The Usefulness of Standardized Tests When one is employed at a school‚ and starts noticing loads of confidential boxes being delivered‚ “Smarties” candies and “Smart Pencils” being distributed to students‚ and last but not least; witnessing that the stress of the school is rising…You know it’s testing time. This all happens at the beginning‚ middle‚ and end of the school year. Many tests take 1 to 2 days when others‚ have a duration of 2-3 weeks. As an employee of an elementary school‚
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On standardized tests I do kinda well on them. Each one are different and some I do ok in them and some i do bad on them and sometimes I do so so. I consider myself as a bad test taker because everytime when I get a test I would always think that I would do bad on everything. And also that I would always think that I wont understand it but i do and that only some of it. I have always been this way and it is a big challenge in me and I just have to deal with it and move on. When there is a standard
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Although there are few benefits of standardized tests‚ it does offer important data. One benefit is how it measures students’ and teachers’ strengths and weaknesses. Standardized tests are given out to measure teacher’s effectiveness in the classroom and a student’s success. The results are then compared amongst others who took the same test. If a student got a higher or lower score than the “standard” score on the test‚ then that is considered his or her strength or weakness. A teacher can then
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How well do you think standardized test measure your abilities? There are plenty of questions of whether or not standardized test can measure your abilities for life‚ but one answer remains firm in my perspective: Standardized test cannot measure one’s achievement in the qualities such as the ability to think critically or someone’s human traits that are so important when it comes to real life skills. Therefore‚ I do not think that a standardized test can measure one’s ability. As there are more
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Standardized Tests: Crushing Students’ Dreams Since 2001 Have you ever taken a standardized test? All students in the American public education system have or will take these tests. Standardized tests measure test taking abilities of students‚ not how smart they are and waste valuable class time. This can decrease the overall intelligence of the students because they are being prepared to take tests not to learn or better their education. Lastly‚ a lot of the data from tests can be skewed for many
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student’s future level of success‚ the tests fail to assess the highschooler fairly. Standardized tests‚ by definition‚ are not‚ in fact‚ Standardized. To standardized a procedure is “to change (things) so that they are similar and consistent and agree with rules about what is proper and acceptable‚” (Merriam-Webster). The exams students take in schools are not consistent and do not agree with the what society judges to be acceptable. The nature of the test itself does not allow for consistency
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fail the test because I dont like failing in test that really show what you know and what can you do. I dont consider myself a bad test taker because I get stuck in problems half way there and I sometimes stress a lot in those problems. Sometime I get it and move on but most of the time I dont and try to find an answer so I can at least put something at the paper. I sometime study all day before the test and review some of the lessons in math and then I start reading to prepare on the test. I dont
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The SAT and ACT‚ both standardized test scores used as an indicator of students’ academic abilities‚ are taken each year by thousands of students planning to enroll in some category of post-secondary education. These are thought to be accurate indicators of a student’s academic ability‚ but this is not always true. I feel that more often than not‚ these tests are rough indicators of a student’s ability. They test what the student SHOULD know‚ rather than what courses‚ and the depth of said courses
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Effects 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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Once students come into the school system teachers and peers start talking about standardized tests‚ such as the ACT the Iowa Test of Basic Skills. Often people describe these tests as being essential for high future standing or essential in order to ensure a spot in a decent college. This extreme emphasis on the importance of these standardized tests leads‚ both students and teachers to fail in and out of the classroom. Stress is abundant in schools‚ and as Marian Wilde states‚ It is no wonder
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