Sentence examples for drop the test from inspiring English sources

State education officials want to drop the test this year while they create an exam for next year that they say will better reflect the state's curriculum standards.

Plans to revise the SAT were announced in 2002, the year after the University of California president, Richard Atkinson, threatened to drop the test as an admission requirement.

One month later, the Board of Regents of the University of California is scheduled to vote on a plan to drop the test altogether in favor of an exam more closely related to what students learn in high school.

When the state decided to drop the test-extension plans, Mr. Tompkins told The Daily News that the department should have consulted the principals before making a change: "That is our normal protocol.

But at least two have taken the practically unheard-of step of dropping the test: the Mandell School and the Calhoun School, both on the Upper West Side.

Because MCAT scores are used by U.S. News and World Report and others to rank schools, the most competitive ones fear dropping the test, admissions officials said.

In general, a school that drops the test requirement enjoys a surge of applications that allows it to remain highly selective, while attracting a stronger, more diverse student body.

The Army Chemical Corps dropped the test chemical zinc cadmium sulfide out of planes, and sprayed it from boats.

The government dropped the tests for 14-year-olds and found someone else to mark the others.

Its stated rationale for dropping the PSA test was simple and tragic.

Finally, in 1999, the Olympic committee and other federations dropped the chromosome testing, reserving the right to test an athlete's sex if it was questioned.