Sentence examples for consequential testing from inspiring English sources

Both "generative" and "consequential" testing as discussed in the previous section are strong evaluation procedures.

Nowhere is this more evident than in the pathetically small hope that consequential testing and competition -- among parents for entry into charter schools, among schools for students, and among teachers for pay increases -- can lead to substantial education improvement and be a solution to poverty.

If Barack Obama wins the Democratic nomination, Bendixen's claim will be put to an even more consequential test.

Results clearly indicate that blood lead levels of 5 10 μg/dL are consequential for test scores.

The consequential Bonferroni tests showed that increases in arm volume were greater in patients who received chemotherapy than in patients who did not receive chemotherapy.

Thus, to better understand how washback to the learner is generated in these EFL contexts, and to provide more comprehensive evidence for the consequential validity of the test, research into test preparation in such contexts is necessary.

Such modifications of behaviour would provide evidence of direct washback upon test preparation strategies, thereby providing evidence for the consequential validity of the test.

The study also explores counselling challenges following screening and some consequential considerations for future testing strategies; however these are not covered in the title.

Provision of such guidance is the responsibility of the test developers as part of their commitment to promoting positive washback and thus ensuring the consequential validity of the test.

Mr. Baker's main thesis is not exactly groundbreaking: that Mr. Bush and Mr. Cheney created the most influential White House partnership since Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger, and that, "for good or ill, theirs was a deeply consequential administration that would test a country and play out long after the two men at its center exited the public stage".

When focusing on the effects upon learning and teaching, evidence of washback must be sought and evaluated to make a claim about the consequential validity of the test.