How is Standardize Testing Ruining Our Schools? Is standardize testing ruining the future of the next generation? Are children getting the education they deserve? The stakes are too high when it comes to tests. Often times students put all their efforts into a class yet fall short on the standardize test that grade the level they should be placed. Teachers have to cater to these tests creating a stressful classroom environment‚ instead of an environment of creativity and expressive learning. These
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Animal Testing: Necessary or Not? In the world today‚ innovation has been the trademark of the century and there are improvements in almost all fields: technology‚ entertainment‚ transportation‚ even in healthcare and medical treatments. These vast changes are not the result of some magic or luck; there are reasons that these benefits have occurred. In the medical field‚ expansion is rapid. An internet article for the Healthcare Network states‚ “29 medical-technology studies were adopted to the
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Two treaties put into effect over the past 20 years have set limits on the testing of nuclear weapons . The Limited Test Ban Treaty of 1963‚ which has been signed by more than 120 nations prohibits nuclear explosions in the atmosphere ‚oceans and the space‚ allowing only them underground .The Thresh hold Test Ban Treaty of 1976‚ a bilateral agreement between the US and the USSR‚ prohibits underground tests of nuclear weapons with a yield greater than 150 kilotons. In the present climate of widespread
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Education author and speaker Alfie Kohn once stated‚ “Standardized testing has swelled and mutated‚ like a creature in one of those old horror movies‚ to the point that it now threatens to swallow our schools whole” (qtd. in Solley). Kohn is right; the emphasis on standardized testing has only increased since the practice was first introduced to schools. The pressure surrounding tests affects schools‚ teachers‚ and students‚ and poor scores reflect badly on all of them. This leads to increased focus
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students (The Glossary of Education Reform‚ 2014). Standardized testing has a previous history. According to National Education Association (NEA) standardized testing was actually put in place around in the 1840’s. Then a whole variety of other tests were created. Standardized testing actually started off being the base for students understanding and provided the students growth in basic concepts. But‚ as time has passed
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The idea of standardized testing has been around since 1845. It was brought up by an educator named Horace Mann who thought that the evaluation of written exams was better than oral exams (Gershon). According to Carole J. Gallagher‚ Mann’s goal was to create or find a way to give every student equal opportunities in the testing environment. Standardized testing has been a part of the learning environment for over 150 years. Although some argue that standardized testing is the best way to show a student’s
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Eugenics is defined as the study of heredity and the variation of inherited characteristics. Genetic testing has been around for decades‚ but a breakthrough happened in the 1970’s when researchers found that it is possible to do genetic tests on babies before they were born. In the 1990’s the main focus turned to identifying genes that showed a person’s chance of developing cancers. Genetic testing has the ability to impact the world which is why in future years it should not be limited. This is because
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Animal testing should no longer be practiced because it is unethical‚ the results can be misleading‚ and alternatives are available. It is widely known animal testing injures and kills many animals each year for the sake of the humans that may use the products. According to preventative medicine/public health specialist Aysha Akhtar‚ worldwide over 15 million animals are used in experimentation and often suffer‚ even though alternatives to animal testing exist. According to ProCon.org‚ “animals
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Drug Testing High School Athletes Anabolic steroids are dangerous and deadly even when used within certain guidelines; therefore‚ use of anabolic steroids should be universally illegal‚ and high school- aged athletes should be tested to discourage their steroids to artificially enhance performance. Steroids are a group of compounds derived from testosterone or produced unnaturally to stimulate tissue repair and body growth. Steroids are commercially available in several forms including tablets
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commits. All of this happened because he took steroids and then‚ without any warning‚ he was ordered to take a drug test (Withers). All because of this drug test his baseball career could be ruined and he might not have his support system anymore. Many people believe that random drug testing should be abolished. Many high school students and athletes deal with pressure everyday. Doing drugs is not a way to deal with it but people slip up and do it all the time. Everyone makes mistakes in
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