Standardized tests are also used as an assessment to measure the progress that a student has made in one academic year. Of course‚ one test would not be sufficient for assessing the student’s academic capability but‚ the test results would be a fairly accurate indicator (Thompson). Educators can take advantage of standardized tests by assessing where the student falls in their grade level on a national scale. If the student is falling behind academically compared to his peers‚ his educators will
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Ever since the standardized test was first introduced‚ it began to suck out the creativity from school and forced all teachers to teach the same material to every students nationwide. It has long been theorized that no two minds are the same and if you ask parent with more than one children they will confirm it. So why teach the same thing to every student when even siblings don’t have the same mindset and learning patterns? President Obama said himself “Teachers should not be forced to spend the
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For years‚ politicians have been passionately debating the subject of the capital punishment‚ which has only served to create more divisions within our society. It is an extremely sensitive subject‚ and one that inspires strong emotions in both directions. Like abortion‚ gun laws‚ and the war on terrorism‚ capital punishment is an issue on which everyone is never likely to agree. If we examine some arguments presented from both sides‚ opponents of the capital punishment claim that executing someone
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For some time now the question of whether or not handguns should be legal to all citizens has haunted our society. Is it morally right for anyone to carry a gun and shoot it when they feel it to be necessary? Doesn’t the second amendment still hold true today? These question are ones that have been thrown back and forth between pro and anti gun users for some time and will probably continue for some time longer. There are people who say handguns in the home can only cause unneeded accidents
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Evolution is an interesting process that can be observed as it happens. As the winds of change sweep across time‚ practices‚ beliefs and understandings evolve and mature into more complex ideas and traditions. In class we were introduced to the group of people that Jews today share a common ancestry with‚ the Israelites. The Hebrew Bible tells the early history of the Gods chosen people; it also lays out certain biblical laws and practices that‚ like the Israelites evolve as time moves forward. One
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The Usefulness of Standardized Tests When one is employed at a school‚ and starts noticing loads of confidential boxes being delivered‚ “Smarties” candies and “Smart Pencils” being distributed to students‚ and last but not least; witnessing that the stress of the school is rising…You know it’s testing time. This all happens at the beginning‚ middle‚ and end of the school year. Many tests take 1 to 2 days when others‚ have a duration of 2-3 weeks. As an employee of an elementary school‚
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A standardized nursing language for documentation of nursing care is important to the nursing profession and to the care providing nurse (Rutherford‚ 2008). Nursing has always faced by two challenges including‚ to distinguish nursing contributions in patient care from medicine and to incorporate nursing care into the healthcare to improve the patient’s care. As the development of Electronic Health Records (EHR) and the establishment of Nationwide Health Information‚ these challenges become more significant
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PORK BARBECUE SERVING SIZE: 70 g NO. OF SERVINGS: 20 INGREDIENTS: 1400 g. Pork Loin‚ cut in small pieces For the Marinade: 2 cup soy sauce Lemon juice from 1 piece lemon 2 cup banana ketchup 2 onion‚ minced 4 teaspoons salt 2 teaspoon ground black pepper 6 tablespoons brown sugar 15 cloves garlic‚ crushed and chopped PROCEDURE: 1. Combine pork‚ soy sauce‚ lemon juice‚ ketchup‚ salt‚ ground black pepper‚ brown sugar‚ onion and chopped garlic in a mixing bowl then mix the ingredients
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in standardized test scores‚ he created four reward schemes in four different cities for a one year period. The four cities were: New York City‚ Chicago‚ Washington DC‚ and Dallas. According to the research by Richard Fryer‚ this is what he did and what he found out: “ New York City: Students were paid for higher standardized test scores. There was no effect on performance. Chicago: Students were paid for higher grades. Interestingly‚ attendance records and grades improved‚ but standardized test
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University of Reading Business School Department of Management ~~~~~~~~~~~~ GLOBAL MARKETING MANAGEMENT MMM006-07-8A Can Advertising Be Standardized or Not? [pic] Student: Tran Phuong Nhung Student Number: 16024551 Submitted: Friday 7th December 2007‚ 17:00 Introduction “Doing business without advertising is like winking at a girl in the dark. You know what you are doing‚ but nobody else does.”(anonymous)
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