Sentence examples for tests of student from inspiring English sources

Before the Supreme Court's decision, about 5percentt of the nation's public school districts conducted drug tests of student athletes -- a practice that the court upheld in 1995.

Dr. King said the move to longer testing times was part of the state's efforts to fine-tune tests of student performance.

As long as we allow each state to design tests of student achievement, we will never be able to accurately determine how students in each state are really performing.

The Government Accountability Office's investigation of for-profit colleges and coverage of it by this newspaper ("Commercial Colleges Took Bogus High School Credentials, a U.S. Inquiry Finds," news article, Nov. 23) said most proprietary universities that were investigated failed the G.A.O.'s tests of student entrance standards and academic rigor.

He has offered to make available exemplary national tests of student achievement in fourth-grade reading and eighth-grade mathematics.

"This case will tell us if the school principal has any discretion whatsoever in ordering drug tests of students," said Mr. Yaple of the New Jersey School Boards Association.

Requiring drug tests of students who want to participate in extracurricular sports does not violate search and seizure protections in the state constitution, the state Court of Appeals ruled.

The city has begun to audit those exams, and the state has changed a policy that had required teachers to re-grade Regents tests of students who came close to passing.

The achievement tests of students from Level 2 and Bridge were chosen for data collection, as these tests included three different speaking tasks, versus other levels at the IEP that only included two speaking tasks.

The issue of testing students for drug use has been hotly debated around the country since 1995, when the United States Supreme Court upheld the testing of student athletes.

In debates here over teacher evaluation and the testing of student skills, what has been lost is the question of the very substance of education.