Common Core was adopted by many states in hopes that schools would perform better and be able to compete with the rest of the world. With the new Common Core Standards in place some states are not doing as well as they hoped. In April of 2012 at a public school in Brooklyn‚ a teacher named Trisha Matthew assigned her students to write self-portrait poems. Most of her students compared themselves to LeBron James or a loud piano. One student named Chrispin decided to write about something more meaningful:
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Groggy-eyed on a Saturday morning‚ a student enters a quiet classroom. Taking their seat‚ the nerves start to become reality‚ and it is time for a miracle to happen. Today is the day that high school students are required to take the ACT throughout the country at their high school. This test rates teachers‚ students‚ and school districts based upon the results of the test. They are used to determine the intelligence level of each individual‚ and they are used to mark progress taken away from the
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One hundred and thirteen‚ that’s the number of standardized tests the average student takes from prekindergarten to twelfth grade according to preliminary research conducted by the Council of the Great City Schools (Helfing para.9). If that seems a little extreme to you‚ you are not alone. Standardized testing has become an increasingly common way to measure anything from student knowledge to the effectiveness of the school‚ especially after the initiation of policies such as No Child Left Behind
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Everyone who has attended school has taken at least one standardized test in their life. A standardized test is any examination that’s given and scored in a standard manner. There are two major types of standardized tests. Aptitude tests‚ such as the SAT and ACT‚ and achievement tests‚ which school board members rely on when they evaluate the effectiveness of a school (Popham). A typical student takes about 112 mandated standardized tests between pre-kindergarten classes and 12th grade (Layton)
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Like previously mention‚ the two main individual intelligence tests are the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Test and the Wechsler tests known as the Wechsler Intelligence Test for Children (WISC) and the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) for adults. The Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale (SBIS-V) is used today to test assesses fluid reasoning‚ quantitative reasoning and working memory as well as the ability to compare verbal and nonverbal performance. While the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for
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Standardized Tests: Helpful or Hurtful? The major tests that have quickly taken over high school juniors’ and seniors’ lives: The ACT and SAT. Countless hours of studying spent all to obtain a score that is going to determine what colleges you get accepted to and if you are even going to qualify for scholarships. Standardized tests in today’s society have become a very significant factor that most colleges look at for admissions‚ even though it is not a true assessment of student’s knowledge. The
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Being fair has been identified as an important criterion in regulation. How would you recognise fairness in a regulatory process and how would you illustrate either fairness or unfairness with examples from your reading? Regulatory economics is the economics of regulation which includes the application of the law by the Government for various goals such as centrally-planning an economy and also fixing markets failures in the economy. We must now discuss the main reasons on why regulation is necessary
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Centre for Advanced Composite Materials Part 4 - Slab Analysis (Force Balance) Method-1 Block Compression MANUFACTURING AND INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES (MECHENG 747) Dr. Raj Das Module Objectives • Introduction of slab analysis (or force balance) method for compression of a block under plane strain • Calculation of pressure distribution‚ average pressure and total force • Role of sliding and sticking friction on the pressure and forces during compression of a block Slab Analysis
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middle of the bar along its length. For a given radius of fillet‚ determine the (new) minimum thickness of t capable of withstanding the same tensile force with the factor of safety of four using finite element analysis. Assume Von Mises failure criterion applies‚ i.e. the maximum Von Mises (un-averaged) stress should not exceed 50 MN/m2. Your final thickness must be an integer millimetre value to use standard size material. Brief Assessment The problem is that with a wall thickness of 50
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Stress analysis of tube & flat flange Note: Do not base your design decisions solely on the data presented in this report. Use this information in conjunction with experimental data and practical experience. Field testing is mandatory to validate your final design. Simulation helps you reduce your time-to-market by reducing but not eliminating field tests. Table of Contents Table of Contents 2 List of Figures 2 Description 3 Assumptions 3 Model Information 3 Study Properties 3 Units
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