A Critical Literature Review of Brady‚ L & Kennedy‚ K 2012‚ The national curriculum and NAPLAN: Chapter 8 in assessment and reporting‚ Celebrating Student Achievement‚ 4th Edition‚ Pearson‚ Australia‚ pp. 121-131. There is so much discussion in Australia today about the National Curriculum especially in the field of the test called NAPLAN (The National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy) since it was established in 2008. Brady and Kennedy have provided the general concept of national
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Problems with Standardized Testing Do standardized test scores accurately describe the achievements of a student? Regardless of what reports and newspapers suggest‚ scores on standardized tests do not reflect a student’s achievements or abilities. Standardized tests such as the SAT and ACT are the focus of argument not only among teachers and educational reformers‚ but also among students. Opponents agree that the standardized tests are weighted too heavily‚ and that test anxiety obstructs learning
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Rough Draft Persuasive Paper Standardized testing: What’s wrong with this picture? The ACT: this particular standardized test has many connotations‚ and few of them are positive ones. When one thinks of the ACT‚ or American College Testing‚ feelings of nervousness‚ pressure to perform well‚ and the words “rigged‚” “biased‚” and “tricky” often come to mind. All across America‚ students and parents alike experience similar feelings
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English I CPE/period 9 15 January 2013 Standardized testing should not be required to graduate high school Sitting in a classroom for forty-five minutes feels long and stressful. During the standardized tests students have to sit in a classroom for hours at a time‚ knowing that their future dreams of being a doctor‚ teacher‚ or lawyer could come to an end if they mess up one exam. Standardized tests should not be required for students to graduate high school. They cause students
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Standardized Test Improving Education in America The use of standardized tests became very popular after the No Child Left behind Act (NCLB) was passed in 2001. The NCLB required yearly testing starting in the 3rd grade‚ in all 50 states. US students fell from 18th in the world in math in 2000 to 31st in 2009‚ with a similar drop in science and we haven’t had any changes in reading. One argument is that standardized tests are a fair and measure the ability of students‚ they make sure teachers
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Did you know that kids take a considerable amount of time taking standardized tests when they could be learning? This is because when kids get ready to take a standardized test they tests the kids more to make sure they pass the test. We take too much time taking tests that we don’t take enough time to actually teach the kids. The government needs to modify and make better tests. This essay will discuss that the government needs to modify and make better tests because they take up too much class
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2014-2015 KS3 Topic and Assessment Rotas Throughout KS3 pupils complete regular assessments based on the topics they study (see below for list of topics covered in each year). The data from assessments provides useful information on how pupils are progressing. Along with classwork and homework the results from assessments will also inform us of any set movements that may need to take place‚ which can happen throughout the year (Y7 are taught in forms but then placed in sets when they move into
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Case 01: Predicting Performance Hala is the new admissions director at a small‚ highly selective New England College. She has a bachelor’s degree in education and a recent Master’s Degree in educational administration. But she has no prior experience in college admissions. Hala’s predecessor‚ in conjunction with the college’s admissions committee had given the following weights to student selection criteria: high school grades (40 %); Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) scores (40 %); extra-curricular
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I believe that state and local government should have more control on the policies concerning education and the federal influence should be minimal. The Department of Education should be allowed to oversee and direct state governments in the right direction by setting standard (very basic-baseline) laws about required courses at public schools‚ but it should not dictate testing procedures and regulations‚ because local governments and individual school boards understand the demographics of a particular
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Alternatives to Standardized Testing Standardized testing has a detrimental and counterproductive effect on kids in the traditional education setting. It objectifies kids and ranks them according to an arbitrary scale that is not customized to fit individual students and their disparities in learning styles. There is significant evidence and numerous studies that show standardized testing’s negative effects on grade school level students. Other methods should be investigated and pursued instead
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