Union leaders claimed the rules drafted by education officials violated the law by putting too much weight on state test results.
Thus, it is possible that some students made progress on lower-level math skills that were not detected by the state test.
Massachusetts officials postponed the English composition section of its standardized state test until Monday, to keep all schools on the same test date.
Should the state test all pregnant women, regardless of history, race or class, or should it confine itself to certain groups and, if so, which ones?
The House has called for a block-grant system that would allow states to use their federal education dollars as they see fit, as long as they sign pledges guaranteeing that state test scores will demonstrate a steady curve upward.
It is too early to determine if the initiative is the reason that we are meeting out desired outcomes, but early data does support that Phase One teachers are seeing increases in student learning from state test scores to performance-based measures.
New York City and state officials have long warned that test scores likely would drop as the state switched to a test based on new standards that force students to think more critically.
Atlanta Public Schools, jolted by a state-test cheating scandal this year, made the most improvement.
My balanced budget will help to hire 100, 000 new teachers who pass the state competency test.
Some 95% of Blind Brook eighth-graders met or exceeded state math test standards, compared with 61% statewide.
She noted that 88 percent of third-graders passed the reading portion of the state assessment test this year, up from 76 percent in 1994.
"We have taken robust steps to unravel and address the root causes of these crises, but it would appear that there is a systematic effort by insurgents and terrorists to destabilize the Nigerian state and test our collective resolve, " Jonathan said in a televised speech.
The Iowa caucuses, the first state-level test for presidential hopefuls, are barely more than a year away.
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The current reality is that most schools are evaluated and funded based on reaching state standards and test scores.
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We create an image of the hard drive using PowerQuest's Drive Image software and use the image to restore the system to its original state after each test.
New York state had planned to test kindergartners as early as fall 2014 to set a "baseline" and help teachers figure out which students needed the most help, and which areas were problematic.
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Its curriculum-management software matches classroom lessons to state standards and can generate test items for on-the-fly diagnostic assessment.
"To have signed a current State of Origin and Australian Test player is a hugely significant signing for us, " said Rule.
The state requires passing a written test, first aid training and proof of having made at least five trips on the whitewater river someone wants to guide.
Easley had focused on his record as governor, including declining unemployment -- down 2 percentage points over two years -- and rising average test scores in state schools.
Golden State is certainly the obvious test lab for Pogoseat.
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Last month, New York, Montana and New Hampshire announced they were switching to a new high school equivalency exam, and California officials began looking into amending regulations to drop the requirement that the state only use the GED test.
One way to use the indexes proactively is to stress test portfolios, State Street says, noting that institutional investors can work to construct allocation models that can be resilient in volatile times and still capture upside in more stable periods.
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Regents Chancellor Merryl Tisch said in a news release that without the change, New York would have had to pay the GED test maker twice as much or limit the number of test takers because state law bars residents from being charged to take the equivalency exam.
The state has shelved a plan to test the students after losing a competitive federal grant for early-childhood programs.
Many state or local extension services will test your soil and tell you what it needs for particular plants, shrubs or trees.
The enforced change meant India were fielding one of their most inexperienced batting line-ups in years with Tamil Nadu batsman Subramaniam Badrinath also making his Test debut, while state team-mate Murali Vijay has just three previous five-day appearances for India.
Freed Maxick, an accounting firm in northern New York state participating in Twitter's test, says the ads it bought on Twitter last fall targeting people looking for U.S. presidential candidates' views on taxes generated 2.1 million clicks on its website.
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