Obama's -- and the Education Department's -- claim that NCLB will diminish teaching to the test because it will allow states to develop their own school accountability systems that measure students' growth, instead of the raw proficiency scores.
For faculty members, clinical ability diminishes as teaching experience increases, leading to the possibility that faculty members may lose confidence in their ability to conduct patient care.
The reliance on tests that are easily obtained but expensive has diminished the teaching of these fundamental skills to medical students and residents.
"Noise pollution contributes not only to cardiovascular disease, but also to hearing loss, sleep disruption, social handicaps, diminished productivity, impaired teaching and learning, absenteeism, increased drug use, and accidents," says physician Louis Hagler, who coauthored a review on noise pollution in the March 2007 Southern Medical Journal.
A test that is closely geared to real professional situations, in respect of content and type of work, could diminish the theory practice gap: "teaching to the test" would, at the same time, be regarded as "teaching to the job".
Even now, her mobility diminishing, Hine is still teaching those around her.
The literature on public health education in developing countries in Africa cites similar challenges: faculty shortages, low morale, retention issues, inadequate physical infrastructure, and variable commitment of the faculty, which diminishes their effectiveness in teaching [ 28, 29].
"We have heard from many support groups around special education students that they want their children to have access to high-quality standards and not have their education diminished in some regard by teaching to lower standards".
The levels of trust and openness that are necessary for teaching are diminished every time someone opens fire in a classroom.
