Sentences with phrase «testing program while»

This training program will ensure the supervisor develops and maintains a complete testing program while limiting the company's legal and regulatory exposure affiliated with these types of activities.

Other superintendents are moving forward with the Common Core SBAC testing program while accommodating parents who want to opt their children out of the SBAC testing.

Not exact matches

While Cassin's GRE score was competitive enough to secure her admission to two top business programs — just shy of 700 — she said one thing she wished she had known was how much your standardized test scores follow you, even after the admissions process.

For a while these negotiations appeared to be making progress, with the President agreeing in principle to cut social programs (the Democrats» sacred cow) and Boehner showing a willingness to accept some measure of revenue increases (a Republican litmus test).

This work will be followed by an initial resource estimate for Alacran in early H2 / 16, while drill testing a number of targets defined by the Typhoon program is expected to also commence in H2 / 16.

She began testing gluten - free recipes while attending the prestigious Le Cordon Bleu patisserie program and later opened her popular business, Kyra's Bake Shop.

While I was intensely testing, I enrolled in the Natural Gourmet Institute Chef's Training Program, and worked as a pastry chef in a macrobiotic restaurant in Hell's Kitchen.

While not required, many companies implement their own pesticide residue testing programs.

So while he normally passed the random tests because his program made sure the steroid wouldn't be detectable, they didn't account for the weight cut and it showed slightly, but enough to fail the test.

Not that they don't have brushfires once in a while, but their testing, their education, their discipline programs have gone a great distance in resolving the problem.»

A positive test while in Stage 2 or failure to comply with the treatment program results in a fine equal to four game checks and a four - game suspension.

While there is no concrete proof that BPA is harmful to humans, some tests by the National Toxicology Program (NTP), the National Institutes of Health, as well as the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) have shown that there could be potential issues that could arise due to over exposure of this chemical.

And while in school, obtaining the services and programs available for gifted children might involve testing or other assessment and competing for limited places in a program, at home, no such criteria are involved.

Four non-parties to the treaty are known or believed to possess nuclear weapons: India, Pakistan and North Korea have openly tested and declared that they possess nuclear weapons, while Israel has had a policy of opacity regarding its own nuclear weapons program.

Yesterday's Siena poll found 43 percent of New Yorkers would prefer moving beyond a test program (as proposed by Cuomo) to legalize the use of pot by seriously ill individuals, while 37 percent agree with the governor that the more limited test route is the way to go, and 18 percent want to keep the drug completely illegal.

While unions have said they worry that teachers could be unfairly judged based on their students» test results, the scoring for students and teachers is quite different — students get an objective standardized test score, while teachers are evaluated under multipart programs that are developed by local teachers unions and school leaWhile unions have said they worry that teachers could be unfairly judged based on their students» test results, the scoring for students and teachers is quite different — students get an objective standardized test score, while teachers are evaluated under multipart programs that are developed by local teachers unions and school leawhile teachers are evaluated under multipart programs that are developed by local teachers unions and school leaders.

While the PED project test contains job thresholds comparable to other state development programs, we are concerned that it does not include criteria based on capital investment or job retention.

Twelve Erie County deputies have volunteered to test body - worn cameras as part of a two - month pilot program that could lead to as many as 100 deputies routinely wearing body cams while on patrol.

While the program to reduce the DNA testing backlog has been a success, «it is less clear what the return on investment is for other program areas,» Faraco said.

Through the FDA's iPLEDGE program, woman who are prescribed the drug must pledge to use two forms of contraception, in addition to taking regular pregnancy tests while on the drug and online tests to make sure they understand the dangers of getting pregnant while taking the drug.

While Black and Latino preschoolers took the admissions test at substantially lower rates than their White and Asian counterparts, the gap was significantly less for those enrolled in public pre-K programs.

During a multiyear project funded by the Department of Energy's Water Power Technologies Office, engineers from Sandia's Water Power program are using a combination of modeling and experimental testing to refine how a wave energy converter moves and responds in the ocean to capture wave energy while also considering how to improve the resiliency of the device in a harsh ocean environment.

As part of Chevy's program, east coast test drivers can refuel at two stations in Westchester County (just north of New York City), while a third is being built near John F. Kennedy International Airport.

In addition to the lack of antimicrobial stewardship programs, the researchers also found a widespread lack of written policies to test patients for C. diff infection when they developed diarrhea while taking antibiotics or within several months of taking them.

Using enrollment of thousands of people in a California blackout prevention program as an experimental test bed, a team of researchers that included Erez Yoeli, a researcher at the Federal Trade Commission, Moshe Hoffman, a visiting researcher at Harvard's Program for Evolutionary Dynamics (PED), David Rand, formerly a post-doctoral fellow at PED (now a professor at Yale University), and PED Director Martin Nowak, showed that while financial incentives boosted participation only slightly, making participation in the program observable — through the use of sign - up sheets posted in apartment buildings — produced a three-fold increase in signprogram as an experimental test bed, a team of researchers that included Erez Yoeli, a researcher at the Federal Trade Commission, Moshe Hoffman, a visiting researcher at Harvard's Program for Evolutionary Dynamics (PED), David Rand, formerly a post-doctoral fellow at PED (now a professor at Yale University), and PED Director Martin Nowak, showed that while financial incentives boosted participation only slightly, making participation in the program observable — through the use of sign - up sheets posted in apartment buildings — produced a three-fold increase in signProgram for Evolutionary Dynamics (PED), David Rand, formerly a post-doctoral fellow at PED (now a professor at Yale University), and PED Director Martin Nowak, showed that while financial incentives boosted participation only slightly, making participation in the program observable — through the use of sign - up sheets posted in apartment buildings — produced a three-fold increase in signprogram observable — through the use of sign - up sheets posted in apartment buildings — produced a three-fold increase in sign - ups.

Researchers compared the lure of drugs, specifically cocaine, in three sets of mice: The test or «trained» mice were put through a nine - day cognitive training program based on exploration, incentives and rewards while their «yoked - to - trained» counterparts received rewards but no challenges.

«While most past studies only demonstrate the applicability of similar solutions for small programs and «artificial bugs» [bugs that are intentionally inserted into a program for testing purposes], our approach can automate the debugging process for many real bugs that impact large programs,» Dr Lo explains.

Study co-author Laura van't Veer, a molecular biologist and leader of the breast oncology program at the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of California at San Francisco, did the research that led to the gene test while working for the Netherlands Cancer Institute.

Scheduled to arrive at the planet Mars this October, this first part of the ExoMars program, consisting of an orbiter and lander, will search for gases in the Martian atmosphere that could indicate signatures of active biological or geological processes, while also testing key entry, descent and landing technologies to support future ESA missions to Mars.

While ETS has a Fee Reduction Program [16] that covers 50 % of exam costs, it applies to a single test and has stringent eligibility requirements.

The participants went through a series of biological, physiological and cognitive tests prior to the program began so as to establish their body composition, cognitive functions, brain oxygenation while exercising, cardiovascular risk and maximal aerobic ability.

Her transformational programs are proven to help people regain their energy, and get their lives back on a joy - filled track, while releasing the hidden reasons which cause physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual pain and symptoms that don't and won't show up on medical tests.

While I was intensely testing, I enrolled in the Natural Gourmet Institute Chef's Training Program, and worked as a pastry chef in a macrobiotic restaurant in Hell's Kitchen.

The test format involves having a person come to his lab, get on a bike or treadmill, and begin to exercise while wearing a mask that measures how efficiently the person utilizes fat and carbohydrates during the exercise program.

Landry's Louisiana Educational Assessment Program (LEAP) scores have improved over the past five years: In 1999, the school's language arts passing rate was 83 percent, while in 2003, the regular education students, after summer testing, achieved a 96.9 percent rate of success.

The linguist turned gamer (who bears a passing resemblance to Sci Fi author Isaac Asimov) believes that the full integration of gaming technology into our educational program will end the need for tests — replaced by levels of proficiency as measured while playing the physics or history «game.»

While private and without legal standing, this settlement involves giants in the testing industry and may have a chilling effect on validity and technical standards in the nation's K - 12 testing programs.

Concerned that a state testing program subjects young children to undue stress, the Arizona legislature has passed a bill that would limit mandatory 1st - grade testing to a sample of students while the state develops alternative assessment measures.

«While a handful of SEL programs have been tested and shown to improve children's SEL skills as well as academic, mental health, and behavioral outcomes, the effect sizes are smaller than we would expect,» says Jones.

Research has shown that after - school programs focused on social and emotional development can significantly enhance student self - perceptions, school connectedness, positive social behaviors, school grades, and achievement test scores, while reducing problem behaviors (Durlak et al., 2010).

While students showed gains on achievement tests after one year in the choice program, researcher Valerie Martinez of the University of Texas found that their families also had stronger educational backgrounds than those not in the program.

We also found that while two game clues were enough to test the game's interaction with the real world, it was not enough to determine if we were meeting our primary learning objective: identification of best practices, opportunities, and potential problems of Bring Your Own Technology (BYOT) programs.

While the jury is still out on the effects of these programs on student test scores, there is significant evidence that they positively influence how far students continue in their schooling.

And while neither may sound like a good match, the principal of Jefferson Elementary School in Berwyn, Illinois, is crediting a school - wide yoga program for improving school climate, test scores and student behavior.

Only one study, conducted by Jay Greene and Marcus Winters and focusing on the D.C. voucher program, found that voucher competition had no effect on the test scores of non-participants, while no empirical study of acceptable rigor has found that a U.S. private - school - choice program decreased the achievement of public school students.

That study, while reporting negative achievement effects for participants in Ohio's largest voucher program, also found that students remaining in public schools performed higher on tests, owing to program - induced competition.

The program promotes a sense of confidence in answering a variety of test questions while also preparing students for the rigors of academic testing.

While allowing for a range of NNRs to satisfy the ESA testing requirement provides information about student performance, NNRs do not drive school - level content decisions the way criterion - referenced statewide assessments can, which research suggests can dissuade private school leaders from participating in education choice programs.

While I would prefer no testing requirements on choice schools, I understand and have defended the need for compromises to pass choice programs.

While more studies need to be conducted, preliminary research has found that improvements to the voucher program combined with the test - based accountability policies provided schools in Chile with incentives to operate more efficiently.