Nicole Capuano Nicole Castle ENGL-1210 Final Essay November 28‚ 2007 Inefficiency of Standardized Testing Preparing for college takes four years in the making. Students spend their high school career building up their eligibility for their desired college or university. In these four years‚ there are nights of non-stop studying for final exams‚ part time jobs‚ and countless numbers of extracurricular activities. Unfortunately‚ this still is not enough for colleges. Today‚ either the American
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Why We Need Alternatives to Standardized Testing When was the last time the United States placed first in global mathematical performance? In the latest score reports‚ the U.S. didn’t even place in the top 30 countries. Over the last few decades‚ students in the United States’ public education system have been scoring progressively less in areas such as mathematics and science. As one could imagine‚ this is a very alarming trend that could be detrimental to the advancement of our country if
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Standardized testing has been around since the mid-1800s. The purpose of this system is to measure a student’s achievements through high school. This can help a student and schools realize what they are failing in. Also it can show what they are exceeding in as well. There are many reason to consider standardized exams for high school. Key reason include a explanation of why the test is given and beats any other system of grading‚ the ability to compare between school‚ and what schools need to focus
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Standardized Testing‚ For or Against? In today’s world‚ the debate topic focused on standardized testing has become controversial to many. Standardized testing is a test designed for students to answer a certain amount of questions in the subject Math‚ English‚ and History. An example of a standardized test is Parcc or ACT/SAT. In most schools and institutes‚ they are tests designed to measure the knowledge a student has. In standardized testing‚ students are required to answer a set of the same
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One hundred and thirteen‚ that’s the number of standardized tests the average student takes from prekindergarten to twelfth grade according to preliminary research conducted by the Council of the Great City Schools (Helfing para.9). If that seems a little extreme to you‚ you are not alone. Standardized testing has become an increasingly common way to measure anything from student knowledge to the effectiveness of the school‚ especially after the initiation of policies such as No Child Left Behind
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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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The Effects of SAT and ACT Test Scores on Students Too often students find themselves cramming information they should know before taking a test. Initially‚ they’ll study the information‚ and mundanely forget it soon after the test. Students often say “getting grades is the most important thing about school” (LeCompte). The more emphasis teachers and parents’ place on performance‚ the more students become set back by a failure‚ which makes an even more vigorous point to this argument (Heyman and
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my proposal is should the results of standardized tests be used determine whether or not you get into a certain college‚ or MCA to graduate high school‚ or GRE to get into a graduate program of your choice? No. I think that there should be an alternate option for students who are not good test takers. Summary Standardized testing can now be considered as essential aspect of the public school system. There is a lot of money and time making sure that standardized test work efficiently as possible.
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Standardized testing is a pivotal part in our education as a way of measuring a child’s academic knowledge and growth has been present in the United States education system for nearly a century now and doesn’t plan on leaving our education system anytime soon. In fact‚ in the past decade the amount of state issued exams has actually increased. While assessments can be a beneficial way in evaluating some forms of a student’s performance in school tests despite‚ its history and significance‚ the effectiveness
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Standardized Testing: Good or Bad? If someone was to ask you “how do you define student achievement?” what would your answer be? Would you say student achievement is measured by state achievement tests? Or would you say that student achievement is too complex a subject to be objectively measured? There are many important skills students must be taught‚ and we need a way to effectively measure if they are in fact learning those skills. However‚ standardized tests cannot effectively show the learning
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