Sentence examples for more rigorous states from inspiring English sources

California is often cited as one of the more rigorous states in overseeing doctors.

AUGUST 2011 With new, more rigorous state tests, city scores rise slightly.

Faced with roughly $5.4 billion less in state financing, districts this year will administer new, more rigorous state exams called the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, or Staar.

The report noted that a disproportionately high number of students at small high schools might have difficulty satisfying requirements for the more rigorous state Regents diplomas that will soon be required.

To qualify for the bonus, a teacher must be certified under a series of national standards that are more rigorous than the state's standards.

But the scores are attributable to many things, including smaller class size, a more rigorous curriculum and a state program that pays schools a bonus for higher scores.

As delirium is a waxing and waning state, more rigorous CAM-ICU assessments may have identified more delirium, affecting the outcome observed.

While the federal government and some states ponder more rigorous gun control laws after the shootings at a Connecticut elementary school, some Texas legislators have taken the opposite approach.

In a 2010 review, the right-leaning Fordham Institute found the Common Core standards clearer and more rigorous than the standards in 37 states in English and 39 states in math.

Nor did it delay the planned 2011-12 roflouthef the state's more rigorous Staar exams.

Students in New York City's private schools improved their scores sharply this year on the state's more rigorous fourth-grade reading and writing test, with 52percentt passing, compared with 43percentt last year, education officials said yesterday.