on through standardized exams. Many students have stayed up for hours the night before, preparing and studying for these tests that will ultimately decide the future of their education. Students are forced to learn about how standardized tests are given, taking away time from teaching the curriculum they should be learning. Schools across the United States participate in standardized testing, whether it be national or state assessments. These tests, such as the American College Testing (ACT) and SAT…
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Standardized Testing: How it’s Affecting American Education The United States is falling lower in education ranks while other countries are climbing, and there is a potential contributing factor: excessive standardized testing. America is ranked 17th in science and 24th in math (reading was exempt due to a printing error) out of 57 other countries. (Wilde) Although the United States is in the middle of the group and not the lower end, as large and diverse as the country is, one would think that…
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Standardized tests have been implemented on students since the time of the Civil war, but are not proven to be beneficial to the students that take them. Students today take timed tests such as the ACT and SAT to determine where they will and will not be able to attend college. These tests help schools determine how well students are absorbing the material being taught and compare scores with other schools, but there are some issues that go along with them such as high amounts of pressure on young…
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The Standardized Testing Epidemic in America Today Standardized tests have commandeered the national education system in the United States. In the past 15 years, standardized tests have increased tenfold, and dictate which teachers keep their jobs, which colleges students can attend, and how much money schools and their districts are allocated. Standardized tests have cemented themselves as the one-size-fits-all evaluation and reflection of the quality of students, teachers, schools, and districts…
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students test scores in proficiency by 28%. It is extremely unfair to students with disabilities and students that do not speak English to take standardized test. The issue is controversial because the school system believes that the standardized test should be administered despite false and negative results. The issue is relevant because standardized testing does not fairly cover each individual type of disability nor is it concerned with how many years of the English language a student has been exposed…
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Robert James 1 December 2014 Engl 101.2132 Essay 3: Research Argument Standardized Testing Gets an ‘F’ Standardized testing seems pretty harmless. Straightforward, inexpensive, neat, fair. But students have grown so accustomed to taking multiple-choice tests to prove themselves that people don’t bother to question the tests’ validity. In truth, these tests are meritocratic tools that affect us all, from the day we enter kindergarten to when we might apply for college or a job. It is even a pervasive…
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Megan Shaw Mrs. Stephanie Wood English IV 9 October 2013 Improving Educational Achievement Standardized testing is meant to evaluate how well students are learning in their schools, and how well their schools are preparing them for graduation and careers after high school, but without the right kinds of tests, and a thorough understanding of their proper uses, we may do more harm than good to public education in America.Some students have test anxiety, some have certain learning disabilities…
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Reflection Summary QNT351 July 27, 2015 Lance Milner Reflection Summary Introduction In this summary, Team A discusses the steps in testing a research hypothesis, how to compare the means between two or more groups, how to calculate the correlation between two variables, as well as discussing the topics struggled with and how these topics relate in our field of work. The concepts covered in this discussion are the basic core of statistics and thus, are ones it is crucial to understand and…
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weeks of the course has prompted me to initiate new policies in testing administration together with training workshops for teachers in my division. The aims are to work toward better quality test practice: using tests for reflection on students’ progress rather than failing or passing students and improving the present test giving practice in weak areas such as validity, reliability, wash back. My reflection on the three testing models is that we should move from the model with mid-term plus final…
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& Wishengrad, 1977), and with gifted students (Torrance, 1984). Mentoring programs throughout most schools has traditionally focused on the at-risk student population placed at the alternative centers, but with the current change in Texas standardized testing from Texas Academic and knowledge Test (TAKS) to State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR), the focus must change. In fact, there should be no focus but rather encompass all students. The support of a mentor can make a difference…
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