Should High Stakes Tests Be a Requirement to Graduate? Most students don’t really want to take state tests‚ but they have no choice. These tests‚ such as AIR‚ determine if students graduate. While what will determine if a kid graduates is the big question mostly asked‚ the tests determine if kids graduate because there is not enough time in the school year to teach all of the curriculum‚ it is not helping the kids with learning disabilities‚ and the tests do not line up with the standards. I believe
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High-Stakes Testing: A Tool for Improvement Tania-Farzeen Mian EDUC 606-D09 LUO Dr. Steven McDonald Since the early 60’s varying attempts have been made to improve the education system of America. After the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) law was passed in 2002‚ all students in public schools started to get tested and the results were used to measure the success of the school and district. “High-stakes testing‚ by its very definition‚ is the most extreme form of testing‚ for it results
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negative impacts that high-stakes testing has on students. At the end of this presentation‚ the audience will be better informed of the negative impacts that high-stakes testing has on students to aid in their critical testing and educational decisions that impact students. A2. Audience: Teachers‚ School Administrators‚ School Board Members‚ Educational Policy Makers A3. Significance: To make important educational leaders fully aware of the negative impacts that high-stakes testing has on the students
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High-Stakes Testing High Stakes testing is a highly debated topic in the education field today. The goals that it seeks are widely criticized yet also praised by the public‚ mainly the government. The article which I read‚ entitled‚ “Issues in High-Stakes Testing Programs” by‚ Anthony E. Kelly and Finbar C. Sloane‚ touched upon the various pros and cons of the required state testing. Most importantly in their eyes was the view of the students upon the test results‚ “the impact of student motivation
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Prepping for High-Stakes Test Interfere with Teaching? Meecha Easton AED 200 January 27‚ 2013 Stacey Ryerson Does Prepping for High-Stakes Test Interfere with Teaching? Introduction The purpose of any teacher is to ensure the best education her students could get. Student learning should based on cognitive thinking skills and learning‚ not just declarative knowledge and basic skills. In the United States‚ however‚ high-stakes testing has complicated
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We‚ the undersigned‚ are petitioning Congress and President George W. Bush to abolish the "NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND" Act. We feel that high stakes testing is no longer being used for assessment purposes. These tests are now being used for the sole determination of graduation. Our classrooms are turning into testing prep centers. This testing has become a substitute for the curriculum instead of simply a measure of it. The President and Congress claim they want "NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND". They have
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emphasis on high-stakes testing because their assessments are meant to raise the standards for learning; however‚ the disadvantage is that most of these high-stakes tests are only offered in English. When ELLs do not have access to the assessment due to their lack of language‚ it is hard to determine what is truly being tested; the content area or their language. This results in how the test data should be interpreted (Coltrane‚ 2002‚ p.1). In 2000‚ the Center for Equity and Excellence in Education found
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The search terms I used were “accommodations on high-stakes testing students with disabilities”. The database I used was the UNF Library‚ I performed a general search and narrowed the results by peer reviewed and full-test availability. I chose this study because I was familiar with the group of researchers and found their previous work interesting and very informative. The subject matter speaks to me and directly affects me since I am currently teaching special needs students. Fletcher‚ Jack
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Introduction The Essentials of Baccalaureate Education for Professional Nursing Practice provides the educational framework for the preparation of professional nurses. This document describes the outcomes expected of graduates of baccalaureate nursing programs. The Essentials apply to all prelicensure and RN complet ion programs‚ whether the degree is baccalaureate or graduate entry. Program curricula are designed to prepare students to meet the endofprogram outcomes delineated under each
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Education is not a perfect or smooth running profession. The world of education is rife with complex problems that have no black or white solutions. Education policies and practices often exist in an open ended grey area that change frequently. Standardized testing is an open ended problem that plagues the future of education in this country. Optimally‚ standardized testing could be used as a powerful tool to monitor student growth and achievement‚ as well as provide valuable data to educators‚ administrators
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