-- With
testing season starting up again, here's a reminder of last year's demoralizing news: Every California district and demographic group fared worse on the national Smarter Balanced tests, and the state's already large test score gaps grew.
«They are doing this to intimidate people as the new
testing season starts.»
Not exact matches
Early in the
season, to be
tested in that way, made it a really good experience to
start off the year.
Among the most prevalent issues up for discussion during the vote is the reinstatement of players punished for certain failed drug
tests at the
start of the 2014
season, according to Jason La Canfora of CBS Sports.
A hugely impressive young player, Luke Shaw narrowly gets in ahead of Liverpool starlet Joe Gomez, who will face bigger
tests as he goes on this
season despite a good
start.
Even Juventus in sixth, who have had a
testing start to the
season, have more goals.
I
tested him before the
season started at the Emirates tournament and I could see that he understands well, he reads the game well.
3 clean sheets on the spin is unusual for Arsenal albeit the average quality of the opposition.The real
test will come against a Man Utd side with real pace upfront.With regard to the weaknesses in the side Xhaka and Sanches have been no better than average since the
start of the
season and do not justify their places.
Our defence, I would've thought this would be there biggest
test before
season started.
Arsenal kick
start their Premier League campaign at home to Crystal Palace, who cantered to finish 11th last
season, and will prove to be a stiff
test for the Gunners early on in the campaign.
«To beat Jimmie and Chad you have to get off to a fast
start in the
season, build up a points cushion and then
start testing things setup-wise that you can apply to the tracks in the Chase,» says Gustafson.
Ideally the
test is administered to an athlete prior to the
start of the
season and repeated every 2 years.
He
tested for M - Sport and Toyota, eventually signing a deal to drive for the former in the WRC in 2017 — with the
season starting in Monaco at the end of January.
The
season actually begins with Pre-
Season testing, a chance for teams, cars and drivers to familiarise themselves with each other, and
start preparing for the battle to come.
Red Bull usually finds itself in a bit of a rush at the
start of
testing but seems to have it together this
season.
Renault has shown good pace and reliability over the course of the first
test, though there are rumours that the car the team is running now is nothing like the one it'll use by the time the
season starts.
A missed
test counts as a failed
test, which is why Steelers running back Le'Veon Bell served a three - game suspension at the
start of the 2016
season.
Bring in Ospina for Cech; Gabriel for Koscielny (Kos is 31 and its time we
start testing Gabriel and Holding beside Mustafi to see what our long term first choice defensive partnership will look like); Gibbs for Monreal (Wenger needs to
start rotating these 2 more frequently as we need to ascertain if Gibbs can adequately produce the quality to hold that position from next
season for a few years as I'm thinking this might be Nacho's last or penultimate
season with Arsenal, it will also give a hint as to the type of Left - back to target in the summer — first teamer or backup and age as well); I'll like to see an Elneny — Xhaka partnership in this fixture as we might just never know, this might be our replica of the Kos Mustafa partnership in the centre of the park, Two disciplined (positionally, i mean) central midfielders who can play box to box; Chamberlain for Iwobi, and Perez for Alexis should do the work.
«After competing in a select number of events in the 2017
season, the
test will be the
start of our full time 2018 campaign.
Mignolet, who has
started all 16 of Liverpool's top - flight games this
season, failed a late fitness
test and so the summer signing from Bolton Wanderers will deputise between the sticks.
The RB13 will hit the track for the first time on Monday with the
start of pre-
season testing at the Circuit de Barcelona - Catalunya, as the
season properly swings into life.
Apparently, Maurizio Arrivabene said he'll
start a sim programme in January and will try out a 2017 F1 car during in -
season testing.
McLaren has suffered a tough
start to the 2017 F1
season, with a whole host of issues in pre-
season testing and poor pace at the first race in Australia.
The Toffees may not have
started well either, with a draw against promoted Leicester City, but they gave us a heavy beating at Goodison last
season and we should expect a very tough
test again.
The second
test is scheduled at Losail Circuit in Qatar around two weeks before the
start of official
season.
Teams like Michigan, Penn State and Washington have had strong
starts to their
seasons, but they also haven't been truly
tested yet.
I want us to
start our game next
season with Chelsea so that we can
test our squad before the league begins though maybe that gave us false impression this
season.
A
test for the ByKolles team almost saw him join the World Endurance Championship for 2017, though he backed out of the drive shortly before the
season was due to
start.
And despite PSG's relatively poor
start to the
season, Wenger is expecting a tough
test as he looks to guide Arsenal into the last 16 of the Champions League for the 17th consecutive
season.
«What we have seen in winter
testing is that we are not at the level that we would like to be to
start the
season,» he said.
Pjanic has always passed the eye
test, always looking the part of an intuitive midfielder, but over the past few
season, the statistics have
started to bear this out, as Mira has seen a steady progression in his passing and playmaking numbers, while he's already set a career high in goals scored and has established himself as one of te game's premier set piece threats.
It will be interesting to see how strong the defensive partnership of Toby Alderweirled and Jan Vertonghen will be should they
start together, and they face one of the toughest
tests in the league on the first day of the
season.
This week sees the current Champions face the former Champions in what will be a good
test of how each side has progressed since the
start of the
season.
The Canadian rookie made some costly mistakes early on in Winter
Testing and crashed during practice in Australia which would later develop into him
starting at the back of the grid for the opening race of the
season.
The upshot, Dr. Galetta believes, is that parents and coaches «should absolutely consider» familiarizing themselves with the King - Devick
test and administering it to young athletes before the
season starts, then having those baseline numbers and the
test itself handy on the sidelines.
For the rapid number naming
test, athletes are given a baseline
test before the
season starts where they are asked to read numbers as quickly as they can off a series of three reading cards while being timed with a stopwatch.
In fact, you may be hearing some chatter this week with the
start of the state
testing season, as the New York State United Teachers union calls for fixing the benchmarks used to determine whether or not your student is proficient.
My wife and I
started the two - week
test right after my competitive running
season and we have been doing well so far (with only 5 days to go).
On the other hand, the joy of the holiday
season is long forgotten, the weather in the Midwest
tests our will to live on a daily basis and everyone
starts dieting.
Historically year on year I'd bring back old pieces and simply re-style them based on new
season trends, but this year I'm really focussing on
starting a capsule summer wardrobe from scratch, longer lengths for a little more modesty (30 is getting closer after all), loose and light weight fits to help me feel more comfortable, and a few staple items that can really form the basis of my wardrobe for the
season ahead (and last the
test of time too).
The dawn of the 2011 race
season is upon us: NASCAR just kicked off its year with the Daytona 500, F1 teams are presently
testing in Europe, Le Mans hopefuls are currently
starting their training — and, of course, Cadillac Racing is prepping its new CTS - V Coupe racer for the SCCA World Challenge GT
I even heard a rumour that Winrow had completed more than 3000 km of
testing before the
start of the
season.
«In a perfect world we'd have the rest of this year to
test and then come out with new cars at the
start of next
season, but we felt we just needed to get out there and race for the Corvette customers and fans.
Paul Miller, owner of the Paul Miller Audi and Paul Miller Racing, will campaign the 2014 inaugural
season in the GT Daytona class
starting with a
test at Sebring on Nov. 16.
Although the
test produced positive results, much remains to be done before the
start of the
season in Sebring.
I am looking forward to
testing and the
start of the
season in St. Petersburg.»
In the United States and in Europe (particularly southern Europe), every dog should be
tested for heartworms and put on a prevention program annually at the
start of the mosquito
season.
Windsor, California, February 13, 2018 — VIP Petcare, the leader in veterinary pet wellness care, will be emphasizing the importance of heartworm
testing during the months of February and March, which is the peak
season for heartworm to
start rearing its ugly head.
All dogs that have been through a heartworm
season and have not been on preventative should be
tested prior to
starting preventative.
Puppies born during periods of no heartworm transmission need not be
tested prior to the
start of heartworm
season the following spring, i.e. pups born after November 1st need not be
tested before their first preventative medication the following May 1st.