different admission requirements. These requirements may range from essay‚ extracurricular activities‚ GPA and standardized test scores. All these requirements are put together to have a better insight on a students capabilities and knowledge. In recent years‚ debates have been talked about the importance of standardized testing in college admissions such as the SAT (Scholastic Assessment Test) and the ACT (American College Testing). Many people advocate that college should prioritize the importance
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JefferyWriting Composition 12112 September 2015Standardized Testing prevents higher order thinking Have you ever wondered why we have standardized testing? Many people over the course of the years wonder why we still use standardized testing as a basis for what college we get into or what we will accomplish in our lives. Many people also question what is the real educational value of standardized testing? Some would argue that standardized testing has no real value at all and actually hurts kids because
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has been about the use of standardized testing. Some people feel like standardized testing is a good way to measure a student’s learning‚ and teaching ability of teachers. There are two acts passed by congress that requires standardized testing‚ but both have flaws. Standardized testing does give data and numbers to a student’s progress‚ and is very accurate when calculating these numbers as well. The question people have to consider is if standardized testing is really best for the kids. It puts a
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In the last ten years‚ standardized testing has dominated many topics on school education. A standardized test is any examination that’s administered and scored in a predetermined‚ standard manner. Standardized testing helps colleges and universities see one big method of testing from different places. It helps them see the overall scores of everyone from the same base of evaluation. Teachers tend to “teach to the test”. Richer school make the higher test scores which gives them more funding than
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Standardized testing has been a growing controversial topic in America for several years. Should students be forced to take standardized test? Should teachers’ pay be based on those test results? How much preparation should be done for the test? Are students taking to many standardized tests? These are only some of the questions that have come up with standardized testing and I hope to answer throughout this paper. In the world of education standardized testing has become one of the most talked about
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system that just shuffles the kids through‚ and that’s unacceptable. It’s unacceptable to quit on a kid early and just say‚ ’Move through‚ and hope you learn.’” Researchers and data analysts at the S.E.E.A.L.L University have noticed that standardized testing is a very controversial topic to many people. Standardized tests are a test that students have to take every year in order to determine whether a student is at a standard or level of knowledge and skill that they are supposed be at. There are some
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Standardized Testing Education is extremely important in today’s society. Knowledge is power. According to Christine Armario from the associated press‚ “United States’ students are continuing to trail behind their peers in a pack of higher performing nations‚ according to results from a key international assessment.” (XXX) Out of 34 countries‚ the U.S. ranked 14th in reading‚ 17th in science and 25th in math. (XXX)It is obvious that something in the education system in America is not working out
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the topic of animal testing‚ most of us will readily agree that it is a debatable topic. Where this agreement usually ends‚ however‚ is on the question of whether it helps researchers to find new drugs and treatments suitable for humans. Whereas some are convinced that it does help researchers find new drugs and treatments‚ others maintain that some drugs tested on animals may never actually be useful or even safe for human consumption. In my own view the results of animals testing are unreliable because
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Throughout history animal testing has played an important role in leading to new discoveries and human benefit. However‚ the realization of the moral status that animals hold only began in the late 1970’s. Today it is a multibillion dollar industry that involves several institutions‚ cosmetic companies and scientific centers. What people tend to forget is the great number of animal subjects that have suffered serious harm during the process of experimentation. Many ethical questions arise about these
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than they should be in students futures. It isn’t a fair judgement to people who struggle or have a disability. Also‚ it isn’t fair because it stresses students out‚ make them sleep deprived‚ or have anxiety. Too much emphasis is put on standardized testing because some students struggle to get high scores‚ they aren’t an accurate measurement of their abilities‚ and test decrease students love of learning. Standardized tests don’t take into consideration certain characteristics of a student that may
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