of Standardized Tests on Education Lawrence Jackson Armstrong Atlantic State University Standardized tests have been debated and argued for as many years as they have existed. It is worthwhile to look at some of the arguments for both sides and find out if there can be some middle ground. Two important factors of standardized tests are the way the tests are administered and how the results are handled. These two issues may be more important than the tests themselves.
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students take a test or quiz and feel they can improve their grade‚ they should be able to retake the test. If the student shows he or she is overall trying to do the best they can by participating in class and turning homework in on time they should be given the opportunity to take the test again. The teacher should let the student improve their performance only if the student is a hard worker and deserves a second chance. This should be allowed since some students experience test anxiety and with
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College Admissions Test Problem Statement Test scores from the ACT and SAT are a main part of college admission applications today. Some view them as a necessary part of the application because it’s an easy way to see how prepared a student is for college and how his/her scores compare to other applicants’ scores. While those entrance exams are a good way to categorize and compare students‚ there is too much emphasis placed on scores and not enough on all the other work the student has accomplished
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The T-TEST 1.0 INTRODUCTION The t-test was developed by W. S. Gossett‚ a statistician employed at the Guinness brewery. However‚ because the brewery did not allow employees to publish their research‚ Gossett’s work on the t-test appears under the name "Student". The t-test is sometimes referred to as "Student’s t-test." Gossett was a chemist and was responsible for developing procedures for ensuring the similarity of batches of Guinness. The t-test was developed as a way of measuring how closely
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affect test grades? Hypothesis: The amount of sleep will affect test grades. Materials and Procedures The materials needed to conduct this experiment are: -A group of students -The same type of test -Time To start off this experiment‚ you must get a group of students and ask them individually the number of hours they slept. The number of hours they’ve slept will be the independent variable. Next‚ have the group of students take the same test and record
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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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Candace Henson Mr. Gordon English 1101 March 30‚ 2012 Mandatory Drug Tests Millions of businesses require people to take drug tests before they are hired. I believe that this should keep happening. Jobs that don’t require drug tests have the risk of insurance problems‚ the health of their employees‚ how it affects their work‚ and how they treat customers and other employees. Drugs alter the way your brain processes information and makes you think differently than you normally would. They
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Psychometric Tests Used in Employee Selection Introduction As we all know‚ selecting the right kind and appropriate employees are key elements of business effectiveness and successful management. In order to choose the right person for the job‚ many managers take ability and personality into consideration and use many methods‚ such as letters of recommendation‚ psychometric tests‚ interview etc. to do so. Recently‚ psychometric tests have become increasingly popular as parts of an employer’s
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Argument: Random Drug Testing in High schools Many high schools across the country have brought much attention to the idea of giving random drug tests to students in high school. The newfound interest in student drug testing may be as a result of recent polls‚ which have shown an increase in drug use among high school students. Many teachers‚ parents‚ and members of school comities are for the drug testing‚ while most students and some parents feel that this would be a violation of students
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Home HIV test kit Globally‚ there are 34 million people living with HIV and epidemic continues worldwide. Diagnosis and subsequent positive preventions are key factor in controlling epidemic. In spite of availability of variety of HIV tests‚ test acceptance rate varies region to region. For instance‚ American CDC estimates that almost 20% of HIV-positive individuals do not know their status. There are several factors behind this. Some of them are being afraid of knowing true sero status‚ being ashamed
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