High Stakes Testing Informative Speech Outline
Application of Effective Communication – TJP1
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Western Governors University
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A. Rationale A1. Purpose: The purpose of this presentation is to inform the audience about the negative impacts that high-stakes testing has on students. At the end of this presentation, the audience will be better informed of the negative impacts that high-stakes testing has on students to aid in their critical testing and educational decisions that impact students. A2. Audience: Teachers, School Administrators, School Board Members, Educational Policy Makers A3. Significance: To make important educational leaders fully aware of the negative impacts that high-stakes testing has on the students in which they are responsible for making …show more content…
Attention-getting opening: President George W. Bush had good intentions for every child in America to receive an equal opportunity of a high quality education when he passed the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) in 2001. What got overlooked however was the negative effects that the high-stakes testing associated with the new law, would soon have on the very students that it intended to help. 2. Thesis: Research shows that high-stakes testing negatively impacts students by causing increased test anxiety and stress, and by limiting their exposure to different curricula. 3. Preview of Main Points: Today I am going to tell you about the negative impacts that high-stakes testing has on students. a. First I’d like to discuss how high-stakes testing causes students to experience increased test anxiety and stress. b. Next I’d like to discuss how students have a limited exposure to different curricula since the implementation of high-stakes testing. B2. Support for Main Points: Main Point 1: Increased test anxiety and stress
a. Students experience test anxiety and stress due to the pressure placed on them to perform well on high-stakes tests not only to show their knowledge, but also to represent the efficacy of their teachers and
Name
Western Governors University
Student ID #
A. Rationale A1. Purpose: The purpose of this presentation is to inform the audience about the negative impacts that high-stakes testing has on students. At the end of this presentation, the audience will be better informed of the negative impacts that high-stakes testing has on students to aid in their critical testing and educational decisions that impact students. A2. Audience: Teachers, School Administrators, School Board Members, Educational Policy Makers A3. Significance: To make important educational leaders fully aware of the negative impacts that high-stakes testing has on the students in which they are responsible for making …show more content…
Attention-getting opening: President George W. Bush had good intentions for every child in America to receive an equal opportunity of a high quality education when he passed the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) in 2001. What got overlooked however was the negative effects that the high-stakes testing associated with the new law, would soon have on the very students that it intended to help. 2. Thesis: Research shows that high-stakes testing negatively impacts students by causing increased test anxiety and stress, and by limiting their exposure to different curricula. 3. Preview of Main Points: Today I am going to tell you about the negative impacts that high-stakes testing has on students. a. First I’d like to discuss how high-stakes testing causes students to experience increased test anxiety and stress. b. Next I’d like to discuss how students have a limited exposure to different curricula since the implementation of high-stakes testing. B2. Support for Main Points: Main Point 1: Increased test anxiety and stress
a. Students experience test anxiety and stress due to the pressure placed on them to perform well on high-stakes tests not only to show their knowledge, but also to represent the efficacy of their teachers and