Virtual Classroom Observations Video 1-6 Dr. Susan Stanley EDUC 656: Teaching Content Area Reading Liberty University By: Vanna Mata November 22, 2015 Video 1: Mark Diacopoulos In this video, Mr. Diacopoulos was teaching his class about the formation of the U.S. Constitution. He talked about the two sides of the politics; Federalists and the Anti-Federalists (Democratic Republicans). There were a couple of things that stood out for me in this video. First, it was his accent when he spoke
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The title of the article “What do test scores really tell us?” explains it all as to what Gary Gutting is going to focus on in the artifact I found. It goes on to address a variety of people, the main targets however are school board officials, parents, and even students. Gutting’s main thesis explains how we should be finding a reason as to why students do bad on standardized tests and how schools shouldn’t be so hasty to make changes because every students test differently from each other and one
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Standardized Testing Standardized tests are very common throughout the United States. They are used to measure students’ academic performances in school. These tests vary from state to state in all grade levels. However, these tests are believed to be biased towards those students who come from higher-class neighborhoods, simply because they have more educational resources. I don’t believe that standardized testing is a good idea for many reasons. Standardized testing assesses students, teachers
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educational testing usually generates images of standardized testing and the requirements that are needed to produce quality materials. The Code of Fair Testing Practices is a published compendium that outlines testing standards and applies to both test developers and users (Kaplan & Saccuzzo, 2014). The idea behind the policy is to ensure that all test-takers are provided with a fair and equal opportunity to demonstrate their knowledge on a test. An interesting note included in the code is that
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funding have gotten out of hand. One federal initiative is the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) passed by President George W. Bush in 2002. NCLB was meant to serve three main goals. First, an accountability system was put into place using state standardized tests, graduation rates as well as other indicators to judge how a school performed. The second goal of NCLB was to have schools produce an annual report with all of the required statistics of school performance for each school year. The third goal
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yearly of standardized tests and that's not factoring in the practice tests and class.This essay will discuss how there are too many state mandated tests, how the tests are too long ,and . I feel that test should be cut and good tests take their place. First, there are too many mandated tests .The average amount of tests a student will take over their school career is one hundred and twelve .A school in California which happens to be the 4th largest school in the nation cut their 300 yearly tests down
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Instruction and Standardized Testing Outcomes” Tiffany R. Williams Argosy University June 14, 2012 Theoretical Framework Once the literature review was engineered, it was determined that there was sufficient research provided on differentiated instruction and standardized test outcomes. The theoretical framework consisted of different philosophies and theories on differentiation instruction, meeting the individual needs, and how differentiating instruction and standardized testing outcomes
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are working on bringing a great summer program to our students. Unfortunately it has not been the smoothest process. As we strive to continue school day learning, we rely heavily on results from standardized test given to our students throughout the school year. Not only that, we also administer our own test based on the curriculum we’ve created. Once all grades have been finalized and entered, our technicians are able to pull that information for the children that are enrolled in our programs. It
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not doing good by immediately collecting the records of the student from various test grades. These systems are also helping the schools to provide more necessary information and sources to the students if necessary. When coming to the inputs and outputs of these systems they are giving best results in various schools like Montgomery, 90 percent of kindergartners were able to read at the level required by standardized testing, with minimal differences among racial and socioeconomic groups. These numbers
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grew up Loudoun County, one of the richest counties, where education was extremely important. My education was centered around 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
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