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    Lainey Sullivan Evaluation Paper Standardized Testing Standardized tests are a common and popular way to evaluate the academic achievements of students‚ teachers and school districts. They are used in many areas such as the army‚ civil service‚ medicine and so on. Standardized tests are most widely used in the field of education to assess the academic performance of students. Two commonly known types of standardized tests in the United States are the SAT and the ACT. The SAT evaluates skills

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    A Bit of Change Here and There: An Improvement to the Traditional Standardized Testing There are a lot of students out there that may regret the amount of a certain type of education that has been given to them by their teachers. A few of those students face living with human disabilities like autism and dyslexia. They feel this way‚ because they say that they are stressed out when trying to remember or take in any information that was given to them in the classroom. In fact‚ the amount of

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    Standardized testing Att. Getter I would like for you all to close your eyes. You are sitting in a classroom with a test in front of you. Once you finish this test‚ you will know whether you passed the class or not. Open your eyes. How do you feel? Nervous or excited? Do you know what you just took? Reveal the Topic This test is called a standardize test. Standardize tests‚ according to Education.com‚ “Tests that are administered and scored under uniform standardized conditions” (Education)

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    What’s So Wrong about Standardized Testing? Standardized testing in public schools is at an all time high. The state of Pennsylvania starts their testing on children as young as 10 or 11 years of age. Not to mention states like Georgia that begins testing kids while they are still in kindergarten. Many people can step up to defend standardized testing in schools‚ saying that it is in place to help build up our systems‚ and help to strengthen and progress the academic success of our young scholars

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    Standardized testing is something you’re bound to come across in public schools as soon as first grade. I remember taking test after test as a public school student‚ and I can’t really say I ever got anything out of it. These tests are putting so much pressure on teachers and students a like. A bunch of old men sitting around a table who’ve never even stepped foot in my school can make a test and say that it evaluates what students have learned as a whole. The problem with standardized testing‚ its

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    Standardized tests have historically been used as measures of how students compare with each other or how much of a particular curriculum they have learned. Increasingly‚ standardized tests are being used to make major decisions about students‚ such as grade promotion or high school graduation‚ and schools. More and more often‚ they also are intended to shape the curriculum and instruction. Students across America have had to repeat classes because of the way standardized tests are used

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    the concept of standardized testing. Standardized testing has been around a long time and is used in many other ways besides in schools. Standardized testing can be used when getting a drivers license‚ or even to get a job. It first came about in 1917‚ when it was used as a mean of assessing militant recruits. During this time it was able to test young men quickly and enter them into the military based on their level of intelligence. Standardized testing was important in testing the objectives

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    Why Standardized Testing is Not So Bad Standardized testing is a hot topic in the education system. Many people believe that this kind of testing does not accurately portray a students’ level of academia. However‚ many benefits of standardized testing go without being noticed. I believe that standardized testing not only helps the students with their education but also provides teachers and parents an insight on the students’ level of education by providing them with statistics and percentages of

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    Synthesis Essay on Standardized Testing Standardized testing in the United States started in the mid- 1800’s (Standardized Tests - ProCon.org). This kind of testing was originally created to measure students’ performance and progress in school (Standardized Tests - ProCon.org). In recent years‚ the public school system has relied heavily on the information this test provides‚ in doing so creating controversy. Other than being a student myself‚ and participating in multiple standardized exams such as

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    Standardized Testing Robert L. White Advanced Writing Bill Bohnert February 2‚ 2006 In years past thousands of grade school students have been drug throughout the school systems of the United States without a single thought to whether they acquired the knowledge necessary to be successful in the working world or college. Since the signing of No Child Left Behind Act by President George W. Bush‚ many believe standardized or "high stakes" testing places advantages and disadvantages

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