Sentence examples for down the tests from inspiring English sources
We had to dumb down the tests so that teachers could pass".
Britain, France and the Czech Republic were among countries that had fought hardest to water down the tests, Mr. Haverkamp said.
Anderson's report is significant because he has clearly laid down the tests the government will have to pass when it drafts legislation this summer to build the next stage of the surveillance state.
The catch was that state education officials were able to dumb down the tests so that schools which ought to have earned a "failing" grade did not do so.
The timing, and perhaps the fate, of Europe's single currency hung in the balance, with Mr Jospin seeking to water down the tests for membership and Germany's Helmut Kohl proposing a plan to revalue German gold reserves in order to be euro-worthy.
We were told to double down on the tests and double down on the data.
The officials appeared to play down the test, in part because they fear it will fail.
He is breaking down the test data into "itty-bitty pieces" to see what kinds of questions stumped students and which children need the most help.
Similarly, deciding whether a CT scan is really needed may not be so simple; a woman who turns down the test may forfeit important diagnostic information.
Coincidentally, barely a month ago, the conservative majority of the Supreme Court narrowly overruled that holding, saying that disparate impact was not alone sufficient to strike down the test – and that it was "racism" against the white firefighters who did pass the test.
The purpose of this paper is to optimize test set and test sequence so as to cut down the test cost while keeping the required, not necessarily the highest, FIR (Fault Isolation Rate) satisfied.
