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    Are test scores a good indication of a student’s competency? Nowadays‚ many students spend all their time in learning the courses and preparing the tests‚ and they don’t have any time to take part in other activities. Is this phenomenon good or not? However‚ are test scores a good indication of a student’s competency? Opinions vary from person to person. As far as I am concerned‚ test scores are not the only standard of evaluation‚ but it is still very important. First of all‚ not only those who

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    Student by a Test Score Introduction Students sit in humid‚ cramped classrooms‚ wrack their brains for answers‚ and complete sections of a test in the allotted amount of time for one thing that will define them: a number score. In 2001‚ Congress passed the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) that requires schools to administer standardized tests to students in order to determine if the school is meeting state education standards (Rettner‚ 2011). However‚ these standardized tests do not accurately

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    get a candy for a job well done. In school‚ students get a treat for a job well done. In society‚ adults get paid with money for a job well done. However‚ it seems that students are getting paid for getting good grades lately. In states ranging from Texas to Massachusetts‚ a growing number of students are being rewarded with cash for good grades or test scores on Advanced Placement and SAT exams. Though money is a good incentive for kids to try harder in school‚ it has more negative effects than

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    Declining Test Scores Did you know that the U.S. isn’t as advanced as other countries? Fifty-seven percent of graduating seniors aren ’t ready to transition to college coursework. The U.S. used to be one of the most advanced countries in the world. What happened? I believe that the declining academic scores in the U.S. affect our ability to compete globally because we aren’t as smart as students in other countries. I think that if we tried to figure out how each person learns and put them in classes

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    How Different Genres of Music Effect Test Scores Kathryn E. Baker Bowling Green High School Table of Contents Introduction pg. 3-7 Procedure pg. 7 Results pg. 8 Discussion pg. 8-9 Conclusion pg. 9-10 Acknowledgements pg. 10 References pg. 10-11 Introduction Although many research findings can be confusing or contradictory (Yehuda‚ 2011)‚ it has been shown many ways and in many times that music affects the brain psychologically. Elliot‚ Polman‚ & McGregor (2011) found that music only

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    Schools Should Not Be Closed Because of Low Test Scores. Cody Dean 11-30-11 Outline I. Schools should not be closed down because of low test scores. A. Many schools are being closed because of low test scores when the problem is not the school or its teachers. B. Schools should not be closed because of the students’ scores. C. It is not the teachers or administrators fault that the students are failing. Closing schools will make nothing better. Schools make jobs.

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    EVOLUTION OF GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS WORLD WIDE Subject: Intellectual Property Law and Management MBLA 303 Submitted to: Ms. Barkha Bhalla Submitted by: Ms. Mansi Bahal 2nd Year- 3rd Semester Roll no. 06 NALSAR University of Law‚ Justice City‚ Shameerpet‚ R.R. District -500078. Table of Contents Introduction3 Overview3 Research Objectives5 Research Methodology…………………………………….………………………………5 Limitations of the Research……………………

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    are hundreds of colleges that only look at standardized test scores for admission. College is an educational institution/establishment. It is a place where students go to get education after they have graduated. College opens doors for students that high school doesn’t. Despite these positive reasons to go to college‚ some colleges don’t accept students into their university due to their low test scores. Initially‚ standardized test scores do not predict a student’s success at college. It is shown

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    Determinants of intelligence test scores Heredity  Is the passing of traits to offspring (from its parent or ancestors)? This is the process by which an offspring cell or organism acquires or becomes predisposed to the characteristics of its parent cell or organism. Through heredity‚ variations exhibited by individuals can accumulate and cause some species to evolve. The study of heredity in biology is called genetics‚ which includes the field of epigenetic. Social  Refers to a characteristic

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    There have been a lot of controversy around the idea of standardized test scores‚ whether it actually measure the intelligence of students or do it standardized test is built to fail person. I remember when I was at my next college in a sociology class when my professor said that standardized test is built to fail a person especially minorities. I was shocked when I heard that in class that day. All I was thinking to myself‚ at that moment why build something to better one side of the spectrum and

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