Sentences with phrase «though traditional testing»

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There's even a small study coauthored by Holmes and published in an online journal that compares Theranos test results with traditional tests favorably, though it looks only at results for one characteristic of blood among six people.

Where I think it's weak, though, in the way it's being practiced is that they're still trying to test within the framework of traditional curriculum.

The research could not be clearer, though: Increasing formative assessment is the key to improvement on tests of all kinds, including traditional ones.

In other words, even though the average charter has a zero or negative impact on test scores, there are more charters with very large positive or very large negative test - score impacts than there are traditional public schools with such extreme outcomes.

Richard Iannuzzi, the union's president, said some charter schools generate lower test scores than neighboring traditional schools, though state data indicates this is more the exception than the rule.

Though it is useful in some circumstances, curriculum that relies on traditional testing does not foster these real - world skills as well as it could.

Interestingly though, as a result of the traditional school mindset, participation in physical education has declined across U.S. schools, due to the belief that if students are in class for more hours, teacher competencies are measured competitively, and teachers teach to a test, students will ultimately become better learners / scholars.

Though the labels have often been revised to «assessment,» most state programs still predominantly rely on traditional, multiple - choice tests, and many states use them inappropriately to make high - stakes decisions.

Though the other two state tests attempted to be less traditional, they just ended up being too wordy or confusing.

Citing data from the California Charter Schools Association, the authors argue that charter students generally score better on statewide tests and have higher graduation rates even though it has widely been demonstrated that not all charter schools out - perform all traditional schools.

Jumping into the mix is the Associated Administrators of the Los Angeles (AALA), which in its recent newsletter criticized the CCSA analysis, saying the «wins» of charters on the tests are diminished «when one considers that the enrollment of traditional schools includes 6 % more English learners, who presumably would be at a disadvantage on the SBAC English language arts assessment (though they were apparently not at the same disadvantage on the SBAC math assessment).

I worked on a project that provided weapons to the player character, even though it was not traditional to the franchise in question, because focus testing showed that players most frequently asked «how do I kill it?».

Perhaps more importantly, though, F1 2015 is being designed to ensure «parity» between racing wheels and controllers, and though we'll need a much more comprehensive test to verify that, what I played certainly felt a lot more responsive and impactful on a traditional pad due to some beefy force feedback.

Prospective students must have reading knowledge of a foreign language before entering, and though the school generally recommends the traditional, European art - historical languages, an Asian language test can also be arranged.

It is worth noting though that the science behind planetary health is still being established, meaning that devising and testing ecosystems - based solutions at the local level, as a complement to traditional public health measures, will be critical to building the field.