student‚ or to determine the amount of scholarship money that should be given to the student. These standardized tests started to develop in the late 1900’s and became a part of the college admission process. Although very few colleges and universities do not require a student’s ACT or SAT‚ most colleges and universities require your score. Standardized testing does not accurately determine a student’s ability to perform. College admissions should be based on the student’s high school grade point average
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Do you want to see animals abused and killed sometimes for nothing? Animal testing is flawed and can produce very unreliable results. Around 26 million animals are used every year for scientific and commercial testing. These animals are used to determine the toxicity and effectiveness of medications before they test it on humans. Therefore animal testing should be banned. First of all‚ research on animals is sometimes flawed because of biased scientists. According to pro-con.org “87% of the studies
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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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Animal Testing Should Not be Aloud Have you ever looked at a product and wondered how it was made or how it got approved? Before people got involved in animal rights‚ most of the products being used by humans were tested on animals first. But neither did people thought that our products were killing millions of animals because they were being used on first. Animal testing should not be allowed because it’s unethical to them‚ it’s bad science‚ it is very old fashion‚ animals rights are being violated
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Standardized Testing Should be Abolished “Will that be on the test?” This is a question that every teacher and professor has heard and the question every student has asked. In today’s schools‚ students become so focused on a test that they don’t get a quality education‚ instead they learn to do well on a test that does not affect their education whatsoever. Since the 1980’s standardized testing is continuously taking on many names and acronyms such as Texas Assessment of Basic Skills‚ Texas Educational
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within specific regions. Tests have become a large aspect of education since the concept‚ of testing‚ first arose. Tests are often used as a placement tool; placement tests can potentially be a standardized test. These tests have grown in popularity in recent decades‚ and thus are becoming a greater debate. Standardized tests‚ common tests administered within a school district‚ state‚ or country‚ should be banned in the United States. Standardized tests consist of either a single examination or
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Standarized Testing Should Be Banned There are many questions concerning the education system. Everyone always seems to have an opinion on this certain topic‚ but no one is producing solutions to the problem. For example are standardized tests really helping the system? The “No Child Left Behind” act was established in the U.S in 2001. The law states that all children in public school have to be tested in reading and writing. This testing starts in grades third through eight‚ and also they have
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Forget cruelty or animal rights‚ using animals to test our pharmaceuticals is outdated‚ ineffective‚ and a waste of money. New more efficient and cheaper alternatives have been found that could end animal testing for good‚ if only government would take the initiative. It’s frustrating to realize that we could have had better and more effective medication at a lower coast. Some medications that passed animal experimentation have been shown to be much more harmful to humans than the diseases they were
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Some students refer to the U.S. constitution to show that random drug testing is a major violation of privacy. School drug testing should not be allowed because it is not necessary to invade in someone else’s personal life without any evidence. “More drug tests in schools urged by White House” Random drug testing on high school students has been urged by the Bush administration. By going as far as to pay $8 million for drug testing programs‚ rather than educating the students instead. There have been
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‘Capital punishment should be used in the UK to prevent the most serious of crimes’ Capital punishment offers the ultimate form of deterrence‚ retribution and protection. The death penalty makes the criminal pay for his or her crime with their life even though that may not always be the right thing to do. It is no longer used in the UK but it is still used in many countries and in the USA as a punishment for murder or other serious crimes. Some Christians would agree with the statement and follow
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