all over the country. However, some leaders in education, like President of Hampshire College Jonathan Lash, believe that standardized testing in no way shows the true success of a student because it simply “reduce[s] education to the outcomes of a test, [and makes] the only incentive for schools and students to innovate in
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Kunal Hattarki Kinney LA7/2-3 May 2/2018 Are There Too Many Standardized Tests? (H) Just imagine a teen taking a state test for three hours, his head is hurting, he is about to fall asleep, then a teacher wakes him up and makes him finish his test for the next 1 hour. This happens every time for some kid and trust me it doesn’t feel good.(B) A typical student takes about 112 standardized tests between pre-kindergarten and 12th grade.(T) State testings have been around for a while, but are becoming
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experience some form of a standardized test. The two most common and popular of these tests are the ACT and the SAT. Depending in which region you live in, you will take one of those test during your educational career. But, does taking that test really decide how smart you actually are. Eleven years of schooling and one of those tests will decide what college you go to and what you will do for the rest of your life. People have all different types of talents and these test favor the people who are good at
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Not Just a Number Think of all the times in your life when you have been ranked by numbers. It begins just moments after you are born. At only one minute old, you are given your very first standardized test, the Apgar, which rates your activity, pulse, grimace, appearance, and respiration. At five minutes old you are tested again, and if you score between 7 and 10, you are considered normal. As a society, we strive for normal and anything that differs is cause for further scrutiny. When you begin
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number of mandated standardized tests for its students? If one chooses to answer “no”, consider the limitations to these standardized assessments. Mental health is affected, and although parents are assured of accurate results, are the final marks truly precise? It is seemingly and understandably known that high-stakes and standardized assessments come as a packaged deal. Harmful stress is placed upon several students each year due to these mandated standardized tests. Scholars are not only required
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generation of children who can follow the rules in organized sports games, sit for hours in front of screens and mark bubbles on standardized test”. Consequently, many believe that Standardized testing doesn't measure the big picture such as a problem solving, critical thinking and perseverance. Additionally, many feel that standardized testing brings test anxiety, and puts great pressure on schools to perform at unattainable levels. On the contrary, some believe that standardized testing holds
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As a high school graduate, I’ve had my fair share of standardized tests. However, I also have younger siblings in both elementary and middle schools. As they’ve gotten older, I’ve taken notice in the increase of state testing they have to go through. They’re tested far more than I ever was as a kid. In her NPR article titled “What Schools Could Use Instead Of Standardized Tests”, Anya Kamenetz, an author, discusses the overuse of standardized testing and possible alternatives for them. Kamenetz mentions
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March, 2016 Standardized Tests in a Better World It is March 31st and it is also STAAR day. Everyone has their study guides out, and there is free breakfast in the cafeteria. Your heart is pumping so hard you can feel it pulsing throughout your body. Students complain to their parents about having way too much studying to do. Parents across America have been complaining about their kids taking standardized tests. Teachers have been complaining about how standardized tests judge their teaching skills
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and "fiscally irresponsible" way to deal with drug abuse. Instead of drug tests, which cost an average of $42 each not including the costs of running the program, the money would be better spent on training government workers to screen and refer, and to expanding the treatment system (Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly). ( Bowler 2012). There are multiple methods of testing for drugs, they are: urine tests, blood tests and mouth swabbing. The blood testing is the most costly although effective
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Lacs i) Applied Mechanic ii) Environment Lab. iii) Survey Lab. 1 Civil Engineering iv) Hydraulic or Fluid Mechanics Lab v) Material Testing Lab. 140.00 90.00 75.00 120.00 120.00 1) Compression Testing Machine 2) Tri axial Shear Test Apparatus 3) Direct Shear Test Apparatus 4) Electronic distance meter N1- 450 5) One second theodolite 6) Digital Planimeter 7) Auto level 8) PH Meter 8) Vicat Apparatus. 10) Le-Chatelier Apparatus. 11) Aggregate Impact Testing Machine. 12) Compaction Factor Apparatus
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