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    simply "Standardized Tests." Standardized tests have many negative impacts on children. For example‚ standardized tests have no achievement regarding students intelligence levels. However‚ one may consider standardized test to be a positive impact on their student because their schools approve of them. Another positive point is that most of the children’s parents approve of them. Lastly‚ the students themselves also think that the testing is fair. Nonetheless‚ these standardized tests are

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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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    There has been several disagreements about the Government testing arrestees for DNA. Mandatory DNA testing is reasonable and legal by all terms. (Mandatory DNA Testing Is Constitutional 2). However‚ many have started to question it. The fourth amendment goes over privacy and personal rights‚ including unreasonable searches and seizures. Sarah B. Berson quoted in her online article‚ “DNA helps law enforcement investigate and prosecute crime‚ but the new trend of preconviction DNA collection raises

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    In the last ten years‚ standardized testing has dominated many topics on school education. A standardized test is any examination that’s administered and scored in a predetermined‚ standard manner. Standardized testing helps colleges and universities see one big method of testing from different places. It helps them see the overall scores of everyone from the same base of evaluation. Teachers tend to “teach to the test”. Richer school make the higher test scores which gives them more funding than

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    test rather than offering a rich‚ engaging‚ well-rounded instruction. Since standardized testing became a requirement the number of standardized test per year has continuously risen. Up to 113 test are taken by students each year. (Rizga‚) With so many exams and with kids stressing many see dropping out of school as the only option. These all negatively impact the learning quality in the United States. Standardized testing has been in used since the 1800s when it was first introduced to the United

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    Standardized testing is a terrible thing that is forced on students. These tests are‚ no doubt‚ a big part of life‚ you have to take one if you want to even consider college. There are multiple reasons why this is not the best way to measure aptitude in students. These standardized tests do not account for factors such as poor test takers‚ the stress they cause‚ and external factors that may be affecting the student. Really smart students have the ability to fail standardized testing‚ simply because

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    Standardized testing is a huge part of the American educational system. The first test American children take is before they start even kindergarten at times. They’re evaluated on if they can read or write‚ if they know how to add or subtract‚ if they know how to write their name or not‚ to place them in the class that fits them the best. From the moment they take that test‚ they take them leading all the way up to the end of their senior year in high school. Some say standardized testing increases

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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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    contributing factor: excessive standardized testing. America is ranked 17th in science and 24th in math (reading was exempt due to a printing error) out of 57 other countries. (Wilde) Although the United States is in the middle of the group and not the lower end‚ as large and diverse as the country is‚ one would think that America would be a fearsome competitor in educational standards compared to other industrialized countries in the world. The exorbitant amount of standardized tests that students undergo

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    the kids through‚ and that’s unacceptable. It’s unacceptable to quit on a kid early and just say‚ ’Move through‚ and hope you learn.’” Researchers and data analysts at the S.E.E.A.L.L University have noticed that standardized testing is a very controversial topic to many people. Standardized tests are a test that students have to take every year in order to determine whether a student is at a standard or level of knowledge and skill that they are supposed be at. There are some people who say it helps

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