The Usefulness of Standardized Tests When one is employed at a school‚ and starts noticing loads of confidential boxes being delivered‚ “Smarties” candies and “Smart Pencils” being distributed to students‚ and last but not least; witnessing that the stress of the school is rising…You know it’s testing time. This all happens at the beginning‚ middle‚ and end of the school year. Many tests take 1 to 2 days when others‚ have a duration of 2-3 weeks. As an employee of an elementary school‚
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When I take standard test I do ok because I get tired because you have to read this essays and then you have to answer questions. You have to do A LOT of them a it’s tiring. I consider myself as a good test taker if I know what I’m doing. If I don’t know what it is then I’m most likely going to score low on it. I have been like me that because how am I supposed to score good on a test if I haven’t learned it or understood it? That’s why I have always been that way no matter what. But somethings I
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Ever since the standardized test was first introduced‚ it began to suck out the creativity from school and forced all teachers to teach the same material to every students nationwide. It has long been theorized that no two minds are the same and if you ask parent with more than one children they will confirm it. So why teach the same thing to every student when even siblings don’t have the same mindset and learning patterns? President Obama said himself “Teachers should not be forced to spend the
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Argumentative Essay: Standardized Tests Standardized tests have caused plenty of disagreements for years. From parents‚ to even teachers. The parents are worried about all of the stress that the test causes their children‚ The teachers disagree with the tests for the fact that they are used to evaluate them inaccurately. Some students also move at a slower pace than others and the test has its unfair advantages. These tests make some students feel like a failure when they don’t pass. The whole
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1. Can a standardized test follow all the principles of universal design? What about a classroom assessment? Since standardized test are mandated to include all populations nationwide‚ they should and can follow all the principles of universal design. However‚ even though standardized tests can follow universal design‚ they are not as flexible or meaningful for all students. Classroom assessment can also follow the principles of universal design and can be more adaptable to the individual students
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Standardized Test I think I do almost good on standardized test‚ I don’t prepare at all for big test even if I know I should. I would consider myself not as a bad test taker because I know how to do the work but I always think I get the answers wrong. I think I am a good test taker that doesn’t study for any test if that makes sense I don’t know. I don’t know I can’t really pick if I am a good or bad test taker because I honestly don’t know. When I know I have a test I don’t study a lot I just
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are 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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2014 End to Standardized Testing Standardized testing was originally created to measure students’ performance and progress. In recent years‚ the public school system has relied heavily on the information this test provides‚ in doing so creating controversy. The debate over standardized testing has raised an inquiry question: What are the effects of standardized testing on the United States public education system? Students are taught only to pass tests‚ Standardized tests are not a true indicator
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students think the number of tests they have is ‘about right.’” Some people support standardized test and some don’t. I believe in standardized test because they cost a low amount of money‚ most parents‚ teachers‚ and administrators approve these tests also. Test don’t cost a lot of money. Since they don’t cost a lot of money the school can use the money for other things like better food‚ more equipment for the playground and balls so you would be able to play basketball. The test provide a lot of useful
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On standardized tests I do kinda well on them. Each one are different and some I do ok in them and some i do bad on them and sometimes I do so so. I consider myself as a bad test taker because everytime when I get a test I would always think that I would do bad on everything. And also that I would always think that I wont understand it but i do and that only some of it. I have always been this way and it is a big challenge in me and I just have to deal with it and move on. When there is a standard
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