Standardized tests are used in various settings on a global scale. While they measure an individual’s knowledge of a particular subject‚ it can be argued that their results are at times misleading. When it comes to education this is evident amongst the mass amount of students that take these tests through the year. Standardized tests are not the best way to measure a schools academic performance because they can not determine a teachers effectiveness due to the varying needs and abilities of students
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Fairness and Honesty The ability to recognize ethical issues is the key to understanding business ethics. An ethical issue is an particular problem‚ situation‚ or opportunity that requires a person or organization to choose from among several actions that may be evaluated as right or wrong‚ ethical or unethical (Ferrell). The best way to evaluate the ethics of a decision is to look at it from different viewpoints. Although many business issues seem straightforward and easy to resolve‚ often times
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Thinking about fairness and inequality there are broadly shared beliefs about what is socially just and unjust‚ and what is fair and unfair. Here is the basic problem: we observe some empirical case of social inequality : some people are better off than others or their lives are more fulfilling than others or they are healthier than others. These are observations. And we ask: is the observed inequality just or fair? Does the inequality violate some principle of justice? Now‚ some inequalities
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Justice as Fairness John Rawls’s theory regarding justice is concluded with the idea of justice as fairness. Justice‚ according to Rawls‚ includes a conception of the knowledge that “all social goods are to be distributed equally unless an unequal distribution of any or all of these goods is to the advantage of the least favored” (Princeton Readings‚ 697). His theory prioritizes three principles: freedom‚ equality‚ and the difference principle to solidify his claims. Rawls’s attempt to reach an
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No more Standardized tests Do you wanna waste time on standardized tests if not change how we take tests today. Some think standardized tests are reliable and some think they are a waste of school class time. I think standardized tests are a waste of time and money because most are not reliable. First‚Schools should take less time on standardized tests. According to researchers parents of children in school have been complaining they take to many tests and waste there time in class. Kids spend
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Definitional Argument Analysis Do Standardized Tests Really Measure Intelligence? Some may beg to differ when people say the SAT or ACT are not fair to everyone. Not everyone may test well‚ so these tests are not an accurate assessment of someone’s intelligence. According to Merriam-Webster Dictionary‚ the SAT first stood for the Scholastic Aptitude Test‚ then the Scholastic Assessment Test; now it does not stand for anything. The SAT is a college entrance exam for high school students‚ and it
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Should student achievement on standardized tests be considered in teacher performance evaluations? This is a question that has been going around many schools all over the United States. A lot of research has been done to answer this question‚ most of which gives reasons as to why it should not be considered in teacher performance evaluations. Student achievement on standardized test should not be considered in teacher performance evaluations. Research tells us that teachers vary enormously in
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Analytic Narrative of Project KIPP Adelante is a charter school that serves primarily underrepresented and underserved students of Hispanic and African American ethnicity in downtown San Diego. According to the California Department of Education (CDE) School Accountability Report Card (SARC) for the year 2012‚ KIPP had a total of 363 students enrolled in grades 5 through 8; this is the most recent data available. Student demographics are as follows; 315 Hispanic‚ 28 African American‚ and the remaining
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products is there a product in the Indian market which can make a women or man fairer in fewer days‚ we will find out by reviewing these fairness creams. Since nearly every product in the market claims to making you fair from Shahid Kapoor to John Abraham and from Katrina Kaif to Kajole selling Olay products. The market for beauty products is vast but the market for fairness creams I think occupies 90% of the space. Long from the days of Britisher’s have always loathed dark skin thinking the white is always
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society have their own distinctive explanation of justice. It is a word in which‚ to every person‚ has a different meaning. Although "Justice" has a vast list of meanings‚ it can somewhat be defined. Loosely‚ it can be defined as “the principal of fairness and the ideal of moral equity.” In our world today they are many ways we have seen how justice work into our society‚ we as a society live by rules but we rules are in some ways meant to be broken. It is seen through many eyes around the world
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