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    Do you hate having to take big tests and be stressed out? Standardized testing can be a very stressful time for students. Standardized Tests are just too stressful to keep. Standardized Testing has some very negative effects because its not improving student achievement‚ has a lot of costs and it can cause stress. First‚ standardized testing has not improved student achievement. In fact after NCLB in 2002‚ the U.S. education dropped from 18th to 31st in 2012‚ there was a similar drop in science

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    answer sixty questions. As time ticks down‚ you realize you are not going to finish‚ so you start randomly guessing. This is a real life example of what happened to a fellow peer of mine‚ during the ACTs. The topic I decided on‚ is why standardize testing has more negative impacts‚ instead of positive. The main reason why I decided I wanted to do this topic is because this year I will be taking the ACT‚ and I have been coming into contact with bigger‚ more important tests. I recently

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    Diagnostic tests are used to identify the needs of students that may need extra guided instruction by testing specific skills. Standardized tests are a type of diagnostic tests that are used to diagnose individual learning problems or strengths of the students. The most commonly used forms of standardized testing are when they are used to evaluate students’ progress and teachers’ and schools’ effectiveness (Slavin‚ 2015‚ p.385‚386). Benchmark assessments are another way schools will assess students

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    Imagine one day you’re at school taking a standardized test. You pass by a question that asks: “ Which word best completes the sentence--She put the dirty dishes in the: sink‚ dishwasher‚ table‚ or chair?” You are a minority student and you live in a middle or lower-class home in which the income isn’t very high. You decide to pick “sink” as your answer because that’s where you put your dirty dishes. Turns out the right answer was dishwasher. How can you possibly pick something that you don’t even

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    Problem Statement: We all want this massive standardized testing to come to a close. We all want it to stop causing stress‚ depression‚ also anxiety. We all stress ourselves out over this test. Today in the world‚ this one test has caused rises in mental illness like stress‚ depression‚ also anxiety. They are teaching kids how to pass the test but they did not genuinely learn anything. Students do not learn critical along with creative thinking skills. Also‚ people are starting to feel the need

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    I feel that the author is trying to say some students aren’t motivated enough when it comes to standardized test. Walberg and Brown think that if you motivate students enough they will do better on standardized test. One of the things I notice when reading this article is they motivated the students right before the test. So they are testing the effect of a little bit of motivation. I think the author did a logical study. I feel that the author she have also mention academic levels of each school

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    to conjure up another plan for the not-so distant future. ACT‚ SAT‚ and other standardized tests ultimately decide every student’s educational future. As humans age and mature‚ we come to realise that tests such as these are becoming over used. However‚ many schools and colleges use standardised testing to demonstrate how brilliant their students are. Consequently‚ there are many factors that cause standardized testing to not only show false views on students intelligence‚ but some of the factors

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    discussion being brought to the table in many states‚ a lot of testing is being done to find out the real pros and cons deterring welfare recipients. Reaching out to the public teen to young adult age‚ there are many positive and negative aspects to creating this law in every state. States that conduct welfare drug testing combine paper questionnaires with physical drug testing. Many of the news articles that have been written about welfare drug testing have cited extremely low rates of positive test results

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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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    under the branch of scientific testing known as animal testing (Hajar). Over the years‚ as society and science progressed‚ animal testing did as well. The use of animal testing became ubiquitous in the scientific community and utilized in a variety of industries including the medical‚ cosmetic‚ and many more. However‚ recently‚ cosmetic animal testing has been garnering a significant amount of interest both among scientists and animal activists due to a number of cons that call into question whether

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