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    In discussions of students with disabilities and their academic success‚ a controversial issue is weather or not students with identified learning disabilities should be required to participate in high stakes testing. While some argue that all students should be held to the same academic standards‚ regardless of their disability‚ others believe that these tests are too difficult for some students‚ namely – those with learning disabilities. Although it may not seem unfair to hold all students to the

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    Do you‚ as a district‚ school‚ or student‚ believe high stake testing is important? Well‚ majority of the individuals believe that they are very important‚ while others that does not care about their future do not think it is very important‚ so they just do it because they have to. Every year‚ every student takes a high stake test to help determine variety of things for the district‚ school‚ and student. High stake test is a major test that determines what will happen next. This test puts pressure

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    Should High Stakes Tests Be a Requirement to Graduate? Most students don’t really want to take state tests‚ but they have no choice. These tests‚ such as AIR‚ determine if students graduate. While what will determine if a kid graduates is the big question mostly asked‚ the tests determine if kids graduate because there is not enough time in the school year to teach all of the curriculum‚ it is not helping the kids with learning disabilities‚ and the tests do not line up with the standards. I believe

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    High-Stakes Testing: A Tool for Improvement Tania-Farzeen Mian EDUC 606-D09 LUO Dr. Steven McDonald Since the early 60’s varying attempts have been made to improve the education system of America. After the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) law was passed in 2002‚ all students in public schools started to get tested and the results were used to measure the success of the school and district. “High-stakes testing‚ by its very definition‚ is the most extreme form of testing‚ for it results

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    negative impacts that high-stakes testing has on students. At the end of this presentation‚ the audience will be better informed of the negative impacts that high-stakes testing has on students to aid in their critical testing and educational decisions that impact students. A2. Audience: Teachers‚ School Administrators‚ School Board Members‚ Educational Policy Makers A3. Significance: To make important educational leaders fully aware of the negative impacts that high-stakes testing has on the students

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    High-Stakes Testing High Stakes testing is a highly debated topic in the education field today. The goals that it seeks are widely criticized yet also praised by the public‚ mainly the government. The article which I read‚ entitled‚ “Issues in High-Stakes Testing Programs” by‚ Anthony E. Kelly and Finbar C. Sloane‚ touched upon the various pros and cons of the required state testing. Most importantly in their eyes was the view of the students upon the test results‚ “the impact of student motivation

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    Prepping for High-Stakes Test Interfere with Teaching? Meecha Easton AED 200 January 27‚ 2013 Stacey Ryerson Does Prepping for High-Stakes Test Interfere with Teaching? Introduction The purpose of any teacher is to ensure the best education her students could get. Student learning should based on cognitive thinking skills and learning‚ not just declarative knowledge and basic skills. In the United States‚ however‚ high-stakes testing has complicated

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    We‚ the undersigned‚ are petitioning Congress and President George W. Bush to abolish the "NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND" Act. We feel that high stakes testing is no longer being used for assessment purposes. These tests are now being used for the sole determination of graduation. Our classrooms are turning into testing prep centers. This testing has become a substitute for the curriculum instead of simply a measure of it. The President and Congress claim they want "NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND". They have

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    emphasis on high-stakes testing because their assessments are meant to raise the standards for learning; however‚ the disadvantage is that most of these high-stakes tests are only offered in English. When ELLs do not have access to the assessment due to their lack of language‚ it is hard to determine what is truly being tested; the content area or their language. This results in how the test data should be interpreted (Coltrane‚ 2002‚ p.1). In 2000‚ the Center for Equity and Excellence in Education found

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    The search terms I used were “accommodations on high-stakes testing students with disabilities”. The database I used was the UNF Library‚ I performed a general search and narrowed the results by peer reviewed and full-test availability. I chose this study because I was familiar with the group of researchers and found their previous work interesting and very informative. The subject matter speaks to me and directly affects me since I am currently teaching special needs students. Fletcher‚ Jack

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