Sentences with phrase «watering down tests»

The House's Republican - only bill has even worse accountability provisions that water down testing requirements and allow parents to opt their children out of tests.

Not exact matches

And after testing the waters on several projects, we acquired a complementary organization that was headed down a similar path, and became a fully integrated marketing agency.

It looks to be seeking to test the water to see how much of the workings of platforms» algorithmic blackboxes can be coaxed from them voluntarily — such as via measures targeting bots and fake accounts — in an attempt to stave off formal and more fulsome regulations down the line.

China is leading an effort to water down the World Bank's most popular research report in a test of the development institution's new president, Jim Yong Kim.

The purpose of the Instant Pot water test is to make sure that your Instant Pot seals, comes to pressure, counts down, and depressurizes like it's supposed to without the threat of wasting some perfectly good food.

I made my kids eat the first test and they were cringing and chugging down water all night.

FK Krasnodar have tested the waters regarding the acquisition of the leading scorer in the Nigeria Professional Football League, but his advisers would prefer him to start his career outside Nigeria with a Scandinavian team, FC Copenhagen to be specific, and have turned down the proposal from Russia.

√ Use plug covers on electrical outlets; wrap up the slack of electrical cords and hide behind furniture √ Tie and place blind cords out of baby's reach, or use cordless window coverings; keep cribs, furniture and toys away from windows and window cords √ Secure all furniture so it will not topple on your child √ Install hardware mounted gates (which are more secure than pressure mounted) at the top and bottom of stairs √ Put latches on doors to keep kids out of certain rooms √ Lock away medicines, cleaning products and poisons, and ensure houseplants are out of reach √ Turn water heater down to 49 °C (120 °F), and test baby's bath water with elbow or wrist to ensure it's warm, not hot √ Don't allow smoking — it's harmful to your infant and butts are poisonous

About 20 percent of the Long Island school districts that said they tested for lead in water at their schools reported finding the metal at levels that caused them to shut down fountains and replace fixtures, according to a Newsday / News 12 Long Island survey.

The lake is the source of water for the city of Syracuse, but the source comes from deep down, and Mayor Stephanie Miner says testing found no sign of the blooms in the system.

Just days after Gov. Cuomo signed a bill requiring lead testing in schools, three water sources in a Vorheesville elementary school have been shut down after high levels of lead were found.

That has meant a steady watering down of tests and scoring systems that might expose incompetent teachers — even doing away with time limits on exams.

Asking every port to implement strict control measures, like testing and treating ballast water, could drag down productivity — but focusing on just those places most likely to spread invaders would have a large effect, say the researchers.

More worrisome, perhaps, is that Mackie pulled more resistance genes from his deepest test wells, suggesting that the genes percolated down toward the drinking water supplies used by surrounding communities.

While none of this conjures up thirst - quenching images of cold, clear water flowing down a mountain stream, NASA did conduct some blind taste tests that compared the recycled drinking water with plain tap water as well as with tap water that had iodine added to it.

«Chemicals that break down water contaminants pass safety test.»

This Tuesday, for example, SpaceX will run a test launch of its Falcon 9 rocket and will attempt to land it on a floating platform in the Atlantic Ocean, rather than allowing it to splash down into the water as it has on previous tests.

Since Paula and Len Boutin moved into their house on Massachusetts's Weweantic River more than a decade ago, they've ambled down to their dock to sample and test the water hundreds of times.

They are all watered down (every single brand I've tested).

I added a Berkey to my Amazon cart and wanted one badly but the budget just never allowed.We have well water that has never been tested tat I recall and would just feel safer to have a more filtered water.Also security if electric grid was down..

Since we're headed down into uncharted and trendier territory, I like to stay away from designer brands and pricing and test out the waters with more affordable retail options like Zara.

If you plan to use watered down paint, I recommend preparing your solution and testing it on a spare piece of wood first.

Looking to test the waters again to see what is out there as far as a good Christian down to earth man.

Sitting down with a cup of coffee and sharing a get - to - know - you conversation is a great choice for a date because it is easy, simple, and not a big time commitment if you want to test the waters with a new person.

The Belko Experiment gets right down to business, testing the waters not just on thorny ethical dilemmas, but also on the question of whether the selfsame film can simultaneously be hilariously observed corporate satire and utter bleakfest.

Each fortnight, more than a dozen student volunteers from Kincumber High School walk down to their local creek to conduct water quality tests — monitoring the health and the quality of the waterway in their local community.

Parents and teachers complained — with some legitimacy — that the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) era set loose an avalanche of weak fill - in - the - bubble tests to assess student mastery of watered - down state academic standards.

Common Core goes to 12 because its main goal is getting lots more kids into college based on tests to determine «college readiness» that will be linked to credit - bearing post-secondary courses that have been watered down.

After months of debate, a somewhat water - downed version of the bill passed that places even greater emphasis on standardized testing.

We have observed time and again where in an effort to meet Adequate Yearly Progress under No Child Left Behind requirements, states have watered down standards and school districts have taken a narrow «teach to the test» view of curricular implementation.

Supporters rushed the standards» adoption, used whatever political channels were most convenient, eschewed public debate and discussion, and in doing so triggered a massive backlash that either caused states to reject the standards outright or led them to water down the initiative to such an extent that there's little left of the original vision, which called for the careful alignment of standards, tests, curricular resources, and teaching strategies, all to be shared across state borders.

And my answer, though not scientific (and I'm certainly open to other suggestions), is that the only material change was the watering down of expectations embodied in the standards and assessment system beginning in 2010 with the relentless campaign against standardized testing and continuing through the recent legislative session.

No Child Left Behind, which President George W. Bush proposed and later signed into law, has been widely criticized for labeling too many schools as failures, narrowing school curricula and prodding states to water down standardized tests.

Once adjustments were made to the interim testing system that addressed those concerns, O'Donnell's bill was watered down to simply require that the assessments be designed to provide timely feedback for teachers.

Quite often, they use watered down curriculums, less challenging textbooks, poorer methods of testing and interpreting tests, less individualized or small group support for failing students.

The Tundra does not offer a locking rear differential, but the big truck had no traction problems in our tests in which we drove a 4 - wheel - drive TRD edition up muddy embankments, crawled down steep hills and waded through several feet of water.

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Highlights for this Downers Grove, Illinois Home Inspector include: InterNACHI Member, Foreclosure Bank Inspections, Moisture & Water Infiltration Testing, Structural Inspections, Licensed & Insured, Drainage Issues, Available 7 Days A Week, Mechanicals, Residential Home Inspections, and Insulation & Ventilation Issues.

I explained that if they couldn't desalinate it, or another one of the buckets of salt water they were testing, that I was going to wind down the whole venture.

The same holds true for water - testing products; there are expensive, mid-range and cheap options, offering varying degrees of accuracy — yet, for customers, it often boils down to price.

Their genetic health screening is, paws down, the best you'll find for an at - home dog DNA test (Embark blows other DNA dog tests out of the water).

Small amounts of water and a fat - free diet are typically offered once vomiting has stopped, abdominal pain has subsided, and there is blood test and / or ultrasound confirmation that the inflammation has calmed down.

Regardless of the design, pet owners need to test that the water bottle is working properly and keep track of the water level in their pets» bottles to make sure the levels are going down.

I hit the drink (water) a couple of times but it just adds to the adventure.Your bumper tubes boat driver will take it a little easy at first to test your metal and then when they are sure you are good to go for some fun they will find some wake from other boats and have your bumper tube flying in the air with you on board screaming squeals of joy as it crash lands back down to the water.

Activision has decided to test the waters with their THPS franchise that hasn't seen the light of day in years with a slimmed down HD collection of a few maps from the first two games.

Here's how that works: After testing their urine, users add an enzyme, wait for their urine to hydrolyze (the «chemical reaction or process in which a chemical compound is broken down by reaction with water,» according to Wikipedia), and then add Magnesium Chloride, causing it to separate.

Ray Ladbury @ 291 — In the spring of 1959 in my Physics 1c lab I designed, built and tested a negative thermometer; the mercury went down when the bulb was immersed in a beaker of warm water.

One of the new technologies being tested is developed by Kaizen Fluid Systems and uses an electromechanical process that can break down the molecular bonding agents to produce clean water with commercially viable byproducts and no toxic waste stream.

There are also solar panels in the research and testing phase that can break water down into hydrogen and oxygen via photoelectric synthesis and do so at extraordinary efficiency levels.

Ecomodder — vehicle mods to improve fuel efficiency... Giant, cheap solar collector... MTD stagnation test results... «Hot Water, Cold Beer»... NEW metal version of Modified Trickle Down solar heating collector...