colleges should use standardized entrance exams to help determine students’ acceptance into their programs because of different grading systems throughout schools and to create academic fairness. Many people believe that all teachers mark the same way, however, this is very wrong. Each school has an individual marking system. Although they might have similar principles, some schools grade much easier than others. For example, in my lifetime I have been to five
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The debate of standardized testing has been going on for some time now. A standardized test is any form of test that requires all test takers to answer the same questions, or a selection of questions from common bank of questions, in the same way, and that is scored in a “standard” or consistent manner, which makes it possible to compare the relative performance of individual students or groups of students. While different types of tests and assessments may be “standardized” in this way, the term
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Abolishing Standardized Tests Standardized tests should be abolished from schools. Standardized tests, like SOLs, are hurting students more so than they are helping them. These tests put a lot of stress on teachers and students. Test scores are used to show school improvement and how well the school is academically. Schools try to raise their test scores to make the school look better. In order to raise the scores teachers are being forced to teach to test. Teachers are only teaching students what
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Abstract Standardized testing does not define ones intelligence or ability. There has always been a quarrel about the tests: students may be very intelligent but are really bad test takers. The No child left behind act was an educational preference forced upon educators that will help them gain an equal opportunity at academic success. The law would promote this through standardized tests. Standardized testing may help students gain wonderful academic success however there are also things that
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helps students focus. Despite opinions on standardized testing that it narrows curriculum, many students are now taking more courses in foreign language and fine arts. (Wolf, p. 693, 2007) Students who know they will be tested on material are more likely to commit to studying the material in depth in order to be prepared. According to Wolf (as cited in World Bank, 2002), “Without regular testing teaching
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don’t believe in national testing. I believe that local folks ought to develop their own tests and their own standards because I strongly believe in local control of schools.”(website) With the passage of the bill No Child Left Behind in 2002, the Bush administration committed to making children’s education a priority in the new millennium. A standardize test is any examination that’s administered and scored in a predetermined way. With the examination of standardized testing in local schools, the main
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Standardized Testing Standardized testing is a controversy going on right now in our society. This test is a big debate between parents, organizations and teachers. The controversy is that the standardized testing is a narrow curriculum and that it does not show a student’s creative side and their critical thinking. Children grades 2nd thru11th have to take this test, but students from low-income and minority-group backgrounds are most affected by this standardized testing. This test
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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 elementary school, standardized testing begins. In kindergarten, my numbers and scores fell into the “below normal” range, so I was flagged for more in-depth testing. The long
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Standardized Testing: Debunking the Myths Trestin M. Holmes Wiley College ENGL 1302 08 OL-English Composition Dr. Don Lawson November 17, 2014 Abstract The purpose of this research is to thoroughly examine the myths and preconceived notions pertaining to standardized testing and compare it with factual evidence. The criteria that will be used to accurately analyze this study will consist of evaluating the overall effectiveness of standardized testing in terms of student achievement, estimating
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Standardized Testing The world is getting less intelligent, in regards to grammar and speech. The invention of spell check and grammar check has diminished the importance to properly learning grammar and punctuation. Students aren’t as worried about sentence structure or grammar because Word programs have built in features to correct them. Their papers are spelled properly, sentences properly structured without even realizing there was a mistake to begin with. It has defeated the purpose of a rough
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