Standardized Tests Schools across the United States are forced to give their students standardized tests. Standardized tests are multiple choice tests based on a list of state standards that a teacher is required to teach. The state makes schools give these tests to measure student achievement. In most schools‚ these tests go toward a big percentage of a student’s grade and in some cases determine whether the student will pass or fail a class. One can argue that standardized tests are useful; however
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Everyone who has attended school has taken at least one standardized test in their life. A standardized test is any examination that’s given and scored in a standard manner. There are two major types of standardized tests. Aptitude tests‚ such as the SAT and ACT‚ and achievement tests‚ which school board members rely on when they evaluate the effectiveness of a school (Popham). A typical student takes about 112 mandated standardized tests between pre-kindergarten classes and 12th grade (Layton)
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“John took many standardized tests in high school that helped him succeed in his science career.” Basic skills tests might be dull and may feel like a waste of time‚ but it can help in many ways. Basic skills test‚ also known as “standardized tests‚" are tests students must pass in order to graduate. According to scholar Richard P. Phelps‚ “93% of studies of student testing‚ including the use of large-scale and high- stakes standardized tests‚ has found a ‘positive effect’ on student achievement”(Phelps)
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The No Child Left Behind Act has seen the spread of standardized testing and used for the wrong purposes. Schools have been pushed schools to use the standardized tests so learning‚ teacher and school quality can be measured and also determine sanctions based on scores. Not only are sanctions given‚ but also decide whether the student should go through school. The scores of children dictate if they should go to the next grade‚ stay in the same grade‚ or graduate. School systems use the tests as a
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Testing has been used in school seen the beginning of schooling. These assessments are used in a variety of ways for a variety of reasons. However‚ as we talked about in class and on the online content‚ standardized tests have changed in the past years. In fact‚ in the videos we viewed this weekend‚ it it shown how these test effect students. Unfortunately‚ school is shown as less fun and students are not enjoying school. Also‚ the government has been involved in education. Acts like the no child
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Have you ever sat down and thought about college and how one test can determine what college you can/will get accepted to. Everyone knows that colleges place so much stock into these standardized test scores. Knowing this makes students worried and develop anxiety about test taking. Colleges use these standardized tests to predict how well we do in college to succeed.Colleges shouldn’t be allowed to put that much pressure on us for our test scores on SAT’s or Act’s. “We all have different
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Did you know that 7th graders spend most time in school doing standardized tests?Students do spend most of their time on standardized tests.In fact they spend 23.3 hours.7th graders don’t have time to get caught up on other class work.The students also have to learn from these tests ‚ so learning takes up time to.The government needs to modify standardized tests.In this essay I will discuss the needs to modify standardized tests.The needs are students spend too much time on the tests ‚ the tests
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Fulbright. Students should not take standardized tests. Testing takes up too much time‚ there are too many tests‚ and schools have to wait too long for results. To begin with‚ testing takes up too much time. According to an October edition magazine at newela.com it takes twenty to twenty-five hours of testing each year (not includig prep time). On average eighth graders (public school) spend about 2.3% of time taking tests. Others would claim that testing is good and does not take up a lot of
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Introduction Giving out an exam that contains common questions to a mass best defines standardized testing. Items here were identified as in “medium difficulty” level. It was Frederick J. Kelly who had initiated the standardized testing only to measure the lower level of thinking skills of the mass that is intended to help the streamline of American’s quickly expanding public education. The result of standardized testing should be interpreted in a common and a standard way. Its results are comprehensible
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I personally don’t think standardized tests should be as big of a part of our lives as they are. Other people may believe we have a good amount of test or that we may even need more. In this essay I will explain why I don’t believe we should have such a large amount of test‚ yet we still need test but not as much as we currently do. I think we shouldn’t have so many test because for one thing among others they don’t test schools equally but more on that later. We take so many test‚ don’t you
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