Topic: Do colleges put too much stock into standardized test Many students have the desire to succeed when taking college entrance tests‚ but some students have been proven as bad test takers which means they understand the concepts but are not able to put them on paper. Colleges should not deny prospective students just because their test scores are not as high as the next students; colleges should realize that students are more than just a standardized test score. Tests cannot predict how successful
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being rewarded with cash for good grades or test scores on Advanced Placement and SAT exams. Though money is a good incentive for kids to try harder in school‚ it has more negative effects than positive. Based on the research by Richard Fryer‚ an economist at Harvard‚ has proven that in order for rewards to work they must be immediate and consistent. Compelled on solving if rewarding kids for grades could make a difference in standardized test scores‚ he created four reward schemes in four different
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hundreds of colleges that only look at standardized test scores for admission. College is an educational institution/establishment. It is a place where students go to get education after they have graduated. College opens doors for students that high school doesn’t. Despite these positive reasons to go to college‚ some colleges don’t accept students into their university due to their low test scores. Initially‚ standardized test scores do not predict a student’s success at college. It is shown
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Do Standardized tests take up too much time? Standardized tests can take from 20-25 hours a year alone‚ not including the everyday tests teachers give to students‚ on tests. If the Government were to give fewer Standardized tests‚ it wouldn’t take as many hours as it does now to do them. The Government has said to reduce Standardized tests and the time from them. This essay will explain how Standardized tests take up too much time because kids spend too much class time on them‚ low quality‚ and the
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their standardized test scores‚ or are being tracked throughout their entire school career‚ they are not getting the best education they possibly can. A lot of schools are having difficulty with the No Child Left Behind law because it forces students who have learning disabilities and English as a second language students to take standardized tests. Not only is this not fair to the learning disabled students and students who don’t primarily speak English‚ but this will also drop school’s test scores
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There have been a lot of controversy around the idea of standardized test scores‚ whether it actually measure the intelligence of students or do it standardized test is built to fail person. I remember when I was at my next college in a sociology class when my professor said that standardized test is built to fail a person especially minorities. I was shocked when I heard that in class that day. All I was thinking to myself‚ at that moment why build something to better one side of the spectrum and
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Do Schools Put Too Much Pressure on Kids Yes‚ it’s true that school put a lot of pressure on kids. School children are always seen carrying a huge bag of books and notebooks along with them. Though it’s a class 1st kid or a class 10th kid‚ all have huge burden of studies. Nowadays everyone wants to come first and no body wants to be the last. Every body just talks of marks and syllabus irrespective of learning things in a better and appropriate way. Children always want to score higher and higher
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Problems with Standardized Testing Do standardized test scores accurately describe the achievements of a student? Regardless of what reports and newspapers suggest‚ scores on standardized tests do not reflect a student’s achievements or abilities. Standardized tests such as the SAT and ACT are the focus of argument not only among teachers and educational reformers‚ but also among students. Opponents agree that the standardized tests are weighted too heavily‚ and that test anxiety obstructs learning
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Student by a Test Score Introduction Students sit in humid‚ cramped classrooms‚ wrack their brains for answers‚ and complete sections of a test in the allotted amount of time for one thing that will define them: a number score. In 2001‚ Congress passed the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) that requires schools to administer standardized tests to students in order to determine if the school is meeting state education standards (Rettner‚ 2011). However‚ these standardized tests do not accurately
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Standardized Tests: Are they worth it? For years‚ children of all ages have been required to take standardized tests in order to assess their capabilities and theoretically prepare them for further education. These tests are often the main factor in acceptance into colleges and universities‚ used in grade advancement for younger ages‚ and an overall indicator of a person’s ability. However‚ because of the lack of variety in the subjects they evaluate‚ standardized tests are often under scrutiny
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