a major test. The word (or well‚ words) of the day is standardized testing‚ which means this test gives scholastic officials the idea of how well a student is doing and if the school is successful in meeting their requirements as an educational institution. Schools require students to take standardized tests to receive their rightful credentials‚ however‚ such a highly-participated test are known to receive low test scores. Standardized testing can cause stress on the teachers and the students because
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and Lang. AP Standardized Testing When you think of education‚ what comes to mind? Homework? Books? Essays? What about tests? Nowadays‚ that’s the only thing that seems to matter. As absurd as it is‚ no one truly cares about anything besides test scores; it’s all about how high students can score‚ and how good they can make the school look‚ rather than how much they can retain and actually apply when it really counts. Despite what some people may think‚ standardized testing is one of the worst
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Standardized Tests We all know how stressful tests can be. Standardized tests take the normal stress levels from test and multiplies it infinitely. The only things standardized tests accomplish are limiting the results of students’ grades‚ not testing their full potential‚ and thieving students of their opportunity to learn more. Schools shouldn’t require kids to complete standardized tests. The first reason schools shouldn’t have standardized tests is that the tests only track a student’s performance
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Standardized tests in school Standardized tests are very common in our schools today. Many school require that we take tests in some form and there is a big debate on whether these tests are actually helping students. There are many people that say that standardized testing is good for our schools and students‚ while others believe that standardized tests shouldn’t be used and are not necessary in our schools. My stand on the issue‚ is that standardized tests should not be used in school. Standardized
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Standardized testing has been a growing controversial topic in America for several years. Should students be forced to take standardized test? Should teachers’ pay be based on those test results? How much preparation should be done for the test? Are students taking to many standardized tests? These are only some of the questions that have come up with standardized testing and I hope to answer throughout this paper. In the world of education standardized testing has become one of the most talked about
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Have you ever sat down and thought about college and how one test can determine what college you can/will get accepted to. Everyone knows that colleges place so much stock into these standardized test scores. Knowing this makes students worried and develop anxiety about test taking. Colleges use these standardized tests to predict how well we do in college to succeed.Colleges shouldn’t be allowed to put that much pressure on us for our test scores on SAT’s or Act’s. “We all have different
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called‚ put your pencil down and stop filling in the bubbles. Standardized tests show schools how well students comprehend what they learned throughout their school year. Standardized tests show students how much they learned and progressed over the years. Taking these tests tends to cause students anxiety. No guarantee expressed or implied that students excel on their standardized test. Through the years statistics have proven that standardized tests have become an inadequate way to assess how students
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someone is capable? Many tests have been used to check the knowledge of children for a very long time.. Although standardized testing is currently used to measure the skills of students‚ it should be eliminated; because it causes anxiety‚ teachers focus more on testing than the information needed throughout life‚ and it judges kids on skills instead of knowledge. Standardized testing causes kids to have high anxiety. In the Midwestern states‚ a study was conducted using three elementary schools
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society who care more about grades and scores than they do about the development of true mastery in any given area of academia. Standardized testing has been a part of the American school system since the mid 1800’s. The use of them skyrocketed after the No Child Left Behind Act went into place in 2002. The tests then became annually mandated in all of the 50 states. Standardized tests can be defined as any form of a test that requires all test takers to answer the same questions‚ or a selection of questions
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Standardized Testing Education is extremely important in today’s society. Knowledge is power. According to Christine Armario from the associated press‚ “United States’ students are continuing to trail behind their peers in a pack of higher performing nations‚ according to results from a key international assessment.” (XXX) Out of 34 countries‚ the U.S. ranked 14th in reading‚ 17th in science and 25th in math. (XXX)It is obvious that something in the education system in America is not working out
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