Although guidelines in Japan acknowledge language proficiency as a problem for disaster support and mitigation planning, it is not clear how proficiency in a local language, or lack thereof, affects disaster information-gathering behavior and how this should be addressed in disaster prevention planning.
On Wednesday, State Department spokesperson Mark Toner revealed at a press conference that the hotline was staffed by State employees working as volunteers, and acknowledged that their language proficiencies were not "properly vetted".
In their analysis of VR-based training for laparoscopic surgery, Sinitsky et al. [ 19] acknowledged that the science of setting proficiency levels is still ill-defined, describing it as "the most pressing issue".
While the new computerized framework makes it difficult to directly compare results to the past, Buckley acknowledged, "there was not a lot of difference in levels of proficiency" from 2007, when the most immediate prior writing assessment was administered.
While not always explicitly acknowledged, and not a part of classical test theory, tests of aptitude or proficiency are composed of items differing in difficulty, with the easier items generally at the beginning of a test.
Chancellor Harold O. Levy acknowledged that the results were "a mixed bag," especially considering that more than half of the 300,000 students who took the citywide reading tests in April failed to show proficiency in state and city standards.
The CREDO study acknowledged this fact in its finding that the traditional public schools it looked at served four and a half times as many students with Limited English Proficiency and one and a half times as many special-needs students as did the charter schools.
Although, it is also acknowledged that service provider training and supporting clinicians to promote high quality patient interactions for patients who have varying levels of education, health literacy and English proficiency are keys areas requiring further attention [ 56].
And now, to become licensed physicians, medical students must pass a "clinical skills" exam assessing, among other proficiencies, how well they acknowledge patient concerns, ask about feelings and show empathy.
Finally, while the questionnaire largely investigated clinical skills whilst on clinical placements, we acknowledge that many other skills beyond psychomotor proficiencies are offered to students during placements, such as attitudes, values and professional socialisation.
Republicans acknowledge that Democrats may reap some residual benefit from Mr. Obama's 2008 proficiency at finding and mobilizing new voters.
