“John took many standardized tests in high school that helped him succeed in his science career.” Basic skills tests might be dull and may feel like a waste of time‚ but it can help in many ways. Basic skills test‚ also known as “standardized tests‚" are tests students must pass in order to graduate. According to scholar Richard P. Phelps‚ “93% of studies of student testing‚ including the use of large-scale and high- stakes standardized tests‚ has found a ‘positive effect’ on student achievement”(Phelps)
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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 tests have been used for many years as a measure to gauge the academic achievement of students and schools nationwide. In theory‚ standardized tests are appealing‚ but in reality‚ they fail to adequately determine how much a child has actually learned. With this 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
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they scored low on one of their tests. Standardized testing has been around for centuries; since the 1800’s to be exact‚ and every year since then the average success rate in the US for students K-12 has decreased. It doesn’t take doing research on success rates to know that the world we live in today is not at the educational level it once was. School should be something people look forward to not something they dread. We should eliminate standardized testing in the US because not everyone learns
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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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Did you know that 7th graders spend most time in school doing standardized tests?Students do spend most of their time on standardized tests.In fact they spend 23.3 hours.7th graders don’t have time to get caught up on other class work.The students also have to learn from these tests ‚ so learning takes up time to.The government needs to modify standardized tests.In this essay I will discuss the needs to modify standardized tests.The needs are students spend too much time on the tests ‚ the tests
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In standardized test it depends what subject of the test I’m taking is what determines if I will do good or bad. If it’s like an english section I usually get an okay score but I struggle a lot and sometimes I get bored and distracted. If it’s the math section I usually do really good because for some reason‚ math has always been easy to me and I hardly struggle in the math standardized test. I have really always been that way for some reason‚ and any other subjects I really haven’t took any standardized
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Fulbright. Students should not take standardized tests. Testing takes up too much time‚ there are too many tests‚ and schools have to wait too long for results. To begin with‚ testing takes up too much time. According to an October edition magazine at newela.com it takes twenty to twenty-five hours of testing each year (not includig prep time). On average eighth graders (public school) spend about 2.3% of time taking tests. Others would claim that testing is good and does not take up a lot of
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Standardized testing Standardized testing is good in theory but in reality it is causing many problems. The United States Government wants to keep the national school systems together but as a result it is making schools much more stressful for everyone and the point of being a teacher completely different than what it used to be. Children’s intelligence should not be determined by a test‚ nor should it determine a teacher’s skill. This problem has gotten much bigger over time and needs to be brought
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requirements. These requirements may range from essay‚ extracurricular activities‚ GPA and standardized test scores. All these requirements are put together to have a better insight on a students capabilities and knowledge. In recent years‚ debates have been talked about the importance of standardized testing in college admissions such as the SAT (Scholastic Assessment Test) and the ACT (American College Testing). Many people advocate that college should prioritize the importance of this test toward
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