Research Paper On Standardized Testing
Jacob Benavente
English 3311.252
Midterm Assignment
Dr. Octavio Pimentel
February 25, 2016
NOTE: Some citations have not been added. I will add those in the end. Conclusion is not there either. I would appreciate as much feedback on this paper as possible. Thank you.
Standardized Testing Testing has changed in many ways since it first appeared with the beginning of public education led by Horace Mann in the 1800s. Horace Mann created, what we call standardized today, to measure progress, student achievement, and growth in students. It was created as an equalizer to help administrators and teachers focus on the weaknesses of their students. Today, it is used as a tool of segregation used to separate, not only by intelligence, but by socioeconomic …show more content…
Bush’s education reform bill. It was signed into law on Jan. 8 2002. One can get an understanding of the bill in Title 1’s statement: “The purpose of this title is to ensure that all children have a fair, equal, and significate opportunity to obtain a high-quality education and reach, at a minimum, proficiency on challenging State academic achievement standards and state academic assessments” (Maranto). With this being said, the purpose of this act was to help the education system across the United States. There are many pros and cons of this act, but the education system is so dependent on this and standardized testing that many believe this is destroying the school system today. There are many pros and cons of standardized testing, but many do not agree with the new system today. Standardized testing has not improved student achievement after the NCLB act was …show more content…
School systems are trying to improve the weak points of students, but at the same time are ignoring other subjects and making them less important. In their article, “The Goals of Education,” Rothstein and Jacobsen (2006) found that NCLBs efforts to “narrow the achievement gap in math and reading” had the “unintended consequence” of “widen[ing] the gap in other curricular areas,” although the increased decline did not originate, nor end, with the NCLB reforms (p. 265). Rothstein and Jacobsen (2006) characterized the current focus on basic skills, resulting in the neglect of other areas of instruction as “a historical aberration” (p.
English 3311.252
Midterm Assignment
Dr. Octavio Pimentel
February 25, 2016
NOTE: Some citations have not been added. I will add those in the end. Conclusion is not there either. I would appreciate as much feedback on this paper as possible. Thank you.
Standardized Testing Testing has changed in many ways since it first appeared with the beginning of public education led by Horace Mann in the 1800s. Horace Mann created, what we call standardized today, to measure progress, student achievement, and growth in students. It was created as an equalizer to help administrators and teachers focus on the weaknesses of their students. Today, it is used as a tool of segregation used to separate, not only by intelligence, but by socioeconomic …show more content…
Bush’s education reform bill. It was signed into law on Jan. 8 2002. One can get an understanding of the bill in Title 1’s statement: “The purpose of this title is to ensure that all children have a fair, equal, and significate opportunity to obtain a high-quality education and reach, at a minimum, proficiency on challenging State academic achievement standards and state academic assessments” (Maranto). With this being said, the purpose of this act was to help the education system across the United States. There are many pros and cons of this act, but the education system is so dependent on this and standardized testing that many believe this is destroying the school system today. There are many pros and cons of standardized testing, but many do not agree with the new system today. Standardized testing has not improved student achievement after the NCLB act was …show more content…
School systems are trying to improve the weak points of students, but at the same time are ignoring other subjects and making them less important. In their article, “The Goals of Education,” Rothstein and Jacobsen (2006) found that NCLBs efforts to “narrow the achievement gap in math and reading” had the “unintended consequence” of “widen[ing] the gap in other curricular areas,” although the increased decline did not originate, nor end, with the NCLB reforms (p. 265). Rothstein and Jacobsen (2006) characterized the current focus on basic skills, resulting in the neglect of other areas of instruction as “a historical aberration” (p.