Sentence examples for insistence on testing from inspiring English sources

Mr Balls, who was received by the heads in silence because of his insistence on testing 11-year-olds this term despite opposition, complained that it was not an "honest debate" because Mr Gove would not address the issue of where the Conservatives would cut spending.

Variety reports that the film-maker is not opposed to casting an unknown as he and studio Universal believe that the series "sells itself" and may struggle to secure a better known actor due to an insistence on screen tests for all candidates.

The reformers' insistence on test-based accountability and on parents' being able to choose where their children are educated is an attempt to break up old patterns that they believe encourage mediocrity.

I believe his signature "Race to the Top" program with its insistence on high-stakes testing and assessment-driven instruction is very destructive to education in the United States.

Landis's lawyers said that they were frustrated by USADA's insistence on having the samples tested at the French lab, which had tested Landis's initial samples from the Tour.

The other factor that apparently got the Soviets to back off from their earlier insistence on a ban on extensive testing of S.D.I. — testing that might violate the A.B.M. treaty — was that Congress had recently enacted (and Reagan had signed) a ban on such testing.

But their camps have never been able to agree a deal over a bout, with one stumbling block being Mayweather's insistence on a strict blood-testing programme during training.

The real assault on educational standards is the insistence on relying on standardized tests, usually in the form of multiple-choice tests, as the sole means of measuring student learning.

Mr. Mubarak's insistence on staying will again be tested by large street protests on Friday, which the demonstrators are calling his "day of departure," when they plan to march on the presidential palace.

She was seen as "unusually attached" to her infant, and her insistence on being present when tests were performed was interpreted as "eagerness to see pain inflicted".

In today's local media reports, Loftsson is quoted as saying that another hindrance to his fin whaling activities was Japan's insistence on outdated chemical analysis tests on the meat, even though it travels with a certificate.