Our system of government has stood the test of time not in spite of but because it is uniquely drawn from the priorities of our own citizens, and them alone.
The goal needs to shift from one of making a system that teaches children a curriculum more efficiently and getting better test scores to one of making the system more effective by inspiring lifelong learning in students , so that they are able to have full and productive lives in a rapidly shifting economy.
Following the success of the communication test exercise of 10 August 2011 involving 31 National Tsunami Warning Focal Points from the region, a full-scale exercise named NEAMWave12 is planned in the fourth quarter of 2012 to test the readiness of the system and of the Member States.
Still another would test a system of penalties and rewards scaled to the quality of home health and rehabilitation care.
We need a better system, where the test of success is delivery of the very best health care possible to everyone.
There has been some talk about Bangladesh dropping down as part of a two-tier Test system and I favour that, but only with a top tier of nine.
By design, the Utah Health Exchange conducted a beta test of the system in August 2009.
Three counties have been picked to test a new system of small farms, which will be allowed to keep 30% of their production quota, and any excess.
And we're going to reform and strengthen Medicare for the long haul, but we do it by reducing the cost of health care, by making the health care system smarter so that instead of five tests you get one test, and then it's emailed everywhere.
New York's school system is letting him test a couple of them on its children.
However, the association said the lack of direction and political progress had led to the probability of an unregulated transfer test system.
Walmart already offers in-store pick up and just expanded its test of a locker system where shoppers can order online and pick-up in the store without waiting in line.
So we will once again be treated to a test of our utility system, a system that has seen more depreciation than new infrastructural investment since 1997, with many transformers 40 or 50 years old.
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But placing too much faith in tests will ultimately be self-defeating, creating a more narrow curriculum and a culture of teaching to the test that goes against the higher ideals of our public education system.
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The gulf widened after the city switched to an entirely test-based admissions system as of 2008.
In a blind test of voices, the system was able to spot those with Parkinson's with an accuracy of 86%.
Molly's case will now test the robustness of the system.
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Before leaving the space station, the Progress 47 spacecraft conducted a test of an upgraded docking system that Russia intends to use on future unmanned Progress and manned Soyuz vehicles.
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The system allows the user to test endless combinations of products without causing a mess, using up samples, or demanding extra help, and the "before and after" feature should do a number on same-store sales.
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It makes perfect sense for the Federal Government to conduct a real-life test of a new public system using an up and running company that currently accounts for about 5% of the health care market in the United States.
With their new laser in hand, Dr Leitgeb and his colleagues set up an experiment that let them test the system on a range of skin conditions, including a healthy human palm, allergy-induced eczema on the forearm, inflammation of the forehead, and two previously diagnosed cases of basal-cell carcinoma.
Israel's defence ministry says it has carried out a successful test of its new missile interceptor system.
Under state law, all of New York's roughly 700 school districts must develop a system for evaluating teachers based on a mix of standardized test scores, classroom observations and other measures.
Such an experimental system would deliver but a kilowatt of power, as a test.
One is whether it really does preserve the infection-control side of the immune system (which should be easy to test).
It was the first test of the CDC's stockpile system -- created in World War II's aftermath -- on the front lines of America's new war.
Citing sources close to the matter, the report notes that Microsoft will begin to test a new version of its operating system, Windows 7, tailored for tablets.
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Of the following four adjectives that might plausibly be applied to the snow leopard, the animal appropriated by Apple for the name of its latest operating system, which do you think test well with focus groups?
We do know that Microsoft has been working on IPTV stuff for years now (they already offer a set-top box-based system that's being test marketed by a handful of telcos around the world), so it wouldn't be a shock to see them try and leverage the Xbox 360 as a platform.
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