Sentence examples for standardize state from inspiring English sources
To that end, representatives from 39 states formed the Streamlined Sales Tax Project last year, seeking to simplify and standardize state tax codes as well as sponsor an online system for calculating and filing sales taxes.
"It's an interesting twist," said Professor Schwab, noting that most attempts to standardize state compensation practices are the work of insurance companies and other business interests, trying to limit payouts.
The UPC is an act drafted by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws to standardize state laws governing wills and other matters related to estates.
On the 2007 standardized state exams, 84percentt of fourth-graders met standards in English while 95percentt did so in math.
There is a way to maintain standardized state testing -- necessary as an objective measure of student performance -- and to keep teachers reaching toward their "Mr. Chips" potential, too.
The principal, Laura Taliaferro, said that even if 90percentt of her students passed a standardized state test, "I would not get one-tenth of the coverage we got from winning a football game".
"I did all the standardized state testing just so they could make sure I wasn't stupid".
Standardized state social studies and history assessments have already been canceled for the fifth and eighth grades and may become optional in high school.
Petition supporters cited years of chronically poor academic performance at the school, where more than half of the students fail standardized state tests in math or reading.
These board members are responsible for monitoring the state's public school system, providing leadership and guidance to local school district boards, and standardizing state-wide curricula (though local school district boards and teachers themselves will develop most curricula).
This student's pre-test and standardized state-level test scores were much lower than those of the other students, which may explain why the student had a significantly higher number of challenges initially.
