The Purposes and Methods of Classroom-Based Literacy Assessment Grand Canyon University: RDG 512 June 3, 2014 Assessing Literacy Development The purpose of the information provided is to adequately use literacy assessments and understand their purpose as well as how they benefit students and help guide teachers’ instruction. I. Classroom Assessment A. Planning for Assessment Considerations for each student include: 1. Background knowledge (What do students know about this
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Contemporary Issues in Education 10-28-13 Alfie Kohn article on Standardized Testing and its Victims has some great key points. The article is divided into 8 key fact points. Fact 1 brings to light about how frequently the students are being tested and how big of a role theses test play a role on student progress. Kohn provides numerous examples to substantiate his concern that the tests are politically driven, inappropriate as measures of learning substantive skills, and counterproductive
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Standardized testing has been a well-debated topic in the U.S. for a long time. The debate is whether standardized tests should be restricted or expanded. It is wrong to judge a student based on one end of the year test, when they have so much more to show throughout their school year. It is almost as these standardized tests make teachers teach their students differently by making them teach to what is going to be on the test rather than the normal curriculum. There are many things wrong with standardized
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Many of us have dreaded standardized testing. I know I have, as I was always trying to prepare myself whether it was taking classes offered after class, or just putting that extra time in at home. Standardized testing shouldn't be used to measure a students ability and knowledge in school. "The Council of Chief State School Officers and the country's largest school districts have spoken out in favor of reducing the number of standardized tests students take. The national teachers unions and other
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Standardized Testing Do you like taking that boring Standardized testing every year? Well I don't. Why should we? Standardized testing should not be allowed in schools because kids don't take the tests seriously, also kids and teachers cheat on the tests and schools get punished if their school don't have good scores . The first reason standardized testing should not be allowed in school is because kids won't take the tests seriously. The majority of kids does not take the test seriously. They
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twenty-five states require standardized testing from age 8 to 16. The stress and anxiety can be too much for children to handle. Standardized tests should not be given and people should be more aware of the children who can't move on to the next grade from failing it. This is a very big problem, and it is so stressful to have kids take a test on something that cannot define who a they are as an individual. STAAR Testing is one of the many names of these standardized tests (TAKS, TABS, TAAS.) Each
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Defending Standardized Testing (pp. 23-54). New York, New York: Psychological Press. By Cheryl LeBlanc-Weldon When I decided to delve into the issue of high-stakes testing, I purposefully set out to find its defenders. Critical thinking is important to me and part of the process of thinking critically is to view a variety of perspectives on an issue in order to obtain an informed understanding and from that, an opinion. As an experienced educator, I have participated in standardized testing
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STRUCTURE OF THE U.S. EDUCATION SYSTEM: STANDARDIZED TESTS Standardized tests are used extensively in the U.S. education system at all levels to assist with admissions, placement, and counseling decisions. Some of the more common standardized tests that international students may encounter are described below. ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY TESTS Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) is a proficiency test designed to measure knowledge and skill in understanding and using written English
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Industrial Revolution In the previous class, we learned the changes of the Industrial Revolution. The Industrial Revolution had changed literally everything. Lives changed, roles changed, education changed, homes changed, health changed, romance changed; everything had changed. The elements of the home changed in quite a few ways. The home was always filled with the people that lived there because they spend their time at home. The home was made of things that you could find locally
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Bibliography "Are Test Scores a Good Indication of a School Competency?." Mariachedel. N.p., 22 Sept. 2011. Web. 08 Mar. 2016. https://mariachedel.wordpress.com/2011/09/22/are-test-scores-a-good-indication-of-a-school-competency/ The article “Are Test Scores a Good Indication of a School Competency”, analyzes test score determination of a schools ability to perform and argues that tests scores are not the nest indication of a school’s competency. The article states that test scores are a way to
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