I. Are standardized tests fair and help evaluation tools. A. Not all standardized exams are helpful when it comes to students going on to the next level or even graduating high school. 1. Most tests are done in multiple choice format and they do not always measure the ability to think deeply or creatively in any field. 2. Sometimes these types of methods that are used during these type of testing are harmful practices and it can hurt the children when it comes to grade retention and tracking
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Regina Slaughter U05a1 Brief Writing/Explaining English1000 Standardized Tests: Shouldn’t We Be Helping Our Students? By: Eric Boese It is true that technology and educational resources have dramatically improved over the years. In the article “Standardized Tests: Shouldn’t We Be Helping Our Students?” Eric Boese believed that standardized test use for students in the school systems are being used for the wrong reasons. Boese argues that the students are not being taught the knowledge and skills
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from graduation and exit-level tests. Many believe that testing will place students where they belong in society. Under this belief pattern, is it fair to judge special needs students by these standards? Many parents and educators believe that it is unfair for special needs children to be judged or tested in the same manner as children who do not have special needs. The major concern here is not so much whether or not special needs students should take exit level tests; but rather how special needs
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Mandatory Drug Testing Legislation The subject of our debate is whether or not public assistance recipients should be required to pass a mandatory drug test as a qualifying standard. There are currently twenty seven states considering some type of legislation this year that would require anybody wishing to receive public assistance to pass a drug test in order to do so. While on the surface this type of policy seems to make sense in order to regulate where a state uses its funds, there are many who
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History[edit] Students taking a scholarship examination inside a classroom in 1940 Ancient China was the first country in the world that implemented a nationwide standardized test, which was called the imperial examination. The main purpose of this examination was to select for able candidates for specific governmental positions.[4] The imperial examination was established by the Sui Dynasty in 605 AD and was later abolished by the Qing Dynasty 1300 years later in 1905. England had adopted
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high school is appropriate. There are many things to consider when making this decision, like constitutional rights and privacy, cost, and even if doing random drug tests will change the problem (drug problem). Los Angeles Times writer David G. Savage asks in the article “Justices Consider School Drug Tests,” “Could routine drug tests, like metal detectors, soon become an accepted part of daily life at many American high schools?” Drugs have become a major problem with children, but not all of them
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Drug Tests and Pretrial Programs Bernadette Matthews CJA/373 October 29, 2012 Richard Rice Drug Tests and Pretrial Programs Should defendants be forced to take drug tests? Yes, when it involves certain cases such as, cases that deals with any type of drug arrests and cases that deal with domestic related cases when The Department of Children and Families have to get involved. I believe that this would help with many individuals and families on narrowing down the key
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and being able to express herself verbally and in writing. As she passed each grade we finally got to the grade where they started state level test. Due to me being in the military we moved a lot during her time in elementary school. She was given modifications in her individual education plan when these tests would be administered. She never passed any test and that would lead to more problems as we got older
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Should people seeking government assistance be required to take drug tests? INTRODUCTION On August 22, 1996, President Bill Clinton signed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act, also known as the Welfare Reform Bill, into effect ending welfare as it had been known for many years. “This law transformed the traditional entitlement to cash welfare under Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) into a transitional program, Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF), which requires
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