping, as efforts at rapprochement gather pace following a testing year in ties between the two giant neighbors.

BEIJING, April 22 (Reuters)- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit China later this week for an informal meeting with President Xi Jinping, as efforts at rapprochement gather pace following a testing year in ties between the two giant neighbours.

BEIJING, April 22 (Reuters)- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit China this week for an informal meeting with President Xi Jinping, as efforts at rapprochement gather pace following a testing year in ties between the two giant neighbors.

Millions of men over age 50 rely on the prostate - specific antigen, or PSA, test each year in screenings for prostate cancer.

North Carolina: A four - year growth trajectory, with a student's first tested year in the state as a baseline, will be calculated for all nonproficient students.

Taiwan is a bit of a hybrid, with no required testing in primary school, but a Basic Competency Test at the end of lower secondary (along with three required tests a year in each of three subjects during lower secondary) that determines admission to upper secondary school.

Wheeler estimates only two or three students will take the tests this year in the third grade.

The proposal would retain the annual testing requirement that students be tested every year in grades three through eight and again in high school.

Assessments Bottom line: The bill maintains statewide testing every year in third through eighth grade and once in high school.

Value - added measures require annual testing and, in most states, students are tested every year in elementary and middle school (grades 3 - 8), but in only one year in high school.

And while I may disagree with some very smart people (and yes this makes me nervous) about how they should be used (I lean towards principals using them on a micro level, districts and beyond using them at the macro, ie not to evaluate individual teachers, but schools, districts, etc) I don't think anyone can disagree on this hard fact: not every K - 12 classroom will be tested every year in a way that is rigorous or consistent enough for value - added analysis.

«They've still maintained the federal foot on the testing accelerator by requiring every kid to be tested every year in elementary and middle school in reading and math and by not allowing an opt - out provision.»

In the state's administration of high - school proficiency tests this year in English, Central High School's passing rate rose to 69 % from 37 %.

First, it required that states administer tests every year in grades 3 — 8 in reading and math; once in high school in reading and math; and once in elementary, middle, and high school for science.

Such mapping is key to the autonomous car technology Google is testing this year in its effort to push driverless cars into the mainstream.

The 4.3 - liter, 195 - horsepower V - 6 engine and electronically controlled four - speed automatic is one of the best drivetrains I have tested this year in any vehicle, car, truck or van.

Not exact matches

An important trigger this year will be the outcome of a study where Darzalex is being tested as first - line treatment in combination with Celgene Corp's Revlimid.

The New York Times reported yesterday that, in October of last year, Uber altered its testing program by putting only one safety monitor in each autonomous car rather than two, over the safety concerns of some employees.

They took what amounted to a year abroad, during which they traveled the world (while working remotely) to see what their expenses would be like and to test whether they would be happy living the vagabond life in retirement.

I want to test Daniel Coyle's premise that if you practice a skill (really practice, not just put in the time) for an hour every day for a year or two, you won't get ten or twenty times better — you'll get immeasurably better.

In an editorial about Theranos in the journal Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine earlier this year, Eleftherios P. Diamandis, the head of clinical biochemistry at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, argued that fingerprick tests are not necessarily any more painful than needle draws — though there still might be an appeal for someone afraid of needleIn an editorial about Theranos in the journal Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine earlier this year, Eleftherios P. Diamandis, the head of clinical biochemistry at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, argued that fingerprick tests are not necessarily any more painful than needle draws — though there still might be an appeal for someone afraid of needlein the journal Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine earlier this year, Eleftherios P. Diamandis, the head of clinical biochemistry at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, argued that fingerprick tests are not necessarily any more painful than needle draws — though there still might be an appeal for someone afraid of needlein Toronto, argued that fingerprick tests are not necessarily any more painful than needle draws — though there still might be an appeal for someone afraid of needles.

And according to a 2012 survey by the Graduate Management Admission Council, the organization that administers the GMAT admission test for graduate business and management programs, 64 % of business school deans felt MBA programs would specialize further in the next five years.

Strikingly for Agios and partner Celgene, the therapy was in human clinical testing not so long ago (there was just a three year gap between the first human studies and Agios» regulatory submission to the FDA).

Last year, before the House Armed Services Committee, Harris said North Korea's continued success in nuclear tests will only spur Kim Jong Un further down «this reckless and dangerous path.»

Cases were detected during testing in February and November last year, while one was detected in January this year, according to the statement, which was released on Friday but did not gain public attention until Saturday.

Holmes has been stripped of control of the blood - testing company she founded, is returning millions of shares to Theranos, and is barred from serving as an officer or director of a public company for 10 years, the SEC said in a statement Wednesday.

Fresh off the launch of Falcon Heavy — which can lift nearly three times as much as the next largest rockets in operation — Musk is touting BFR as on track to begin testing «short trips» by the «first half of next year.»

Spectrum is currently being tested in Waterloo, Ont., with full rollouts planned by the end of the year.

In the past two years, Yardstick has branched into another vertical: selling software that allows clients to administer certification tests online rather than on paper.

Now entering its 14th year, Desert RATS is an annual three - week event where new space technology is field - tested in the Arizona desert.

The pill looks a bit like a fish oil capsule, and will be tested in men from 18 to 50 years old, with doses ranging from 200 to 400 milligrams a day.

Holmes and Theranos made waves in Silicon Valley and the diagnostics industry two years ago, when investors lined up to boost the valuation of a company that claimed it would soon offer more than 1,000 varieties of blood diagnostics tests without the need for a syringe.

A certified financial planner, certified fund specialist and chartered financial consultant with more than 30 years» experience, Carson authored «Tested in the Trenches» and co-authored The New York Times best - seller «Avalanche: The 9 Principles for Uncovering True Wealth.»

However, Singleton said he has tested his model against historical data from the crisis year, yielding a 16 percent return against a 38 percent slump in the S&P index.

Then, in 2014, he lost his 21 - year - old son, Ali, in a surgical accident, putting his equation to the ultimate test.

«Over the last 10 to 20 years, because of blogs and the applicant community and discussion forums, people have developed a really good sense of what the admissions process looks like, down to what kinds of questions are asked and how they manage the interview,» Vice Dean Karl T. Ulrich explained in an interview when the school announced the new test.

Amulet, which has been in testing for four years, released its first product line last year and has seen a surge of interest after every mass shooting in America — particularly over the past week.

Earlier this year, the company suspended a top executive after news broke that the company was involved in tests of the effects of diesel fumes on humans and monkeys.

The Gulf has seen a number of naval incidents between Iran and the US in the past year, including test rocket fire by the Islamic Republic and the brief capture of American sailors who strayed into its territorial waters.

Zipmark closed a total of $ 2 million in funding in late 2011, but it was doled out across two years via three payments after certain milestones were met: establishing a working system, then a beta version and, finally, exiting beta - testing.

In February, Inc. tested a special offer with 5,000 potential readers: They could sign up for a year's subscription, beginning with the May issue, and set their own rate.

The genetic testing market is booming, currently doubling in size each year; McKinsey estimates the market will be worth $ 8 billion in 2018.

In essence, rule - based online trading platforms provide tools and tutorials for people to write algorithms on Web browsers and test their models with years of historic data.

Its one - year Safe City pilot program is testing out a range of advanced technologies in the hope of improving public safety.

Worse, if your plan fails a discrimination test late in the year, it might have to kick back a portion of participant contributions at year - end.

After five long years of innovation, research, and testing, David Dickinson, CEO of start - up Zeo, based in Newton, Massachusetts, was confident that the product his company introduced last year»» a personal sleep monitor that gathers data from brain waves during sleep»» was unlike anything on the market.

That device's screen, which DisplayMate tested last year, also earned an A + grade from the company and performed exceedingly well in nearly all metrics, and it could keep pace with the Galaxy S9 in a variety of areas, including color accuracy and brightness.

-- Fred Stevens - Smith, co-founder and CEO of QA testing company Rainforest QA, a Y Combinator company that raised $ 25 million in funding earlier this year with a team spread across 16 countries on five continents