Sentences with phrase «while administering its tests»

While administering the test later in the year has potential benefits in measured performance, grading the tests over a shorter time frame costs more, estimated at some $ 3.9 million annually in Colorado.

Not exact matches

The GRE, administered by Educational Testing Service, is rolling out significant changes to its content, design, scoring and format next August, while the GMAT is adding a new integrated reasoning section in June of 2012.

Gathers missed two regular - season games and one exhibition game while Vernon Hattori, a cardiologist at Daniel Freeman Hospital, administered a battery of tests on him.

Doctors may also want to administer a «car seat test» to check your baby's heart and breathing while he or she sits in a car seat.

This year, the state English language arts test for grades three through eight is being given April 5 - 7, while the math test will be administered April 13 - 15.

While most DNA tests are administered in a doctor's office, some can be ordered from companies online.

While they waited, prison psychologist Gustave Gilbert administered psychological tests, keen to solve the mystery of the «Nazi mind».

To come to this conclusion, the researchers asked volunteers to complete a visual test while also administering a vibration to the left or right hand.

A study done in 2004 took MCTs from coconut oil and put them into a drink that was given to Alzheimer's patients while a control group took a placebo.5 They observed significant increases in levels of the ketone body beta - hydroxybutyrate (beta - OHB) 90 minutes after treatment when cognitive tests were administered.

Moreover, while most private schools already administer tests, some schools have a philosophy that eschews standardized testing.

Because Paedae taught advanced math to eleventh and twelfth graders, while the Florida FCAT only tested students through grade eight, 50 percent of her evaluation was based «on the school - wide performance of students taking the tenth - grade FCAT reading test — a test in a different subject administered... to different students in an earlier grade» (p. 3).

While there has been a great deal of controversy over the content of standardized tests and the frequency at which they are administered, we believe that there needs to be some way of comparing schools and districts across the country.

While many parents, educators, school leaders, and policymakers disagree about the kinds of tests administered, how the scores should be used, and how frequently students should be tested, it is important to be supportive of your child's efforts on standardized tests, and to help her do her best.

Assigning paper - based quizzes ensures that almost all of the information on student mastery will be lost, while the software produced by a dozen or more firms is able to quickly read the results from electronically administered tests into an evolving portfolio of data that tracks student learning.

An analysis done in 2014, the year the test was first administered, found that 64 percent of white candidates passed the test on the first try, while only 46 percent of Hispanic candidates and 41 percent of black candidates did.

In 2011, for example, Alabama reported that 77 percent of its 8th grade students were proficient in math, while the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) tests administered that same year indicated that just 20 percent of Alabama's 8th graders were proficient against NAEP standards.

This change to the APPR system forces districts to create and adopt local assessments in order to measure teacher performance, even while our students are still also required to take state - created and administered tests.

If some districts or classrooms administer only the summative assessments while others avail themselves of all the resources in the SBAC toolkit, won't some students have a testing advantage based solely upon local policy decisions, the CORE group excluded?

While public schools must administer a raft of tests that include End of Course (EOC) and End of Grade (EOG) exams in addition to the national ACT for high school students, private schools receiving school vouchers will be required to administer a nationally - recognized standardized test of their choosing to students in grades three and higher each year.

The education board on Friday unanimously approved a four - month extension to GED Testing Services» contract, which was set to end in June, so the company can continue administering exams while the education agency prepares to bring on the two new test providers who offer exams called the HiSET and TASC.

Schools will continue to administer numerous state tests, and while assessment models have yet to be determined, my state's plan outlines goals for student growth and proficiency in reading and math but little in the way of high school writing.

While Smarter Balanced reports few major problems we have to consider the difference between a computer administered test and a computer adaptive test.

While states administer their own standardized tests for elementary students, fourth graders and eighth graders across the country take the same tests as a part of the National Assessment of Educational Progress.

Reading scores weren't much better: Eighth - grade scores dropped while fourth - grade performance was stagnant compared with 2013, the last time the test was administered.

Reading scores weren't much better; eighth - grade scores dropped while fourth - grade performance was stagnant compared with 2013, the last time the test was administered.

This is significant, because tests administered in the spring will measure what students accomplished during the school year, while fall tests will examine what students knew when they enrolled in school.

District leaders and teachers plan to administer the tests in the beginning, middle, and end of the 2016 — 2017 school year, in order to support student instruction while learning is happening, and to evaluate student progress against expected curriculum outcomes.

This requirement could be essentially addressed by administering one 45 - minute reading comprehension test, one 45 - minute math reasoning test, and one 45 - minute science test rather than immerse our students in a week - to - ten - days of expensive, unproven, computer - adaptive testing while disrupting the routines and schedules of everyone else in school not taking the tests.

Some states have decided to stop administering the new Common Core tests, while others have chosen to walk away from using the Common Core standards altogether.

While ASCD is clear that it is not calling for a moratorium on testing, it is calling for a moratorium on accountability consequences linked to state tests: «States can and should still administer standardized assessments and communicate the results and what they mean to districts, schools, and families, but without the threat of punitive sanctions that have distorted their importance.»

And while schools can administer the tests as many as six times a year, the spokesperson said «the vast majority» of schools only give half that number.

Students enjoy a halfday off, while teachers are subjected to stock lectures on, say, what regulations they must follow when administering standardized tests.

In fact, so many students have opted out of the Common Core tests that the decision whether to administer the test or not was taken away from Garfield educators; with so many opt outs, the majority students in every class wouldn't be taking the exam and therefore it is against the testing rules to have them in the computer lab while the test is being administered.

Ms. Frederick continued, «In administering the test, schools are very creative in using the resources they have while ensuring there is little disruption for other students.

She intuitively understands that while recording her students» singing test scores on a «spreadsheet» might be «interesting,» the real value in administering these assessments is to know more about how her students» singing has changed «over the course of the year.»

Funny how this rally is all happening while actual educators will be busy administering the Connecticut Mastery Tests to our students.

Because it is suspected of occasionally causing liver failure in cats, it is safest to have liver tests run on your pet before administering diazepam and now and then while taking it.

Ability to perform basic medical tasks, e.g. administer vaccinations, perform heartworm and FeLV testing, able to appropriately restrain hold animals while they are receiving IV, IM, or SQ injections.

«While antibody testing can still be relatively expensive, the principles of evidence - based veterinary medicine, suggest that titer testing for antibody status (for either puppies or adult dogs) should be better practice than simply administering a vaccine booster on the basis that this would be safe and cost less».

If the kitten dies from this sickness while under veterinarian care, the veterinarian must certify in writing to my veterinarian, the tests, treatment and antibiotics administered, and that the cause of death was present when the kitten was delivered for there to be compensation.

Note: While it is safe to administer multiple vaccines in the same visit, consult with a VIP Petcare representative to determine the highest priority vaccines and tests for your pet, and the schedule or order in which they should be administered.

While a breathalyzer test is recognized as a valid indicator of alcohol impairment at the time the test is administered, nothing currently matches its efficacy in regard to cannabis.

While it is understood that the duties and responsibilities of an RN vary depending on the work setting and your specialty, your resume must showcase daily nursing care such as observing and recording vital signs of patients, performing diagnostic tests and physical exams, collecting medical histories of patients, counseling and educating patients and their families, administering medications and IVs, and collaborating with the medical team for optimizing patient care.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS • Demonstrated expertise in providing adjunct care by administering edemas, douches and non-sterile dressings • Hands - on experience in maintaining patient stability by checking vital signs and recording intake and output information • Qualified to explain specifics of patient testing procedures to families while keeping their emotions in mind • Competent in performing specified diagnostics tests such as catheter insertion and appropriate casting and splinting duties

• Administer and correct all tests and exams, keep accurate attendance and grade repots while maintaining an active learning environment.

Administered full assignments from the passing out of work packets to the grading of tests while managing deadlines and attending my own classes.

Dayton Outpatient Center and Research (Dayton, OH) 8/2007 — 4/2008 Research Assistant Principal Investigator — Dr. Suresh Gupta; Sub Investigators — Dr. Arora, Dr. Choi Research Coordinator — Ritu Singla • Aided with the development and execution of various clinical research studies and programs, with a focus in diabetic neuropathy, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, CRPS, and NSAID - induced gastric ulcers • Worked under specific instructions to run routine tests, experiments, and procedures, ensuring compliance with all established policies, procedures, quality control objectives, and related safety, environmental, and infection control standards • Collaborated in the compilation and verifications of research data, samples, and specimens while participating in related data entry, analysis, and interpretation utilizing various data management and analysis programs • Performed routine data verification and quality control, ensuring data integrity and compliance with prescribed study protocol • Searched related literature and information sources for relevant information pertaining to experiments and procedures • Assisted in the setup, operation, and maintenance of all research equipment and instruments • Administered various logistical, scheduling, and office management functions to provide high - quality subject service, efficient file and data organization, and effective department operations

Reliability and validity in inpatient and outpatient populations have been demonstrated, with high test - retest reliability and moderate to high correlations with discharge diagnoses.34 - 38 The Children's Interview for Psychiatric Syndromes was used because its psychometric properties mimic those of other structured interviews while offering pragmatic advantages, including shorter administration time, a detailed training manual, ease of administration, and a concise response booklet.39 These instruments were administered at baseline to document lifetime and current presence or absence of psychiatric symptoms and diagnoses.

Psychologists are trained and licensed to administer psychological testing while Master's level degree holders are not.