Standardized testing has become the focus of modern school reform since the implementation of the No Child Left Behind law in 2002 (Evans 1). The act was designed to hold all public schools to a high standard of education‚ measured by the results of students’ test scores on statewide standardized tests. Not all students are good test takers‚ and not all careers require the ability to take traditional tests in order to be successful on the job. A significant number of students nowadays would care
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experience? The age old method for measuring students’ academic abilities has always been standardized testing. However‚ standardized testing only proves education is lacking‚ revealing generally poor performance across the board. Standardized testing undermines the education process with too much focus on assessment‚ detracting from student-centered development and deeper learning experiences. Standardized testing only benefits administrative‚ political‚ and financial purposes instead of education.
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SATs‚ ACTs‚ ISTEP‚ NAPLAN‚ and so much more varieties of standardized tests are answering affirmatively to what the questions has asked. These days schools are using this method to measure one’s brilliance. Although standardized tests show the fundamental‚ basic knowledge of students‚ they are not necessary because they do not go indepth into a student’s knowledge and using those scores to decide their future is not reasonable. Standardized tests are put on high pedestals and people say they deserve
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English 1301 April 23‚ 2013 Standardized Testing in Texas The first standardized test was developed in France nearly 100 years ago by a psychologist named Alfred Binet. Binet’s test focused on language skills‚ judgment‚ comprehension‚ reasoning and memory‚ and was used to determine which students would succeed in regular classes and which needed special attention (Lefton). Binet’s test was successful in the Parisian school system and generated a lot of interest in America. An American
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Standardized Tests Sections I and II Brittany‚ an honors student in Atlanta‚ Georgia‚ had worked hard her entire academic career to celebrate what would be her proudest moment in high school: commencement. She wanted to walk across the stage to the flash of cameras and smiles of her family just like her classmates‚ and then journey off to a college in South Carolina where she had already been accepted. So she gathered her proud family members from Chicago and Washington‚ D.C.‚ to come to share
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others who pass all the tests? Students are forced to memorize information quickly for standardized tests rather than take the time to fully understand concepts. What we call learning is slowly diminishing as more standardized tests make their way into the schools. Students are pressured to cram the night before big tests and once they receive their grade‚ they forget what they memorized soon after. Standardized tests should be abolished because there are many other ways in the classroom to evaluate
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Do you hate having to take big tests and be stressed out? Standardized testing can be a very stressful time for students. Standardized Tests are just too stressful to keep. Standardized Testing has some very negative effects because its not improving student achievement‚ has a lot of costs and it can cause stress. First‚ standardized testing has not improved student achievement. In fact after NCLB in 2002‚ the U.S. education dropped from 18th to 31st in 2012‚ there was a similar drop in science
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high-stakes testing. Standardized tests are being used to establish the knowledge that an individual has obtained through their entire education. In the American education system‚ experts/educators??? are always striving to create a more desirable learning environment. In order to create a better learning atmosphere it is necessary to find a more successful way to measure students intellect. “Standardized tests do not accurately portray an individual’s intelligence.” Some people may claim that testing is
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all over the country hear before they take mandatory standardized test. Standardized testing has been in the United States for about 150 years‚ but the tests have grown in use in the 21st century. Students of grades 3-12 take standardized tests each year to compare the students to each other‚ and to evaluate teaching. These tests have both pros and cons‚ which causes adults and students to have mixed views about them. Forms of standardized testing have been in America since before the civil war. American
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Standardized testing Do you feel like you have too many standardized testing? Is it stressing you out? Standardized testing is one of the main causes of students stress. There is too much standardized testing and kids are not getting enough sleep‚not eating‚and pushing their limits. They will stay up all night because they know that there is a test tomorrow. They won’t eat because there stomachs are in knots. Lastly‚they will try to study for the test‚that may also be the cause not enough
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