Sentence examples for competency exam from inspiring English sources

"For those kids who are struggling, and might have passed a Regents competency exam, this is more challenging".

Special education students are not required to pass the Regents exam to graduate; they may take a less stringent competency exam.

Working behind the scenes, she convinced her colleagues to ask for a competency exam for the boys, in order to avert a messy trial.

And I think right now I'm for teacher competency exam -- examinations for teachers whether they're new teachers, but more importantly teachers that have been in the system for some time.

A Queens man charged with attacking and robbing a family in Mount Hebron Cemetery in Flushing on Sunday was ordered to undergo a competency exam before returning to Criminal Court on July 16, prosecutors said yesterday.

All high school students who entered the ninth grade in the fall of 1996 are required to pass the English Regents exam -- not just a competency exam in that subject -- before they can graduate.

Most states that require competency exams have loopholes allowing teachers who fail the exams to enter the classroom anyway.

Some colleges are generous about accepting coursework or competency exams; others will make you retake core requirements.

The states have simply reclassified inadequate teachers as well qualified, without demanding that they pass competency exams in the fields they teach.

Lee Lawless, the federal public defender based in St . Louis who has visited the prison a number of times to meet with a clients with mental health problems, said the prison coached inmates on how to pass competency exams.

Captains must undergo rigorous physical exams every six months and competency exams annually.