Sentence examples for proficiency standards for from inspiring English sources

(The N.R.A.'s lobbying arm opposes minimum training and proficiency standards for carry permits, calling them "needless mandates," and it has successfully spurred some states to eliminate them).

On the New York State English Language Arts Assessment Tests for 2008-09, the latest year for which figures were available, 75 percent of students in Grades 5, 6 and 7 at Haverstraw Middle School met or exceeded proficiency standards for English Language Arts, and 89 percent met standards for math, compared with an average of 80 percent statewide and 90 percent respectively.

Where are the proficiency standards for non-native speakers localized on a native speakers' scale?

Where are the proficiency standards for non-native speakers localized on a native speakers' scale?    .

They were (a) the initiation of benchmark qualifications for all teachers of English, and (b) the specification of minimum language proficiency standards for teachers to attain professional qualification.

These results substantially contribute to the validation as well as localization of proficiency standards for non-native speakers on a global scale.

It announced waivers for states with schools falling short of the proficiency standards of the 2002 No Child Left Behind education law — a move that prompted some senators to compromise on an alternative rewrite of the law.

"We have changed proficiency standards 21 times in the last six years," Jackie Pons, the schools superintendent for Leon County, Fla., said.

The bill provides for stringent sanctions against schools that don't meet proficiency standards.

They also called for measuring educational progress by considering the individual records of students, not just the total number of students meeting proficiency standards.

The administration also will give money to states like Massachusetts that have rigorous proficiency standards.