Standardized tests argument Have you ever thought you were taking to many tests? If you do it is because of the standardized tests. Some people think we test too much in schools. Other people think there is not enough tests or we need to keep the tests the same. I think standardized test should change because they are to much money‚ the tests are so long‚ and there is a lot of tests in school. The first piece of evidence I have is there are to many standardized tests and the tests are to long
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For instance their studies have shown that although around 20‚000 drug offenders have been sentenced to mandatory minimums in Massachusetts alone‚ rate of drug abuse and addiction has not declined. Their argument stands that if mandatory minimum sentences are repealed then that drug offenders should be sentenced like any other case in which someone breaks a law. A judge should look at the person’s criminal history‚ their involvement and severity of the crime
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being said‚ scores also greatly underestimate the effectiveness of schools. Therefore‚ because of the countless flaws and deceptive interpretations‚ standardized tests should be banned. I. To begin‚ standardized test scores do not accurately measure what has been learned. A. For many years‚ standardized tests have been portrayed as a reliable tool to evaluate student achievement‚ condensing a year’s worth of material into one exam. B. To put it into perspective‚ Dr. Louis
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To prove the racial neutrality of policing‚ he refers to the data on crime rates and arrests by race. He claims “that higher levels of arrests and incarceration in the U.S. by ethnicity result substantially from higher levels of crime‚ not racial bias.”3 Johnson further relies on research on traffic stops that concludes that there are ethnic differences in driving behavior that explain higher stop rates for black drivers.
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Three strikes laws have been the subject of extensive debate over whether they are effective. Defendants sentenced to long prison terms under these laws have also sought to challenge these laws as unconstitutional. For instance‚ one defendant was found guilty of stealing $150 worth of video tapes from two California department stores. The defendant had prior convictions‚ and pursuant to California’s three-strike laws‚ the judge sentenced the defendant to 50 years in prison for the theft of the video
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Should torture be used on suspected terrorists? I think it is fairly evident that we should. In light of recent events‚ we as an international community should take more drastic actions to take care of the current terrorist problems. Recently‚ 150 died in the bombing in Paris‚ almost 3‚000 people died in the horrible event of 9/11 and about 150 a day die in Syria‚ which is the place most effected by the terrorists. Terrorists first came about in in the western world in 2001 during‚ and in the
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Deaf community but are still seemed less than those in the hearing community‚ leaving them with no culture to relate too. In a story told by a Deaf individual‚ who was one of the first 500 children to receive a cochlear implant‚ they talk about what happens after they turn the implant on for the first time. “I expected that I would be able to hear instantaneously. That proved not to be the case. You see‚ if
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ARTICLE www.hbr.org What Makes an Effective Executive by Peter F Drucker . Included with this full-text Harvard Business Review article: 1 Article Summar y The Idea in Brief—the core idea The Idea in Practice—putting the idea to work 2 What Makes an Effective Executive 8 Further Reading A list of related materials‚ with annotations to guide further exploration of the article’s ideas and applications Product 6980 What Makes an Effective Executive The Idea in Brief The
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What is Domestic Violence? The Government defines domestic violence as An incident that has got to do with threatening behaviour‚ abuse(sexual‚ emotional or financial) and violence. This incident usually happens between partners and family members. It does not matter what sexuality they are or gender. Why does Domestic Violence Exist? Domestic violence exists because the forms of abuse that is happening between all kinds of couples whether they are married or unmarried. According to the Bureau
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provider. This debate relies moreso on the moral and ethical dilemmas faced by those supplying their opinions‚ rather than the facts. One of the reasons for this nationwide argument relies solely on the fact that Planned Parenthood offers the service of abortion. Many people are simply getting stuck up on this fact. However‚ what many people do not realize‚ or are choosing to ignore‚ is that Planned Parenthood provides many other health care
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