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Big Changes in How Students are Tested [PDF]
For the past decade, school accountability has relied on tests for which the essential format has remained unchanged. Educators are familiar with the yearly testing routine: schools are given curriculum frameworks, teachers use the frameworks to guide ...
Bintanja, Richard +7 more
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Proficiency Testing Matters [PDF]
Far too many laboratories consider proficiency testing just a necessary evil, little more than periodic pass–fail exercises we perform solely to meet regulatory requirements. In addition, too many of us belittle point-of-care (POC)2 testing as a passing fad, a technology so inferior to what we use in our own laboratories that it hardly warrants our ...
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Scoring the sum of correlated results in analytical proficiency testing [PDF]
In proficiency tests the participants' results are usually converted into scores. In some schemes the participants are required to report the sum of the concentrations of a number of analytes and this total also is converted into a score.
Michael Thompson, Thompson
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Regular proficiency testing of forensic examiners is required at accredited laboratories and widely accepted as an important component of a functioning quality assurance program.
Robin Mejia +2 more
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An Assessment of the Utilization of Diagnostic Parasitology Laboratory Services in Ontario
OBJECTIVE: Diagnostic parasitology services in Ontario were assessed to determine whether the reduction in the number of provider laboratories from 209 to 70 over the period 1977 to 1994 has affected the availability and quality of service.
Harold Richardson +5 more
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PROCORAD’s international proficiency testing for radio-bioassays [PDF]
In France, the Clinical Biochemistry Laboratories (CBL) are in charge of the monitoring of nuclear workers. These laboratories must be accredited and have ministerial certification. The accreditation of radiobioassay analyses requires
Fottorino R., Ruffin M., Bérard Ph.
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The use of ICT in the assessment of modern languages: the English context and European viewpoints [PDF]
The ever increasing explosion of highly attractive multimedia resources on offer has boosted the use of information and communication technology (ICT) in the teaching and learning of modern languages.
Aitchison J. +12 more
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External Quality Assessment of Transporting Infectious Substances in Canada
OBJECTIVE: To determine the degree of compliance with Transport Canada’s Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations for transporting infectious substances in Canada.
Shelley M Tiffin, Michael A Noble
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Interlaboratory proficiency testing of tensile and flexural testing for cellulose based transformed board material [PDF]
Optimum safety and reliability can be achieved by coordinating an interlaboratory proficiency testing among different laboratories. Testing laboratories need to verify their test procedures and testing capability for reliable results.
Aydemir B., Fank S.
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Preparation and application of proficiency testing sample of carbofuran and dimethomorph in Chili
ObjectiveTo prepare a vegetable matrix reference material with pesticide residues and organize a proficiency testing to assess the performance of domestic laboratories on the quantification of pesticide residues.MethodsThrough simulated field planting ...
QIU Xinlei +8 more
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