The Effects of Standardized Tests on Education Lawrence Jackson Armstrong Atlantic State University Standardized tests have been debated and argued for as many years as they have existed. It is worthwhile to look at some of the arguments for both sides and find out if there can be some middle ground. Two important factors of standardized tests are the way the tests are administered and how the results are handled. These two issues may be more important than the tests themselves
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Are the following assets? If so‚ whose assets‚ and why? (a) Members of the Australian hockey team (b) A 9-month lease agreement to rent a business office (c) Expenditure on research and development (d) An unsigned‚ documented contractual agreement to build specialised equipment for a client (e) A building bequeathed to a firm (f) A 5-year option to acquire property‚ where the option was purchased by the company a year ago (a) Human resources arguably meet the definition of assets of the
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Psychological Testing Heather Kramer University Of Phoenix PSY/475 Psychological Tests and Measurements John Papazafiropoulos 3/9/2009 Psychological Testing Hogan (2003‚ pg. 15) offer four central assumptions that are made by individuals in regard to psychological testing they are as follows‚ “people
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Standardized terminologies are structured and controlled languages that have been developed according to terminology developed guidelines and have been approved by an authoritative body. Informatics nurse specialists have documented current efforts toward meeting the demand for a reference terminology of nursing concepts. These specialists are building on the foundation of existing interface and administrative terminologies‚ and are collaborating with efforts to develop terminology across the spectrum
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Ethical Dilemmas in a Multicultural Setting Silvia Galea “An ethical dilemma exists whenever there are good but contradictory ethical reasons to take conflicting and incompatible courses of action.” (Kitchner‚ 1984 p.29) “There is no legitimate way to avoid these ethical struggles. They are part of our work”. (Pope & Vasquez‚ 2007 p.125). Introduction Cultural competence is fast becoming the new competence in counselling (Barnett 2009‚ Barnett 2000). As society changes and minorities
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Psychological Testing Beatrix Bengtson PSY/475 June 9‚ 2014 Dr. Fred Previc Psychological Testing Psychological testing is the answer to many questions humans have about a manifold of issues. Testing will give a better view onto a problem‚ helps to solve issues‚ and reliably displays an array of information needed in everyday life. To dip a bit deeper into psychological testing the following text will attempt to graze upon some fundamental aspects of psychological testing‚ such as the major
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CHALLENGES IN MANAGING MULTICUTURAL TEAM Multicultural groups offer various favourable circumstances to global organisations‚ including profound knowledge of distinctive market products‚ culturally sensitive customer service and 24-hour work shifts (Kristin et.al‚ 2006). However those preferences may be exceeded by issues coming from cultural contrasts‚ which can genuinely impede the competence of a group or actually bring it to a stalemate. Multicultural teams have gotten to be more normal in our
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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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students scrabble to take the ACTs and SATs. Some for the 4th or 5th or 6th time. While colleges use these exams to predict a student’s future level of success‚ the tests fail to assess the highschooler fairly. Standardized tests‚ by definition‚ are not‚ in fact‚ Standardized. To standardized a procedure is “to change (things) so that they are similar and consistent and agree with rules about what is proper and acceptable‚” (Merriam-Webster). The exams students take in schools are not consistent and
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values of specific nutrients be reported in a standardized format. This act is known as the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act (NLEA) (1).
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