Reduction in Student Testing Sample Clauses

The 'Reduction in Student Testing' clause limits the frequency or amount of standardized or formal assessments administered to students within an educational program or institution. Typically, this clause sets a maximum number of tests per term or restricts testing to certain subjects or grade levels, ensuring that students are not overburdened by excessive evaluations. Its core function is to protect students' instructional time and well-being by preventing unnecessary or redundant testing, thereby promoting a more balanced and effective learning environment.
Reduction in Student Testing. The District and the CTU are committed to reducing the amount of instructional time used to test and for test preparation. Beginning in the 2019-2020 school year, at a minimum the following assessments will be eliminated: Conditions for Learning Survey Winter administration, Pro-Core, science and social studies assessments, encore assessments used for SLO’s, STAR, CAP science and social studies assessments, grade 1 and 2 state writing diagnostics, and spring administration of the NWEA except for grades 2 and 3 which shall administer the reading NWEA assessment in May. Should a teacher outside of grades 2 or 3 choose to administer the spring NWEA assessments, that option shall be available. By July 1, 2019, CTU and CMSD will work collaboratively to reduce the length of Conditions for Learning Surveys, while maintaining validity. A District approved menu of aligned vendor progress monitoring tools will be made available for school to select and incorporate into their Academic Achievement Plan. If a school elects to include such assessments, language in the AAP shall include which grade levels/subject areas are affected, how the assessment tools will be used and whether the benchmark assessment are required. The CTU may provide any feedback about test scheduling to be considered for the coming school year via existing district–union committees (e.g. the Calendar Committee, TDES Steering Committee, Third Grade Guarantee committee, Humanware committee, etc.) through the end of the first month of school. Additionally, CTU may provide any feedback for testing calendars for future years through these same existing committees by February 1. The feedback will go to the Academic Department for overall consideration into the testing calendar. Effective with the 2020- 21 school year, the District will annually, no later than May 1, make available the testing calendar, the purpose of and time required for each test, and statutory requirements related to testing for the purposes of review and feedback.
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Reduction in Student Testing. The district and the CTU are committed to reducing the amount of instructional time used to test and for test preparation. For the 2017-2018 school year, at a minimum the following assessments will be eliminated: Conditions for Learning Survey Winter administration and one (1) K-3 vendor assessment. These reductions will be enforced provided no changes occur that prevent implementation (e.g., assessment removed from state approved vendor list, changes to law through ESSA, etc.). Effective with the 2017-18 school year, the district will annually, no later than July 31, make available the testing calendar, the purpose of and time required for each test, and statutory requirements related to testing for the purposes of review and feedback. The CTU may provide any feedback about test scheduling to be considered for the coming school year via existing district union committees (e.g., the Calendar Committee, SGM sub- committee, Third Grade Guarantee committee, Humanware committee, etc.) through the end of the first month of school. Additionally, CTU may provide any feedback for testing calendars for future years through these same existing committees by April 1. The feedback will go to the Academic Department for overall consideration into the testing calendar. All visits to the schools, including visits by parents, community members, State or Federal representatives, District-employed consultants and District employees, are to abide by the following guidelines: A. Visitors may include the following:
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Reduction in Student Testing. The District and the CTU are committed to reducing the amount of instructional time used to test and for test preparation. For the 2017-2018 school year, at a minimum the following assessments will be eliminated: Conditions for Learning Survey Winter administration and one (1) K-3 vendor assessment. These reductions will be enforced provided no changes occur that prevent implementation (e.g., assessment removed from state approved vendor list, changes to law through ESSA, etc.). Effective with the 2017-18 school year, the District will annually, no later than July 31, make available the testing calendar, the purpose of and time required for each test, and statutory requirements related to testing for the purposes of review and feedback. The CTU may provide any feedback about test scheduling to be considered for the coming school year via existing district union committees (e.g., the Calendar Committee, SGM sub-committee, Third Grade Guarantee committee, HumanWare committee, etc.) through the end of the first month of school. Additionally, CTU may provide any feedback for testing calendars for future years through these same existing committees by April 1. The feedback will go to the Academic Department for overall consideration into the testing calendar.
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  • Post-Accident Testing a. The City may require a Covered Employee who caused, or may have caused, an Accident, based on information known at the time of the Accident, to submit to drug and/or alcohol testing. b. Following an Accident, all Covered Employees subject to testing shall remain readily available for testing. A Covered Employee may be deemed to have refused to submit to substance abuse testing if the employee fails to remain readily available, including failing to notify a supervisor (or designee) of the Accident location, or leaving the scene of the Accident prior to submitting to testing. c. Nothing in this section shall delay medical attention for the injured following an Accident or prohibit an employee from leaving the scene of an Accident for the period necessary to obtain assistance in responding to the Accident or to obtain necessary emergency medical care. d. If the City requires a Covered Employee to be tested post-Accident, then the employee may ask for representation. Representation may include, but is not limited to, union representatives and shop stewards. If the employee requests representation, the City shall allow a reasonable amount of time from the time the employee is notified that the employee will be tested (a maximum of one hour) for the employee to obtain representation provided that the union representative meet the employee at the Accident site, work location or testing center as determined by the City. Such request shall not delay the administration of the tests for more than one hour from the time the employee is notified that the employee will be tested. e. As soon as reasonably possible after the occurrence of an Accident, the supervisor or other City representative at the Accident scene shall make best efforts to contact the Department of Human Resources (DHR) or designee, and DHR or designee shall then make best efforts to telephone the union(s) first designated representative on file with DHR representing the Covered Employee(s) involved in the Accident. If the first designated representative does not answer, DHR or designee shall leave a voice mail message notifying the union of the Accident and telephone the union(s) second designated representative on file with DHR. For purposes of this paragraph, a designated representative shall be any union officer or employee whose telephone number is on file with DHR for the purpose of Accident review. The union may change the designated representative, in writing, as necessary from time to time, but it is the sole responsibility of the union to ensure that a current telephone number (with voice mail capability) for two designated representatives are on file with DHR.

  • REDUCTION IN STAFF A. If the Board shall determine that it is necessary to decrease the number of tenured faculty employed by the Board or to discontinue or reduce some particular type of teaching service or program, written notice of honorable dismissal and the reason for dismissal shall be given to all affected faculty members and the Union by personal service or by certified mail, and as required by law. In such instances, the Board shall first terminate non-tenured faculty members who are in the affected areas(s) prior to terminating any tenured faculty so involved. If feasible, prior to the Board taking action to honorably dismiss a tenured faculty member, the appropriate Vice President or designee and ▇▇▇▇ shall meet with the affected faculty member and his/her Union representative to provide notice of the recommended reduction action. B. If tenured faculty must be affected, all such honorable dismissals shall be in inverse order to the number of years of continuous full-time service to the College as a faculty member. A list called the “Seniority List for Reduction in Staff” shall be compiled and posted annually on the Intranet by February 1 of each year by the administration. Such list shall show the number of years of continuous service for each tenured faculty position by academic discipline and the rank of each tenured faculty member. The use of the “Seniority List for Reduction in Staff” shall be strictly limited in that it shall only be appropriate and applicable to matters pertaining to reduction in staff. Periods of leaves of absence shall not be deemed to interrupt continuous service, but any period of leave for which advancement on the salary schedule is not granted shall not be included in the years of service. Tenured faculty members on leave of absence at the time a reduction of staff is effectuated shall be treated no differently than other faculty members. If the number of years of service are the same, the selecting of the tenured faculty member(s) to be affected shall be within the discretion of the Board. Should a faculty member desire to be listed as qualified to teach in a discipline/department outside of his/her primary discipline for purposes of the annual “Seniority List for Reduction in Staff”, he/she shall submit a written request as set forth in Article 39 of this Agreement by November 1 of each academic year to the appropriate division ▇▇▇▇. The division ▇▇▇▇ has thirty (30) calendar days from receipt of the faculty member’s request to determine whether the faculty member meets the minimum qualifications for placement on the “Seniority List for Reduction in Staff” and to notify the faculty member accordingly. If the division ▇▇▇▇ denies the faculty member’s request, a reason shall be provided to the faculty member in writing. The faculty member has ten (10) calendar days to request review of the denial by the Vice President for Educational Affairs, who will make the College’s final determination as described in Article 39 of the Agreement. The final determination shall be issued within ten (10) calendar days from receipt of the faculty member’s request. If deemed qualified for another academic discipline/department, the faculty member’s placement will be effective with the College’s next posting of the “Seniority List for Reduction in Staff”. If a reduction in staff is deemed necessary, the College will rely upon the most current “Seniority List for Reduction in Staff” for purposes of determining a faculty member’s qualifications to teach at the time the reduction is effectuated. The timelines included herein may be extended by mutual agreement of the Union and the College. C. Tenured faculty members in an affected teaching service or program shall not be released if part-time and/or overload assignments in the affected area are being maintained which would constitute a full-time load for which the released faculty member is fully qualified to teach and which can be reasonably scheduled. If the Board shall determine to restore an affected teaching service or program which necessitates an increase in full-time faculty (i.e., when course offerings, enrollments, or student needs for at least one academic year are sufficient in the affected area so as to justify the employment of a full-time faculty member) or to restore individual faculty positions in any affected area, prior to the beginning of the third academic year following the year the faculty member(s) was honorably dismissed, the Union shall be notified. Such added position(s) shall be first offered to qualified faculty member(s) released in inverse-order to the order of honorable dismissal. Such offer shall be sent by certified mail to the faculty member's last known mailing address. If the notified faculty member(s) accepts the restored position(s), there will be no loss in tenure status. If the faculty member does not respond affirmatively by certified mail within ten (10) calendar days of receipt of such offer of reemployment, the Board's obligations hereunder shall be terminated. D. In situations where a faculty member is hired in one department and subsequently moved or deemed qualified to teach in another department, the faculty member will be listed in both departments provided they are qualified to teach pursuant to Article 39.

  • Independent Testing Owner shall furnish independent tests, inspections and reports required by law, the Contract Documents or deemed appropriate by the Owner, such as structural, mechanical, and chemical tests, tests for air and water pollution, and tests for hazardous materials to be conducted by consultants retained by the Owner.

  • ODUF Testing 6.6.1 Upon request from TWTC, AT&T shall send ODUF test files to TWTC. The Parties agree to review and discuss the ODUF file content and/or format. For testing of usage results, AT&T shall request that TWTC set up a production (live) file. The live test may consist of TWTC’s employees making test calls for the types of services TWTC requests on ODUF. These test calls are logged by TWTC, and the logs are provided to AT&T. These logs will be used to verify the files. Testing will be completed within thirty (30) days from the date on which the initial test file was sent.

  • Random Testing Notwithstanding any provisions of the Collective Agreement or any special agreements appended thereto, section 4.6 of the Canadian Model will not be applied by agreement. If applied to a worker dispatched by the Union, it will be applied or deemed to be applied unilaterally by the Employer. The Union retains the right to grieve the legality of any imposition of random testing in accordance with the Grievance Procedure set out in this Collective Agreement.