the faculty at Clinton County High School appears to be at an all time low. The teachers seem uninspired in the classrooms and an unusual amount of sick and personal time is being used. Last year the overall performance of the district on state standardized tests declined sharply. As superintendant of the school, I instructed the principal and assistant principals to conduct a survey amongst the staff in an attempt to pin point the problem. The results of the survey revealed that there are multiple
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teaching of the material, in motivating the students to study, in convincing them that tests are important, in choosing the material that will be on the exam paper. The author believes that there are more indicators to a schools competency then standardized tests. “Positive test scores can greatly motivate the government to issue more money so that the quality of learning is improved. This may be accredited to cleaner facilities, increased staff support, more scholarship opportunities, etc. On the
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Descriptions | * Norm referenced tests are most often used for placement * Designed to create distinctions amongst students * Tests are scored as a percentage or percentile ranking(EdGlossary, 2015) | * Criterion tests are better known as Standardized tests * Designed by a specific committee of experts * Tests are scored as percentages. * Teachers create this type of test to determine content retention. (EdGlossary.2014) | Purpose | * These tests are to determine where a student
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BATTERY AND SELECTION PROCEDURE HOLD UP IN COURT? Yes, it would. Because of the how the company went about gathering all the information. The company tried to cover all the bases when it came to the process. The candidates went through an extensive testing which included, but was not limited to job specifications, duties, and knowledge as well the aptitude tests. There was also a reasonable time frame associated with the
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College Physics I Physics 111 Fall 2015 Preliminary Syllabus (update 8/24/15) INSTRUCTOR: John J. Zielinski, Ph.D. (john.zielinski@oswego.edu) OFFICE: 293 Shineman (Second Floor) PHONE: (my office) 315 - 312 – 2680 (Office telephone has voice mail). Note: Serious subjects should be discussed with me personally, sufficiently beforehand if possible. Use email as a last resort in very serious circumstances. If you cannot talk with me directly, telephone and leave
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Analysis Of Data In this study on male underachievement, as shown in fig. 2, the majority (67%) of participants’ grades was less than 59 % and notably no participant obtained more than 90% on average. Of the total sample, most males (87%) attend school often enough for their attendance to be considered acceptable by a school’s standards. Of the remaining 13% of students that did not attend often belonged to single parent families. This implies poor grades are linked with single parent households
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based company specializing in Certified Public Accountant (CPA) exam preparation. After three years of operation, Turner Test Prep Co. possessed about 10 percent of the small market and was facing fierce competition from its rival company, National Testing Services (NTC). By Spring of 2003, Turner was pleased that the number of customers was rising each session, but was concerned that she had not tapped enough of the market and was not growing in the right direction. Furthermore, a lack of student attendance
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One of Saint Bernard Preparatory School’s main goals is the education and encouragement of academic excellence in its students (“2015-2016 Student/Parent Handbook” 6). As the latest development of this, it plans to implement a curve of five points for Honors and ten points for AP classes. Ideally, this curve rewards students who take advanced classes and encourages students to challenge themselves. While weighting is a not a bad idea in itself, the specific curve St. Bernard is implementing does
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Shut Down Your Screen Week Technology is ruining our lives. How? Brain scientist Nora Volkow says, “Technology is rewiring our brains.” and this is indeed very true. Thomas Campbell is a man who has been hooked to technology ever since third grade when his parents bought him pong, his first video game. “I want to be the first to hear when the aliens land.” he said laughing. But he still wishes he could go back to when things were slower. “I can’t keep everything in my head.” he says. This doesn’t
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In the story “Hidden Intellectualism” written by; Gerald Graff, is about how schools and college’s make mistakes by not valuing street smarts, but academic skills. The reason street smarts are undervalued is because, they aren’t associated with academic skills. Since in the story Gerald Graff explained his interest in sports illustrated books, which he thought wasn’t intellectual to him or others. However, the author; Gerald Graff also mentioned “that one major reason why schools and colleges overlook
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