Advantages and Disadvantages on Globalization The advantages and disadvantages of customizing products can be summarized as following points. Advantages: 1. Innovation ideas‚ which are suitable to adapt changeable customers’ preferences. With the development of technology‚ customers preferences are always updated due to global information transmit. Global Managers are capable to create more inventive products to keep and expand global markets. 2. Localization‚ which can avoid cultural conflict
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Standardized testing has been a controversial topic for many years due to a multitude of reasons. Created by man named Frederick J. Kelly in 1914‚ multiple-choice standardized testing was designed as “the sole metric for assessing what kids were learning in school‚ how well teachers were teaching them‚ and whether schools were or were not failing” (Davidson 2012). However‚ even the ‘Father’ of multiple-choice testing was starting to doubt the efficiency of it all. Kelly stated “College [practices]
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One hundred and thirteen‚ that’s the number of standardized tests the average student takes from prekindergarten to twelfth grade according to preliminary research conducted by the Council of the Great City Schools (Helfing para.9). If that seems a little extreme to you‚ you are not alone. Standardized testing has become an increasingly common way to measure anything from student knowledge to the effectiveness of the school‚ especially after the initiation of policies such as No Child Left Behind
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Everyone who has attended school has taken at least one standardized test in their life. A standardized test is any examination that’s given and scored in a standard manner. There are two major types of standardized tests. Aptitude tests‚ such as the SAT and ACT‚ and achievement tests‚ which school board members rely on when they evaluate the effectiveness of a school (Popham). A typical student takes about 112 mandated standardized tests between pre-kindergarten classes and 12th grade (Layton)
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“John took many standardized tests in high school that helped him succeed in his science career.” Basic skills tests might be dull and may feel like a waste of time‚ but it can help in many ways. Basic skills test‚ also known as “standardized tests‚" are tests students must pass in order to graduate. According to scholar Richard P. Phelps‚ “93% of studies of student testing‚ including the use of large-scale and high- stakes standardized tests‚ has found a ‘positive effect’ on student achievement”(Phelps)
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Standardized tests have been used for many years as a measure to gauge the academic achievement of students and schools nationwide. In theory‚ standardized tests are appealing‚ but in reality‚ they fail to adequately determine how much a child has actually learned. With this being said‚ scores also greatly underestimate the effectiveness of schools. Therefore‚ because of the countless flaws and deceptive interpretations‚ standardized tests should be banned. I. To begin‚ standardized test scores do
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they scored low on one of their tests. Standardized testing has been around for centuries; since the 1800’s to be exact‚ and every year since then the average success rate in the US for students K-12 has decreased. It doesn’t take doing research on success rates to know that the world we live in today is not at the educational level it once was. School should be something people look forward to not something they dread. We should eliminate standardized testing in the US because not everyone learns
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Standardized testing has been around since the mid-1800s. The purpose of this system is to measure a student’s achievements through high school. This can help a student and schools realize what they are failing in. Also it can show what they are exceeding in as well. There are many reason to consider standardized exams for high school. Key reason include a explanation of why the test is given and beats any other system of grading‚ the ability to compare between school‚ and what schools need to focus
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Testing has been used in school seen the beginning of schooling. These assessments are used in a variety of ways for a variety of reasons. However‚ as we talked about in class and on the online content‚ standardized tests have changed in the past years. In fact‚ in the videos we viewed this weekend‚ it it shown how these test effect students. Unfortunately‚ school is shown as less fun and students are not enjoying school. Also‚ the government has been involved in education. Acts like the no child
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Have you ever sat down and thought about college and how one test can determine what college you can/will get accepted to. Everyone knows that colleges place so much stock into these standardized test scores. Knowing this makes students worried and develop anxiety about test taking. Colleges use these standardized tests to predict how well we do in college to succeed.Colleges shouldn’t be allowed to put that much pressure on us for our test scores on SAT’s or Act’s. “We all have different
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