Research Article Critique Braverman, Gail. (2003). “No Child Left Behind Act leaves no “wiggle room.” Michigan Association of School Boards Journal. Article Summary “No Child Left Behind leaves no “Wiggle Room,” by Gail Braverman was published in 2003 by the Michigan Association of School Board Journal. Within this article Braverman discusses how NCLB will asses schools and hold them accountable. He also gave tips to school boards and teachers on how to make sure they are meeting the standards
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The United States education system needs reformation because today’s public school don’t teach the skills necessary to be successful in the newly developing world, and its methods are extremely outdated. On the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) assessments, only 25% of students pass in mathematics, 37% in reading, and 22% in science. How come so many students are failing these tests? Public schools have organized the material to fit everyone into one program similar to an assembly
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SAT scores should not be a big part in going to college. People think that SAT scores are extremely important but, new studies have revealed otherwise. Many people have come to see that GPA has little or no difference based on how well a student did on their SATs. If you did well or not on a SAT doesn’t justify how smart you are. That is why SATs should not be a big part in getting into the college you want. Preparing to take an SAT test is extremely stressful for students. High school students
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Green Brigance: grade levels Pre-K through 9 California Achievement Test (CAT) Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills (CTBS) Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS) Stanford Achievement Test (This is not the College Board SAT.) PASS test (from Hewitt-standardized but not nationally normed) ???? Wide Range Achievement Test (WRAT) (Short but accurate; this brief test can be used for children with attention difficulties) Woodcock-Johnson (Oral interaction/evaluation in addition to written work; must be
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I do not think the culture-fair test is fair. Since a lot of the intelligence tests were designed by white males. It is as if they were creating the tests for themselves so they would look superior to everyone else in other cultures. Everyone thinks differently from one another because we each have a different mind set. Each individual learns a different way and not at the same pace. So why make us take these intelligence tests when they are far from fair to each individual? I do not see the point
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In his essay “From Still Separate, Still Unequal: America’s Educational Apartheid,” the author, Jonathan Kozol, based his essay on the interviews and observation that he had with many of the still racially segregated schools in America and his personal thought of the situation. In the first few sections of his essay, Kozol stressed the racial problem that he observed with most of the Western schools that he visited, such as the public schools in Chicago, Philadelphia, New York, and etc, that approximately
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With the emphasis being place on standardized tests and teachers covering too much material, certain populations are falling behind and changes must take place with the curriculum and instruction to ensure quality education in today's society. No Child Left Behind (NCLB) was passed with a goal of closing the achievement gap between white students and their low-income and minority peers. However research over the past ten years has found that the high-stakes testing policies have not improved reading
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committee in order to advance the quality of testing practice renders the knowledge of the standardized characteristics of testing pattern on the basis of outcomes. I am enthusiastic in exploring the guidance according to the Code, as it mentioned separately for test developers and test users for the purpose of developing test questions appropriately to the test users for testing group of nurses who involved in continuous lifelong learning (Code of Fair Testing Practices in Education, 2004). As
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Introduction to Psychological Testing Megan Szopinski PSY/475 April 13, 2015 Dennis Plunkett Abstract Within this essay there will be information providing the following; the psychological testing definition of the word ‘test', the major categories of psychological test, the uses and users of each, and the difference and similarities of reliability and validity. The information provided will give you a good idea of what test should be used for and who would administer that particular test
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In this study, we investigate the relationship between academic performance and the use of computer technology. We test our hypothesis which proposes that the growing use of electronic deveices is academically beneficial to high school students' standardized test scores and GPA. Our method of data collection includes both a survey of high school students in the Midwest area and an analysis of national SAT scores in the years before computing and in years with computing. Analysis of SAT archival data
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