...Standardized tests are poor because they measure a student's level of education by giving them tests that if they fail, it would jeopardize their future therefore they should get rid of them. It is wrong for a student to complete four years of high school with good grades and other good qualifications, and then have that student take a test and be placed at a remedial level due to the scores they receive. Standardized tests are a waste of time, because some people actually know the information and are smart, but they are just bad tests takers or maybe they just are not good with a test, which does not mean they should be put in remedial classes or be denied admission to the university they want to go to because of that. Standardized test are...
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...Annotated Bibliography THESIS STATEMENT: In order to improve our level of education and help students to retain and learn what teachers are teaching, the state needs to remove standardized state level of testing; this will encourage children of young age to think creativity and think outside the box, encourages organic learning and prevents the unnecessary stress on young children. Robinson, K. (2013, April) Ted Talks Education How to escape educations death valley [Video File] Retrieved from http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_how_to_escape_education_s_death_valley#t-782486 Ken Robinson is an author, speaker and international advisor on education. He emphasized on importance of education and how it is that we are to change the way we are teaching in America. He mentions that while the standardized testing is ok, we should however expand on the notion with state testing and expand within the arts. He mentions that 60% of children drop out of school before they get into high school. He also states the No Child Left Behind act is based not on diversity but conformity. He compared Finland to each state within the America. Finland does not use any standardized testing; yet they are consistently above average. The difference with Finland and any state in America can be summed up by 3 things. 1) America in general or state level does not individualize teaching and learning. 2) America in general or state level does not invest in the teacher. He states that America...
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...In 2000, President George Bush signed into law the no child left behind act. This act was supposed to help get children caught up to grade level math, reading, and science test scores. After 12 years about 82 percent of all the nations’ schools are considered to be failing academically (Dillon).What is a failing school? A failing school is a school where the majority of its students failed to do well on standardized tests that were provided during the school year. The problem is that these schools are found all over the United States. What can be done? How can we fix these failing schools? Who is to blame? Most people would blame the teacher first and foremost, but I disagree. In this paper I will discuss what we can do to fix schools that are failing academically. I will argue that adding early childhood education classes, changing curriculum, and modifying standardized tests are all effective steps in correcting the problems that failing schools continually face. I will support my argument by using the views of authors such as Alfie Kohn and his ideas of making the curriculum more entertaining to make learning easier, Fred Lunenburg’s ideas that preschool is a critical point to achieve success later on in school, Sam Dillon’s views about how the No child left behind act has hurt more public schools than helped them, and other researchers as well. One step I feel that could help with fixing schools that are failing academically is by adding free early childhood education to...
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...Organizational Systems and Quality Leadership Task 2 Mark Woodard Western Governors University This paper will analyze the cause of the sentinel event which occurred to Mr. B, a sixty seven year old patient which presented to the emergency room with left leg pain. A root cause analysis will be necessary in this case to investigate the causative factors which led to Mr. B’s sentinel event. The factors in this unfortunate case weather they were errors in his care, or hazards in the system will be identified. The Change theory will be used to develop an improvement plan that will be used to decrease the chances of a reoccurrence of the sentinel event that happened to Mr. B. in the scenario. Root Cause Analysis A root cause analysis, is a system that is used to develop a plan that will identifying the causative factors of an adverse event and formulate a plan to decrease the occurrence or chances of a sentinel event. A team consisting of , a member of the hospital administration, a pharmacist, a respiratory therapist, a charge nurse or nurse manager, a physician, and a member of the family board should be brought together to perform a root cause analysis in this case. These team members would have a meeting to discuss the factors that led to Mr. B’s sentinel event. The first step would be for the team to begin interviewing the staff involved with the case to gather as much data as possible. The data that would be needed include, Mr. B’s...
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...The District of Columbia faces an issue that has been a plague throughout the United States, a poor education structure. The heart and soul of a community is often centered around children, the majority of whom attend public schools. It is no surprise then that if a school system is failing so too are the neighborhoods around it. Revitalizing anything may take a generation, but it all starts with an adequate education. The questions that need to be answered are: “What is adequate education? For whom must the education be adequate? Is there anything already in existence that addresses these problems with education?” The answers for these questions can be used to make necessary changes in the education system of Washington, D.C. Mayor Gray, like many others, believes education has to do with higher test scores and preparing students for college. His mission statement outlines offering quality education, holding educators accountable for students’ success, and informing parents on what is being done (Gray, 2013). However it doesn’t address the need to prepare students for the workforce right out of high school and not creating an education system geared towards college enrollment only. Many students come from broken families and bad neighborhoods causing higher education to be a luxury they can’t afford. High School Reform and Work: Facing Labor Market Realities (Barton, 2006) discusses that same major concern, modern high school education concentrating on college, but not workforce...
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...INTRODUCTION McDonald’s has been in the hamburger business since the 1950’s and grown into a world-wide fast-food giant known for “Quality, Service, Cleanliness and Value”. As the McDonald’s empire grew so did their menu, it adapted to the tastes of their customers. In 1996 McDonald’s launched the Arch Deluxe; their answer to what adults want to eat. The public did not agree with McDonalds and the product was not successful. CAUSE OF PRODUCT FAILURE McDonalds advertising tried to show that the new Arch Deluxe was fancier than their other menu items and overemphasized the how adult it was. In the end the public did not agree and it ultimately failed. The Arch Deluxe did not make a rebound although over time they did add menu items with similar ingredients on the menu today. WHY DID IT NOT REBOUND? I believe the reason McDonald’s would not bring the Arch Deluxe back is because it is such a well-known financial failure for such a successful multi-national business. CONCLUSION The creation of the Arch Deluxe was not a big mistake in of itself, they wanted to create something adults would like to order and during research and design the testing groups liked the Arch Deluxe. The problem was with the way McDonald’s advertised and promoted the Arch Deluxe; they thought their idea was innovative and the advertising did not line up to the end product. The Arch Deluxe fails and cost them over 100 million dollars in advertising. McDonald’s Arch Deluxe Analysis - Why It Failed ...
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...were a couple of things that stood out for me in this video. First, it was his accent when he spoke. It was a little bit hard to understand. I also like that he had the Constitution posted on his walls. This allows the students to actual see what it is they are learning about. Another thing that stood out for me was how he allows the students to come up with the answer; he gave them time without rushing. There were a lot of techniques that he uses that I think would benefit my classroom. His usage of the PAR framework was great. His teaching showcased the whole framework completely. When he started his set with relating how the class can be split into two sides due to an argument and has the students come up with consequences was a great hook. It allows the students to actual relate what could happen in their life to what happen in the past. His style of taking notes was good as well. He did not just have the students jot down notes but use Venn diagrams which is easy to read and comprehend. The video was so short; it was hard to see if there was any negatives aspect to it. From the video, I think what he is doing is all positive. He was prepared when class started. He got the student’s attention by relating real life experiences to what they are learning. He is not just sitting at his desk. He is moving around and interacting with the students while they are working on group projects. He made sure to call on different students to answers his questions; no favoritism...
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...Intelligence Testing: A Smart student, a Failed Idea. Jorge L. Santander College of the Canyons Abstract The idea that intelligence tests can help teachers/educators make curriculums that can help educate students better has received considerable attention from scholars and the media. There have been many issues regarding the testing of kids with some type of intelligence tests. Some studies state that the tests are biased and some studies say that they are not. It is hard to say which belief are right as both sides have a good points and both are backed by world renowned psychologists. We looked at both sides and we interviewed teacher from three different schools districts in the greater Santa Clarita valley. The answers that we got from the teachers were very interesting. We asked the teacher’s questions giving on whether giving an IQ test to the student would be beneficial. To understand the answers that we were given, you have to understand the beginnings of the Intelligence test. Intelligence Testing: A Smart student, a Failed Idea. Introduction Brainiac, nerd, egghead, and smarty-pants, these are all ways to describe smart people. What is the advantage of being super smart? It seems like no matter what we do we have to take some kind of test to do move up in the...
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...“We think that we’re extremely different in the way that we manage information systems at General Mills,” says Vandy Johnson, senior director of I.S. Operations, who oversees the $12.3 billion - dollar company’s business warehouse, data management, telecom, network, I.S. security, data center, and server and web infrastructure operations. General Mills operates the core of its business — supply chain, product lifecycle management, finance, human resources, business intelligence and data warehouse — on SAP R/3 and an Oracle9i database running on HP-UX11i v2 on Intel® Itanium® 2 processor-based HP Integrity servers. It relies on HP for its Intel-based servers and its desktop, notebook, and handheld PCs running Microsoft Windows. It has standardized on HP ProCurve Networking...
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...projects are no exception. Whether the project is a few months or a few years long, whether it’s an upgrade or a new implementation, the financial and cultural well-being of the entire organization is at stake, and the associated costs of the failure range from disruptive to catastrophic. Everything possible must be done to ensure success. What is an ERP System? An ERP System is an industry acronym for Enterprise Resource Planning System, referring to automation and integration of a company’s core business to help focus on effectiveness and simplified success (Syspro, n.d.). ERP is business process management software that allows an organization to use a system of integrated applications to manage the business and automate many back office functions related to technology, services, and human resources. ERP software integrates all facets of an operation, including product planning, development, manufacturing, sales, and marketing. By doing so, a single computer system can serve the unique needs of each functional area. ERP systems support a smooth and seamless flow of information across the organization by providing a standardized environment for a firm’s business processes and a common operational database that supports communications. Data in the operational database are modeled, structured, and stored in accordance with the internal attributes of the data. They remain independent of any specific application. Extensive data sharing among users occurs through application-sensitive...
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...in general in every state. I, being a mother, see no problem with that. If it is to improve the way the teachers teach their student’s, I’m all for it. In 2001, this law was revised and a proposal was set forth on January 23rd 2001. No Child Left Behind was the new name, and it was signed into law on January 8th 2002. This new revised version of the Elementary and Secondary Education act of 1965, now known as NCLB, is not helping our children at all. The act wants schools to meet a certain standard, which I think is impossible. Every child learns differently. All students across the U.S. in certain grades are given a basic skills test if their school receives federal funding. The standards are set for each individual state. To me, that is wrong. In all areas every child learns differently and the law makers do not take it into consideration. The main question I come across is: Does this system work? My personal opinion is no way, it doesn’t work for a second....
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...ACT doesn’t even look for our academic ability? She proceeds with the deadly stare as is if this 60 year old woman was going to grab the yardstick nearby and break it over my head for asking such a dumb question. She clears her wrinkly dangling throat and proceeds with of “course it’s about academic ability, we are just trying to teach you how to look at the test”. Standardized Tests were devised by experts convened by state education commissioners and governors to set uniform benchmarks for learning. They come labeled in different names from District Assessments,...
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...new member of the board of directors for a local bank, Jack Nelson was being introduced to all employees in the home office. When he was introduced to Ruth Johnson, he was curious about her work and asked her what her machine did. Johnson replied that she really did not know what the machine was called or what it did. She explained that she had only been working there for two months. She did, however, know precisely how to operate the machine. According to her supervisor, she was an excellent employee. At one of the branch offices, the supervisor in charge spoke to Nelson confidentially, telling him that “something was wrong,” but she did not know what. For one thing, she explained, employee turnover was too high, and no sooner had one employee been put on the job than another one resigned. With customers to see and loans to be made, she continued, she had little time to work with the new employees as they came and went. All branch supervisors hired their own employees without communication with the head office or other branches. When an opening developed, the supervisor tried to find a suitable employee to replace the worker who had quit. After touring the 22 branches and finding similar problems in many of them, Nelson wondered what the home office should do or what action he should take. The bank was generally regarded as a well-run institution that had grown from 27 to 191 employees during the past eight years. The more he thought about the matter, the more puzzled Nelson...
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...LEAN HOSPITALS “Mark Graban’s book has documented what is now happening in hospitals all across America as we learn to apply the Toyota Production System methodology to healthcare. This book lays out the nuts and bolts of the lean methodology and also describes the more difficult challenges, which have to do with managing change. Graban’s book is full of wins—these are the same type of wins that are happening at ThedaCare every day. I wish I could have read this book six years ago, as it might have prevented some of the mistakes we made in our lean transformation journey.” — John S. Toussaint, MD, President/CEO ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value “Coupled with a foundation of alignment and accountability, the ideas in this book provide a powerful tool to help hospitals get closer to the goal we want – perfect care.” — Quint Studer, CEO, The Studer Group, author of Results that Last “Mark Graban is the consummate translator of the vernacular of the Toyota Production System into the everyday parlance of healthcare. With each concept and its application, the reader is challenged to consider what is truly possible in the delivery of healthcare if standardized systems borrowed from reliable industries were implemented. Graban provides those trade secrets in an understandable and transparent fashion.” — Richard P. Shannon, MD, Frank Wister Thomas Professor of Medicine, Chairman, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine “There is an...
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...examining the response of the stockprice around the announcement of the event. One underlying assumption is that the market processes information about the event in an efficient and unbiased manner (more on this later). Event Study Analysis The steps for an event study are as follows: – – – – – – – Event Definition Selection Criteria Normal and Abnormal Return Measurement Estimation Procedure Testing Procedure Empirical Results Interpretation Event Study Analysis The time line for a typical event study is shown below in event time: T0 T1 0 T2 T3 The interval T0-T1is the estimation period The interval T1-T2 is the event window Time 0 is the event date in calendar time The interval T2-T3 is the post-event window There is often a gap between the estimation and event periods Models for measuring normal performance In an event study we wish to calculate the abnormal performance associated with an event. To do so, we need a model for normal returns. – For example: Suppose a firm announces earnings and the stock price rises by 3%, but the market also went up 2% that day. How much of the 3% rise should be attributed to the announcement of earnings. • Fortunately, over short event windows (one or two days) the choice of normal return models usually has little effect on the results Statistical or economic models for normal returns? Statistical models of returns are derived purely from statistical assumptions about the behavior of returns Economic models...
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