But Alan Smithers, of Buckingham University, warns that single-level tests are no panacea.
In the new single level tests being piloted in English reading, English writing and mathematics, the questions are all pitched at a certain level of understanding.
Next year in a few hundred pilot schools, single level tests will replace Sats in maths, though the government is moving cautiously in introducing the new tests.
The Department for Children, Schools and Families is piloting a possible replacement in the form of "single level tests" that children would take to confirm their teachers' assessment that they had reached a higher national curriculum attainment level.
During the same period 12 months ago the level of positive tests was 2.9%.
They have, however, permitted considerations about what the political "traffic" will bear in the wake of the Hatfield amendment and the 1992 election to distort their professional judgments concerning the level at which such tests need to be conducted.
The tests found a level of virus at about 20, 000 copies per milliliter, fairly low for a baby.
Doing so might reveal important interactions that are missed by stress tests at the level of the individual firm.
"We want to make sure they are entering for the tests on a level playing field, " said Mr Sindall.
David Howman, director general of the WADA, which oversees drug testing in the Olympics and other elite-level sports, said the tests have improved and are now a "robust" antidoping measure.
It is also clear from the chart that the 21-period WMA has acted as a good level of support, as tests of the rising WMA have often marked correction lows.
Once admitted, new patients take diagnostic tests to gauge their level of Internet overuse.
The researchers scrutinised the brain scans to see if they could find any patterns that tallied with the protein level results from the lumbar puncture tests.
The Burger Manufacturing Company, based in Powys, withdrew its products in February after tests suggested they contained more than 1% horsemeat, but further tests showed that the level was below 1%.
Those with the highest level of risk can be prioritised for further tests and treatments.
There were six positive tests for horse DNA at a level of greater than 1% - all on products which have been withdrawn.
Teaching to tests is utterly wrong-headed, especially when those tests are crafted at the state level and devoted almost solely to math and reading.
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One might imagine also conducting formal stress tests, not at the firm level as occurs now, but for a range of firms and markets simultaneously.
Gail Larkham, a head from Surrey, said the CVA scores, as they are known, could not show improvements in very bright children because primary school Sats tests only measure up to a certain level (level 5).
But an indifferent start to the season at club level saw Lewsey miss out on last month's Tests, and he has decided to focus his attentions on Wasps.
He therefore gave his models a series of decade-long tests beginning with the real climatic conditions (level of solar radiation, ocean temperature and so on) on 80 different start dates from 1982 to 2001.
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New approaches - based on tests assessing whether children meet a particular national curriculum level - were being piloted, he added.
Its latest results have found that more than 99% of tests show no horse DNA at or above the level of 1%.
But it does say the tests probably would be quite onerous, on the level of the multimillion-dollar, multiyear process needed to approve new pharmaceuticals.
Could Vaughan now lift his game to a new level and begin improving a record of 439 runs in 10 Tests at an average of under 28?
Basically, this would be like a developer who is building homes along a fault line and only tests the durability of the construction up to a level 4.0 (light) earthquake when there is a decent probability that an 8.0 (major) may hit.
In addition, Panasonic's commitment to quality-at both the component and finished goods level-results in a total of more than 500 checks and tests during and after production.
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Someday the ability to measure the level of stem cells in a tumor could lead to new prognostic tests that predict when a cancer is likely to accelerate, helping doctors customize treatment.
The panel urged that the tests be repeated, since unemployment is expected to exceed the level envisaged in the worst-case scenario.
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