Sentence examples for the rising test from inspiring English sources

"At least Mayor Bloomberg had the decency to give teachers credit for the rising test scores," she said.

There is everything to celebrate about the rising test scores of Hispanic students in English-speaking classrooms in California (front page, Aug. 20).

Mr. Bush has made education a centerpiece of his campaign, regularly boasting about the rising test scores in his state, including among black and Hispanic students, as he portrays Texas as a national leader.

In its campaign to extend the mayor's school control law, which the State Senate is expected to take up this week, the Bloomberg administration has used the rising test scores as evidence of improved teaching and learning under its direction.

But in spite of the progress, the school's scores on California state exams, used for compliance with the federal law, are increasing not nearly fast enough to allow the school to keep up with the rising test benchmarks.

The rising test scores highlight a year of ambitious change at Newton that has succeeded in restoring pride and hope to a beleaguered school, one that had been worn down by academic setbacks and buffeted by street violence just outside its doors.

Likewise, high levels of lifetime physical activity have a positive impact on cardiorespiratory fitness, which is required to successfully complete the chair rising test.

The "chair rising" test, a timed test of five repetitions of rising from a chair (arms folded across the chest) and sitting down, is used to measure lower body strength [ 54].

The range of reasons provided, however, was more diverse for the standing balance and chair rising tests than grip strength, with respiratory diseases limiting some participant's ability to perform the chair rising test and symptoms such as dizziness and unsteadiness affecting ability to perform the balance test.

This could be due to the fact that the types of leisure-time physical activity that NSHD study participants undertake are beneficial for lower body strength and power, essential components of good performance in the chair rising test.

He ticks off positive indicators: rising median incomes, falling numbers of the uninsured and rising test scores.