much pressure on them because they have to focus their teaching on literacy skills measured on the standardized test. Since reading is more important than writing‚ teachers spend more time on reading. Usually focusing on comprehensions skills‚ not on the critical reading skills. Even if the teachers want to teach more‚ they can’t go beyond the test-based curriculum. James argued that standardized testing also limits the type of writing students so. Many tests consist of multiple choice and short answers
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Standardized tests is a common way of measuring a student ’s progress and performance in school. The tests may vary by different schools and grades and it usually takes up a large portion of a student ’s total mark. Although it is purposely designed to be a consistent and accurate tool. However‚ many questions the effectiveness of standardized testing. Standardized testing is an inaccurate assessment because it does not effectively judge the student ’s ability to learn or understand‚ it can not always
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just one of the many standardized tests thrust upon them? John Dewey‚ an American philosopher‚ also said‚ "The real process of education should be the process of learning to think through the application of real problems." How‚ though‚ can students possibly learn critical thinking if they are forced to learn through relentless memorization and worksheets in order for them to pass one test upon which their futures so highly depend? This phenomenon of accountability testing and holding teachers
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Dangers of Using Standardized Testing as the Only Measure of Student Achievement The measurement of student achievement is complex; one must ask themselves‚ what is student achievement and how is it measured? Standardized testing is often used as a measurement of student achievement. This form of testing serves an important role in education. While using standardized testing is not purposed to be a negative form of assessment its misuse as the only measurement of student achievement can be detrimental
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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 students‚ because testing suppresses
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Yes we need to test our drugs and surgical stuff on something so that humans do not have to suffer but the way that they are killed is inhumane and wrong. Pigs have done nothing to deserve to die and suffer for our own selfish needs. I believe it is inhumane to kill them and use them the way that we do and we should find another way to test on them. Even though we need to test on something to help us. I think there should be another way to make this happen rather than kill them and watch them
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Despite the 2012 decrease in the amount of standardized testing to be administered across the state of Texas‚ the use of this particular testing has gained extreme momentum in the academic arena‚ weighing heavily on students‚ parents and teachers. There are increasing efforts to now alleviate the use of tests in elementary and middle schools. Currently for high school students‚ standardized testing is the end-all for some students upon matriculation and they are being over-tested‚ taking multiple
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With this emphasis on getting good testing results‚ many teachers decided to sacrifice teaching critical thinking and advanced problems‚ and instead substitute the minimal knowledge that is 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
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are extremely cruel and painful for the subjects involved. There are some alternatives to animal testing‚ which include growing human cells and tissues and testing various products on those. Another is having actual people volunteer to be test subjects for medical research. These are cheaper‚ easier and more reliable ways to complete examinations on how humans will react; yet still‚ animal testing
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animals eyes and may cause of killing them. Some beauty factories have banned cosmetic testing but many still are forcing animals to do inhumane things ‚ there are various types of testing that are organized differently than others to see what cosmetics might be used for in different areas. A lot of you may think it’s just dogs and cats but
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