He wanted to prepare the students to take the AP Calculus test so they can gain credits towards college, but the other staff members were astonished, they didn't believe that the student would be able to do it. ... Escalante did all he could to motivate and help the students to prepare for this test, they spent evenings, weekends, and even their breaks off of school to prepare for the test. ... They took the AP Calculus test and passed it with flying colors, and they did so well that people believed they cheated. So once people believed that they cheated all of the students lost their mot...

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• Grade Level: High School

Lewis writes in her February 2003 article that under the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act "high-quality teachers are good test takers - but not necessarily anything more" (Lewis 2003). ... She begins by describing what exactly entailed in the NCLB Act. ... There are three major points given to support changing the NCLB act. The first being that all these new provisions cost money, and most states are already underfunded in both teacher salary and programs to prepare teachers. ... She invokes feelings that maybe the NCLB Act should have been evaluated more and tested before it was passed. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

For a person to become a teacher in the U.S. she or he must have obtained a Bachelor's degree, a supervised teaching experience and completed basic writing and math skills tests. ... Since 2002 the U.S. has implemented a standardized test under the No Child Left Behind act. The main aim behind this act is teach a cirrocumuli to prepare for the test. All the while Finland has done away with any such standardized test but one, which is taken around the age of sixteen and even then the test is optional. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The thought that one teacher can act as the elder, passing information to students from many different backgrounds, is a huge task to ask of a single person. ... The other side of the argument is that teachers, at least in New York State, are forced to prepare students for the Regents tests that all students must take. ... If the teacher does take time to teach the multicultural version of American history, he or she is taking that much time away from preparing the students for their state mandated tests. ... If they have a desire to teach a multicultural version of American history they ha...

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This accounts for nearly 90 percent of the difference in test scores. ... Parents can also act as tutors to help students with problems. More importantly, parents should get involved in school to act as an advocate for their children. ... Though workshop topics may cover anything from children's literature to diabetes prevention, the district always devoted several springtime sessions to giving parents strategies for helping their children prepare for the math, science, and writing sections of the TAAS. ... Furthermore, parents must act as advocates for all children in school and socie...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Education is defined as "the act of acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and preparing oneself intellectually for a mature life." ... One of the most controversial concepts is known as the banking concept of education, in which students are required to memorize facts and later on be tested on them. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate