With the agreement of several families we observed the painstaking assessment methods used by staff.

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Despite the respect some Japanese may have of U.S. risk assessment methods, when it comes to finance we proved ourselves no better.

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For instance curricula reforms have not always taken into account the books and instructional materials, teachers, teaching processes and assessment methods required to give them effect.

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All these methods of assessment are subject to gaming and they all take time away from teaching and learning.

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It is more important that universities are satisfied that A-levels enable young people to start their undergraduate degrees having gained the right knowledge and skills, than that ministers are able to influence content or methods of assessment.

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"We are less concerned with which plays are taught than with the methods of the assessment process that some teachers are in thrall to, " he said.

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The training workshops will be led by a select group of experts, with the aim of providing a solid grounding in the tools, techniques, and methods used in the different fields of education assessment and measuring, allowing participants to optimize and enhance their knowledge, and providing them with a concrete learning experience.

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Simon Pope, a spokesman for the World Society for the Protection of Animals in London, said his group would like to know whether other rat-control methods that don't involve toxic substances were investigated and what assessment has been made about the pesticides on the birds.

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