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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Students Should Not Take Standardized Tests Students should not take standardized tests because they are not a good predictor of whether students will prosper in life. These tests do not identify students as individuals‚ and they do not measure their personality (Ravitch). The character of a person is a great deal when determining how likely students will succeed because some people are optimistic and some are pessimistic (“Personality Tests”). Their personality traits can decide on their future
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Standardized Tests We all know how stressful tests can be. Standardized tests take the normal stress levels from test and multiplies it infinitely. The only things standardized tests accomplish are limiting the results of students’ grades‚ not testing their full potential‚ and thieving students of their opportunity to learn more. Schools shouldn’t require kids to complete standardized tests. The first reason schools shouldn’t have standardized tests is that the tests only track a student’s performance
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Interpreting your data is a process that involves answering a series of questions about the research. We suggest the following steps: 1) Review and interpret the data "in-house" to develop preliminary findings‚ conclusions‚ and recommendations. 2) Review the data and your interpretation of it with an advisory group or technical committee. This group should involve local‚ regional‚ and state resource people who are familiar with monitoring and with your product. They can verify‚ add to‚ or
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Collecting Data Shauntia Dismukes BSHS/405 June 1‚ 2015 Tim Duncan Collecting Data Data collection is the process of gathering and measuring information on variables of interest‚ in an established systematic fashion that enables one to answer stated research questions‚ test hypotheses‚ and evaluate outcomes. In this paper I will define the importance of data collecting in the helping field. While working in the helping field‚ there are many important things that must happen
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THE REVENUE SOURCES OF FACEBOOK.COM Facebook Revenues Up to $700 Million in 2009‚ On Track Towards $1.1 Billion in 2010 Facebook is tight-lipped about its revenue numbers‚ which is typical of private companies. The most it has said publicly is that it became “free cash-flow positive” as of last September. At the time‚ we estimated it was set to bring in around $550 million for the year in revenues based on previous reports that we and others had heard‚ and from our own calculations. But how did
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1. Data Processing- is any process that a computer program does to enter data and‚ summarize‚ analyze or otherwise convert data into usable information. The process may be automated and run on a computer. It involves recording‚ analyzing‚ sorting‚ summarizing‚ calculating‚ disseminating and storing data. Because data are most useful when well-presented and actually informative‚ data-processing systems are often referred to as information systems. Nevertheless‚ the terms are roughly synonymous‚ performing
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Standardized testing has been around since the mid-1800s. The purpose of this system is to measure a student’s achievements through high school. This can help a student and schools realize what they are failing in. Also it can show what they are exceeding in as well. There are many reason to consider standardized exams for high school. Key reason include a explanation of why the test is given and beats any other system of grading‚ the ability to compare between school‚ and what schools need to focus
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Chapter 3 Data Description 3-1 Measures of Central Tendency ( page 3-3) Measures found using data values from the entire population are called: parameter Measures found using data values from samples are called: statistic A parameter is a characteristic or measure obtained using data values from a specific population. A statistic is a characteristic or measure obtained using data values from a specific sample. The Measures of Central Tendency are: • The Mean • The
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in standardized tests measuring someone’s wisdom‚ is they only test over a limited amount of material rather than what someone excels or specializes in. Throughout the course of a child’s education‚ they acquire knowledge from various subjects. The core subjects that students are required to take are math‚ reading‚ English‚ math‚ and history. In addition to core subjects‚ students must select elective credits which are classes that can range from art to music to engineering. Most standardized tests
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