Tag: Testing

More affordable Bajaj e-scooter spotted testing

Loknath Das

Bajaj was one of the first major manufacturers to enter the electric two-wheeler space in India with its Chetak e-scooter. But in its Premium variant, the Chetak costs a considerable Rs 1.87 lakh (ex-showroom, Pune, before subsidies). Even after the FAME-II and state subsidies, it will set you back by around Rs 1.23 lakh (on-road, Pune), which is a fairly significant amount of money for a vehicle that essentially only provides short-distance urban transportation. The company appears to be aware of this and is working on a more affordable e-scooter…

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OnePlus Left Behind a Testing App on Its Devices With Backdoor to Root Access: Report

Loknath Das

HIGHLIGHTS OnePlus reportedly installs a diagnostic app on its devices The company is looking into it, co-founder Pei said OnePlus 3, 3T, and 5 reportedly install the backdoor app OnePlus has landed in soup again just a few days ahead of the launch of its much-anticipated OnePlus 5T smartphone. The Chinese company has been found to leave behind an app on its recent devices that can act as a backdoor capable of providing root access without unlocking. For end users, this essentially means that some OnePlus smartphones can be easily rooted without…

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R.I. education chief emphasizes return to teaching, not testing

Loknath Das

This fall, 20 principals will partner with Hasbro and the National Institute for School Leadership to deepen their leadership abilities. Later, Rhode Island superintendents will engage in a similar training program with CVS and the state Department of Education. PROVIDENCE, R.I. — As Rhode Island Education Commissioner Ken Wagner enters his third year he discussed some of his priorities for the coming school year. Shared leadership Wagner said his predecessor, Deborah A. Gist, had done a lot of great work around setting high academic standards and creating tests to measure…

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2019 BMW X4 spotted during testing

Loknath Das

BMW looks set to update its X4 crossover and ahead of the major update this mid-level model has been spotted doing the rounds in Europe. There aren’t expected to be many changes to the looks but it will be underpinned by a new platform that it will share with the next generation X3. Our images indicate a swirly camouflage but not over bits like the kidney grille, head lamps and lights. This pattern likely indicates that there will be some changes to the bumpers and probably the doors but this…

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‘Don’t get me started about the testing’: Teachers reveal how education has changed over the past 20 years

Loknath Das

Across the US, thousands of college graduates are taking the final steps in their education. A lot has happened since they were born in the mid-1990s, and perhaps no one has seen the effects of those changes on future generations than teachers. Business Insider spoke with a handful of elementary, middle, and high school teachers to get a sense of just how much the US education system has evolved over the past 20 years.     [“source-ndtv”]

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Testing and Assessment in Norway

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In order to learn about what’s happened with testing and assessment in Norway in recent years, we had a conversation with Sverre Tveit. Tveit is a Ph.D. candidate at the Department of Education at the University of Oslo. He will join the University of Agder in southern Norway as University Lecturer in August. In addition to his comparative research related to assessment policy, Tveit has also worked on education and assessment issues at the municipal level (the equivalent of the district level in the US) and was a board member…

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