Standardized Testing: Good or Bad? If someone was to ask you “how do you define student achievement?” what would your answer be? Would you say student achievement is measured by state achievement tests? Or would you say that student achievement is too complex a subject to be objectively measured? There are many important skills students must be taught‚ and we need a way to effectively measure if they are in fact learning those skills. However‚ standardized tests cannot effectively show the learning
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Standardized tests are abundant in schools across the country and are most definitely a very large part of student’s lives everywhere. How much time have students spent testing? From preschool to their senior year of high school the average student spends somewhere around two hundred forty four point three hours testing. (Layton‚ 2015) Is all this never ending barrage of standardized test after Standardized test that students are pelted with really necessary for a good education‚ or does it actually
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Reflection: When the topic of standardized testing arises are there typically two types of people. Those who are for standardized testing and those who are against standardized testing. In this article it talks about how both sides affect the minority races. On one hand Sonja Brookins Santelises states that standardized tests can benefit from these tests. She goes on to saying these tests gives parents a way to view if their children are not being served well by the teachers and the school district
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live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” This applies to standardized testing‚ something every student faces today. Students are classified as either intelligent or challenged on the basis of their scores. Teachers and schools are also evaluated on the measurement of test scores. Standardized tests fail to reach their goals and are ineffective in determining the true ability of students and teachers. Standardized testing was first implemented to identify underprivileged students with‚ “academic
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changes in learning” (Procon Headlines).Standardized testing has been a hot topic in the educational field since its began in the early 1900s. Many parents‚ teachers and students agree that standardized testing is not a reliable source for seeing students performance. So what can we do? As a student in high school I propose changing the tests to form to the ever-changing society and adult world that they are trying to prepare us for. It’s clear that standardized testing will not go away overnight‚ why not
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ACT and the SAT are both examples of standardized testing. According to Education Reform “A standardized test is any form of test that (1) requires all test takers to answer the same questions‚ or a selection of questions from common bank of questions‚ in the same way‚ and that (2) is scored in a “standard” or consistent manner‚ which makes it possible to compare the relative performance of individual students or groups of students.” although standardized testing may seem like a good idea‚ it is not
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Genevieve English 1301 July 5‚ 2012 Standardized Testing A Fault in School Systems Standardized testing had become a norm throughout the entire nation. From grade level students to high school students‚ college admittances tests and post-secondary exams‚ tests have all been standardized. While it may seem like the most logical way of evaluating students‚ the problem with these tests is the way that students are now being prepared for them and what the scores are being used to measure. For
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society who care more about grades and scores than they do about the development of true mastery in any given area of academia. Standardized testing has been a part of the American school system since the mid 1800’s. The use of them skyrocketed after the No Child Left Behind Act went into place in 2002. The tests then became annually mandated in all of the 50 states. Standardized tests can be defined as any form of a test that requires all test takers to answer the same questions‚ or a selection of questions
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severely disabled students are being forced to take standardized tests. In Florida‚ for example‚ one boy who was born without the cognitive portion of his brain has been required to take an alternative version of the state’s standardized exams.” To conclude the reasons of the reform where standardized testing does not exist ‚ the Washington post also says “Every student is a unique individual with their own talents and abilities. The standardized testing regime fails to recognize the importance of individual
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not been added. I will add those in the end. Conclusion is not there either. I would appreciate as much feedback on this paper as possible. Thank you. Standardized Testing Testing has changed in many ways since it first appeared with the beginning of public education led by Horace Mann in the 1800s. Horace Mann created‚ what we call standardized today‚ to measure progress‚ student achievement‚ and growth in students. It was created as an equalizer to help administrators and teachers focus on the
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