Now, in my home state of Arizona, the legislature has ended tenure for teachers, and next year will begin rating them based on test scores.
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The results, based on test performances of samples of 9, 13 and 17 year olds, suggest that apart from maths, average school standards have not risen since the early 1990s.
There was also strong opposition to a number of other proposals, including whole-school performance bonuses based on test and exam results (76% disagreed with this) and the "fast-tracking" of bright graduates onto higher salaries (54% were opposed).
There are certainly people who fall into different camps on certain issues, for example people who want to use pay for performance based on test scores, school-choice advocates, people who think reading should be taught by using phonics, people who think there should be no homework, and on and on and on.
Battery life based on MobileMark test scores that will vary based on configuration.
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In the RetailWire discussion based on the test expansion, opinions on the wisdom of the plan were mixed.
In February, state officials reached an agreement with the union that allows up to 40% of a teacher's rating to be based on student test scores and 60% on other measures, such as classroom observations and, potentially, student and parent surveys.
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District officials said teachers can't be fired simply because of a low rating based on student test scores.
The RVP is based on a test that measures vapor pressure of the gasoline blend at 100 degrees F.
The teacher rankings were based on student test scores that were adjusted for factors such as absenteeism, poverty, race and class size.
"You saw in the beginning of testing that Ferrari were quite dominant but based on this test the teams are all pretty close, " Brawn said.
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He has become a right-wing hero by demonizing teachers, lambasting unions, challenging tenure rights and introducing a crude teacher-evaluation process based on student test scores.
Perhaps because they secured admittance to Stuyvesant based on a test, Stuyvesant students think that passing tests, by whatever means necessary, is their ticket to lifelong glory.
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Crump claims it will run glitch-free for 3, 000 hours--a sixfold improvement over the original Genisys--based on a test involving 22 machines running round the clock for two years.
"You can get different risks based on this test versus a similar test done by one of their competitors because they're looking at different risk markers and using different risk algorithms, " Faucett said.
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Post-campaign brand lift metrics were based on generally accepted test versus control methods.
Sunspider results, on the other hand, were a bit inconclusive as we were consistently unable (try though we did) to successfully run that browser-based test on the Mate and D2.
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Further, if the rubric is to be based on this "test of consequence, " then it creates a real temptation to any administration so inclined to "create" consequences that will justify a change in America's free speech rights.
Opened in 2005 but still often overlooked is the fascinating National Atomic Testing Museum, a Smithsonian Institution affiliate, historically based on the Nevada Test Site, just 65 miles away, where countless nukes were detonated in the name of science.
The researchers said a test based on the chemicals would help doctors prioritise the sickest children.
The third was a multi-parametric mechanical test based on five different mechanical parameters linked to the voltage of the wire.
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Prometheus bought the patents and developed a successful test based on it.
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Meanwhile, as colleges seek more prestige and higher rankings, many are emphasizing scholarships based on high grades and test scores, not financial need.
This kind of financial aid is called academic merit aid, and few colleges offer it based just on grades and test scores alone.
Thirty three states have laws to measure teacher performance though most rely on test based systems in large part because they are cheaper.
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To qualify for federal funding, the state is forcing the city and other school districts to judge teacher performance based in part on student test scores.
But union leaders worry that in New York, where teacher evaluations are based in part on student test results, teachers will be blamed for low scores.
So an affluence test based on the woman's income alone could, for example, catch a civil servant but let off the wife of a merchant banker.
The few women who are likely to have BRCA1 are also likely to know they may have BRCA1 based on the oldest genetic test of all: a strong family history of cancer.
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