that change frequently. Standardized testing is an open ended problem that plagues the future of education in this country. Optimally‚ standardized testing could be used as a powerful tool to monitor student growth and achievement‚ as well as provide valuable data to educators‚ administrators and policy makers about educational gaps and deficiencies. This information could be used to help allocate necessary resources to schools and students in need. This is what standardized test were designed to do
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needed on a standardized test. For example‚ a seventh grade teacher will try to perfect students’ ability to use the Pythagorean Theorem in order to obtain the measurement of sides and angles of a right triangle. But on the other hand‚ real life applications and word problems of how the Pythagorean Theorem can be used to find unknown distances and heights‚ as well as angles of elevation‚ will be less of a focus because there is less of a focus on longer and wordy problems on standardized tests. An
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Liam Eifert English 802 October 12‚ 2014 Graffiti in Urban Society Defining what is or is not art is difficult. Another concept that is difficult to define is what constitutes a crime and why something is considered a crime. In the case of graffiti and street art‚ both of these difficult concepts collide‚ creating a very controversial subject. Since the beginning of simple hip hop graffiti in Philadelphia during the 1960s‚ graffiti has evolved into many different forms and has developed a subculture
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The chief problem with U.S. schools apparently isn’t high dropout rates or underqualified teachers but standardized testing. This is the only conclusion that can be drawn from the push by parents and teachers in Buffalo‚ Philadelphia‚ Seattle and elsewhere to help students opt out of taking standardized tests. Members of this burgeoning anti-test movement fail to grasp testing’s valuable role in motivating and guiding students and teachers. Preparing young Americans for success in the global economy
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year begins‚ it often brings with it a host of standardized tests‚ and teachers and students alike groan at the thought. The English geeks shudder at having to take math tests‚ and the math nerds shudder at having to write essays. “Looking at standardized testing from the outside‚ it’s easy to find theoretical reasons for it‚ but not enough hard data to justify its importance.” (Walker). While test scores have improved in recent years‚ American standardized testing does not value the individuality of
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Problem Statement: We all want this massive standardized testing to come to a close. We all want it to stop causing stress‚ depression‚ also anxiety. We all stress ourselves out over this test. Today in the world‚ this one test has caused rises in mental illness like stress‚ depression‚ also anxiety. They are teaching kids how to pass the test but they did not genuinely learn anything. Students do not learn critical along with creative thinking skills. Also‚ people are starting to feel the need
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Standardized testing is not the best way to measure how well a teacher teaches or how much a student has learned. Schools throughout the United States put their main focus on standardized tests; these examinations put too much stress on the teachers and students and cause traumatizing events. Standardized testing is believed to be the best way to evaluate how much a child has learned‚ however most students only score average on the tests. George W. Bush strived to create a school environment for
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Studies have been done to prove that standardized tests are not beneficial in their given purpose. Standardized test scores do not accurately reflect student knowledge nor effectively represent information gained in high school education. Standardized tests do not effectively show what students have learned in the classroom. Although many pros and cons were found‚ the negative effects project that standardized tests are not pushing out the proper information needed to rank
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reference: A belief agreed the significance of standardized testing was explained by Evers(2005)‚ the number of people who can master “language‚ business‚ academic‚ technological‚ and workplace skills”‚ are the milestones of (achieving) country’s persistent development‚ which is to compete globally‚ increase productivity and standards of living (as cited in Norris‚ 2009). Write the end-of-text reference here: Norris‚ R. (2009). The Issues of Standardized Testing. Education Assessment‚ 4‚ 123-124.
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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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