focus on closing the gap between green and red zone student that the gifted or very talented students gets overlooked or doesn't get enough challenge and attention. Then there is the concern from parents who thinks there is to much standarized testing. The study also states that "viable alternative strategies to foster improvement in struggling school districts are difficult to develop". NOTES: How teachers use the information they recieve. Not all teachers like the IS. Three to four hours
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being the best we could be, which often meant getting good grades and passing standardized exams. Throughout my schooling, we took approximately thirty-four standardized exams beginning in 3rd grade. At the time, I never thought anything of it, it was the usual. After taking this course, I began to reflect upon my education and realized how much the accountability movement impacted my education, specificity high-stakes testing. The goal of the accountability movement was to create equitable education
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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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scholastic aptitude test was first introduced to high school students in 1926 By Carl C. Brigham, As a scholarship test for ivy league schools. It was experimentally administered to over 8,000 students at over 300 test centers, Then becoming standardized in the 1940s. It was intended for academically gifted students who did not come from prestigious boarding schools' known for supplying the majority of ivy league applicants, Today it is used to display one's academic strength and readiness for
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Policy Analysis No Child Left Behind to The Blueprint for Reform/Rise to The Top Program Frances Kaye Williams PAD 510: Into to Public Policy Analysis Strayer University Scholl of Professional Studies Thomas Walkington PAD 510 Intro Public Policy Analysis Strayer University January 27, 2014 Abstract The purpose of this research is to identify the reformation from the No Child Left behind Act that was reform from President Bush to the President Obama Blue Print for Reform Act and
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Standardized testing is the most commonly used method of testing in the United States as well as other countries around the world. This type of testing is used to determine one’s achievement, growth, and progress through the years based on academic learning. Recently, scholastic performance in America has been strongly focused on mathematics and science education because American children are seemingly lagging behind in those departments. Therefore, standardized test standards have been reconstructed
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reference to instruments, validity is about the instrument itself, that is, “Is the test measuring what it is supposed to measure?” Reliability means, “Are the results of the test consistent over time?” Reliability and validity are often used in testing conditions. In order to compare students’ learning or the quality of teaching programs, tests are categorized by their validity (does the instrument measure what it claims to be measuring) as well as by their reliability (the same results yesterday
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goal by testing students' proficiency in three subjects: math, reading, and science. Through this standardized testing the government would hold schools accountable for the progress of their students. However, the result has been far from the progress intended. As a result of No Child Left Behind, class time is spent teaching to the test, and the social sciences are being ignored. Not only does the drop in social studies education present a risk for the students in high-stakes testing schools
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Assessment of English Language Learners Grand Canyon University: ESL 533N August 21, 2013 Abstract The reason for writing this essay is to inform the reader about the processes students go through to be categorized as English Language Learners (ELLs). The administrators and educators have to follow steps to determine if a child is considered to be an ELL student. In the state of Mississippi, tests are provided to students who are entering school whom may be labelled as English language learners
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The aproach of NCLB is based on theories in education that high expectations and goal setting will result in greater educational achievement for most students. High standards for all students as well as educators are quality goals, however, using standardized tests to measure success is not the most effective method. Having high standards is a necessary part of our nation's success, it sets a high level of accountability and provides benchmarks for both the student and educators. Those schools that
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