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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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.
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.
Thanks to the actions of this Congress last year, we will soon have for the very first time a voluntary national test based on national standards in fourth grade reading and eighth grade math.
DeCode (nasdaq: DCGN - news - people ), which is collaborating with Swiss drug and diagnostic firm Roche Holding (otc: RHHBY - news - people ), hopes to have a test based on the finding available as soon as next year at reference laboratories.
Battery life based on MobileMark test scores that will vary based on configuration.
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Test results based on independent third party Mobile Mark tests.
Battery life based on Battery Mark test scores that will vary based on configuration.
In the RetailWire discussion based on the test expansion, opinions on the wisdom of the plan were mixed.
And test predictions are based on studies of small, mainly white, American populations.
Ms Rose accused the school of applying a test "not based on faith but wholly or partly on ethnic origins".
Students' test scores are based on their precise age, because even a month can make a difference in the development of young children.
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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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BOSI, a personality test for entrepreneurs based on 10 simple multiple-choice questions, puts participating entrepreneurs into one of four personality types, and then warns them of the potential pitfalls of each.
On the other hand, the test of a policy based on realism is whether it delivers results, and engagement on its own, as Mr Bush discovered in his chastened second term, seldom alters the behaviour of regimes that think they are acting rationally in their own vital interests.
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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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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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.
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.
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