accountable. A desire to increase performance standards and accountability have led to the widespread of standardized testing. The implementation of high stakes tests has impacted curriculum‚ pedagogy‚ and school culture. Studies have shown that high stakes tests may compromise student understanding (Amrein & Berliner‚ 2002; Berliner‚ 2011). High stakes test can dictate the practice of the teacher‚ because it is critical for their students to pass in order to have job security‚ promotion‚ or tenure.
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Discussion Forum Unit 3 Ramkowsky 1. What criteria do you consider to be of more importance? Ideas‚ proper English grammar or both? Support your answer. Ideas as well as the use of proper English play a role in scholastic achievement. Ideas are the important matter that is discussed in any article‚ journal or paper. The language used to communicate these ideas must also take on an importance as the communication needs to make sense to those who are reading the content. However‚ one must not
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The Claim of Value essay The existence of aliens has been one of the most controversial topics of all time. Some call it a man’s wild imagination to quench his thirst of excitement and craftiness. Others claim to have been in contact with them or even have been abducted by them. There is no proof as to claim their existence or to claim that they do not exist. A lot of people hold this image of the extra-terrestrials as creatures with four limbs‚ big black eyes and grey/green skin. An alien
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ENGLISH 3: TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION 1st Semester SY 2015-2016 I- COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course is designed to prepare students to face the challenges in communication specifically in the workplace where complex and technical messages are essential. It likewise includes fundamental principles‚ theories‚ and procedures of technical communication needed in business‚ technical and scientific fields. II-CREDIT UNITS: 3 units III-TIME DURATION: 54 hours IV-PLACEMENT: Second Year Engineering
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Piracy versus Record Industries In the age of technology and information‚ the Internet has become widely used for a variety of reasons. Many people‚ especially teenagers and college students‚ love to download things off the Internet. Everything is right there in front of them. With a few clicks of the mouse and some intelligent searching strategies‚ a world of information awaits their curious minds. There is much to be found: movies‚ computer games‚ books‚ reference guides‚ almost anything you want
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High Stakes Testing Law and Litigation[1] Paul T. O’Neill* The exams are coming – exams with consequences for takers and givers alike. The new high stakes exam in Massachusetts and Texas kick in as of spring 2003;[2] those in California and Virginia take effect in 2004.[3] New York is phasing in its new testing program now‚ one new subject a year‚ until students must pass all five to graduate.[4] Many states are already at least as far along; by current count‚ eighteen states are in some
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Republic of the Philippines Department of Education Region IV – MIMAROPA Division of Occidental Mindoro Santa Cruz District Eleuterio Soriano School ENGLISH 3 THIRD PERIODICAL TEST S.Y. 2014 – 2015 TABLE OF SPECIFICATION Learning Competences Curriculum Guide No. of Items Test Placement Percentage Recognize words with long vowel sounds and diphthongs suggested by a picture. Use the appropriate demonstrative pronoun presented by a picture in the given sentence. Use the appropriate personal
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Auchard’s claim that we have all become ‘’celebrities in a post-privacy age” due to social networking is inaccurate‚ for policies and features have been implemented to allow users to manage their online identities‚ and so privacy remains a choice. Policies developed by social networking sites are self implemented‚ but are also under direct attention of Canadian privacy laws. Social networking sites include features that allow the management of personal information. Such features also include the
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include many things. I added more ways of which this book would harm individuals in high school who read it‚ because this is the main focus of my paper in regards to the prompt. I also included more in-text citations from The Bluest Eye to support my claim and my evidence that support it. I included another counter argument that others might use against banning the book from high schools‚ which is always good strategy in an argumentative paper. I incorporated that France may have taken Morrison’s intentions
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there are many rules that are put into place. One of these rules is high-stakes testing. The controversy with high-stakes testing is that is it really helping the students or is it hurting the education system? In this paper I will discuss what high-stakes testing is‚ some pros and cons of high-stakes testing‚ and a way teachers can perhaps deal with high-stakes testing (High-Stakes Testing‚ 2014). In the education world high-stakes testing is used to make decisions about schools‚ teachers‚ and students
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