This process allows for the test makers to see if the test really tests what they say it does and to be able to set up the scoring tables. ... The test is then given to the students a few times to make sure that the test makers are getting an accurate score for each student. ... Standardized tests can be giving to show growth in students" knowledge in a content area or what that test tests. ... The tests are being used for the wrong propose. ... The tests should be used to feed instruction. ...

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This is a good example that he uses to show the reader what testing was originally used for to compare to what testing is used for now. ... Also my parents were always on my case about studying for tests. A good thing that Goodman does in his essay is that he does give reasons to keep testing and ways to improve testing. ... I know that if I were given tests that have no value then I would not take the test as serious as I would if the test had consequences or rewards (Barnett 17). ... He is sympathetic to those students who do not test well. ...

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She goes on stating that under NCLB, what a teacher is all about comes down to the performance on a single test (Lewis 2003). ... In it, elementary teachers must pass a "rigorous" state test in all subject matter in order to get certified. ... The provisions include funding to create, publish, and administor the test, the cost to help teachers meet these requirements, and the cost to employ overseers to ensure the tests are conducted in a "scientific manner"(Lewis 2003). ... Using this example shows an obvious potentially failed fortune of mass teacher testing across the nation. ... She i...

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Too much testing, and putting too much value into the tests has created a problem in which many teachers now strictly teach to the materials on the test, creating better scores, but decreasing overall knowledge. ... But the problem is not only in the test scores themselves. The bigger problem this creates is that when everyone looks at our test scores, and demands we do better, teachers end up teaching only to the test in some cases. ... This also reduces effort from the teachers, who know just look over a test and write a lesson plan emphasizing the questions or main points of a test. ...

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Students need to learn more skills from a teacher other than how to pass a test. ... I'm worried about tomorrow's test." ... Other kids will give up, figuring they aren't good test takers, so why bother studying.... Some would disagree and say that the national standardized test is a good idea. ... Where a good school passes this test and the bad school fails. ...

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State tests should be an option for each student who decides to participate. State tests can be a hassle and sometimes depressing. ... They can take the tests and see which levels they need to improve on. ... They should give the teenager an option of when to take the test and they will decide when, that way, they can study as long as they would like to and take the test when they are prepared. Therefor the teenager can test their progress optionally. ...

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A solid GPA says a lot more than one test. ... It is not fair to judge twelve years of education on one test. ... The idea of taking a test on all of those skills is ridiculous. ... Taking an end of the year test would help this situation. ... Every class would now be tracked not only by a letter grade but a test grade. ...

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With as much as 45 school days being taken up by standardized testing and school funding being cut drastically, education is quickly becoming a rising problem in Texas. ... In 2012, the new STAAR (State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness) testing system replaced the old TAKS (Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills) testing system and this has created even more problems for the students and school districts in Texas. The TAKS test only required 4 tests for high school graduation, while the STAAR requires 15 tests, and the student must pass them all. STAAR tests count for 15% of a st...

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Low salaries was the biggest factor, along with standardized tests and heavy paperwork. I understand how standardized testing can drive teachers away from teaching because I taught last year in a school that was test driven. They cared more about what the test said than about how the students were doing the rest of the year. As teachers, we were expected to teach to the test and were not allowed to be creative. ... The school cares about tests, but also about the lives of its students the rest of the year. ...

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If they failed the physical test, they would be doomed to middle class and lose all their rights. In spite of this fact, Spartan women who had failed their test still had quite a bit of freedom for Greek women because their husbands were usually not at home2. ... Like the girls, at the age of about eighteen to twenty, boys were required to pass a test. Unlike the test for girls, which only showcased fitness, the test for men was on fitness, leadership skills, and military excellence. If one failed these test, he would be stripped of his rights, but if he passed, he would become a full cit...

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I practically spend every weekend studying for tests, doing homework or working on projects. ... In the future, I will have to take a test that will show how much knowledge I have gained. This test is called the SAT. The test results I get will help me enter a good college. ...

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There are three prominent things that currently interfere with my education, one of them being the College Placement Test, my finances, and managing my responsibilities while doing well in school. ... The College Placement Test has been very challenging for me. ... I took the test more than three times within one week, all three tests came back with the same results. ...

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Do you require standardized testing? ... Two SAT Subject Tests. You should not submit two Subject Tests in mathematics to meet this requirement. Similarly, if your first language is not English, you should not use a Subject Test in your first language. Official codes are 3434 for the College Board SAT Reasoning and Subject Tests and 1840 for the ACT. 6. ...

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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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Some tests are required to be taken in person at certain centers. ... While schools can monitor tests in the classroom, how are tests monitored at home or on the computer. ... The program would prevent cheating on tests by restricting what programs could be running while to the test was being taken. ... Another possible solution would be to require a moderator while the student was taking the test. The moderator could either work at a testing center, or a parent or adult could be used at home. ...

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The report card will be based on a test that students take at every school. These tests will be given to every student in grades 3-8. ... The test will be designed to check each states progress, from their preexisting standards. ... However, third graders have been tested. In Polk County, they are tested with the FCAT. ...

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The other reason that it would benefit the teachers would be because they can have their retake tests. ... Also, if there were longer lunches, students would be able to retake tests and also have enough time to eat their lunches without rushing. So by having more time to eat and retake tests, the students would be able to keep their grades up. ...

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The homework, in-school work, and tests/quizzes were very hard. The tests/quizzes for language would have a 5-paragraph essay on them. The questions that were on the test were never multiple choices, they were always long answer, short answer, and fix the sentence work. ...

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The test results will be made public in annual report cards on how schools and states are progressing toward their objectives. The act also says that children will be tested annually in grades 3 through 8, in reading and math to measure their progress. ... Students must also increase in theirs test scores in order to be promoted to the next level. ... She claims that schools headboard plans out the testing dates for the students, being a monthly test throughout the whole school year. ... He explains that the school plans a monthly test for the students in order for them to the constant with it...

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National teacher testing has become a multi-million dollar business. ... Cost may range for one test from $25 to $140 dollars. ... But can a test determine whether or not the person will be an effective teacher? ... While standardized test are supposed to assess knowledge, they do not assess the applicable demonstration of or the ability to convey knowledge. ... Together, observations and test data are use to determine a teacher's effectiveness. ...

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Based on tests by two similar schools, one where art is strong and one where art is weak, respectively; teachers attribute higher test scores in math, science, English, and reading in schools where art was a strong subject matter. In the same test that Williams talks about, there were reports that many of the students in the strong art based institutions, vocabulary and writing skills improved dramatically over non art based educational facilities. Later tests revealed that in multicultural schools, art such as different languages enhanced the minds of students. ... His test revealed e...

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They select over achievers who have high grade point averages and high test scores. ... When it comes to test scores not everyone are good test takers. There are a lot of students who do exceptionally well in classrooms but when it comes to taking the actual test they get paranoid and forget everything they have retained. Rather you pass a test should not determine rather you are smart or dumb. ... There are also some people who do not understand anything in the entire course but they end up passing their college placement tests. ...

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In the same test, students from Shanghai, China, received higher scores than any other school system in the world (Hechinger 1). ... Finland does not do any assessments or testing of their students until they finish secondary school at age sixteen. ... The U.S. testing system could be reformed by schools or states, as long as the main goals were being accomplished. ... The U.S. should discontinue testing until children are older as officials do in Finland. ... There has been worldwide academic testing which proves that American students compare ...

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The SAT was designed and developed in 1901 "to supplement essay-based tests and also help privileged applicants get into college". ... As a standardized test, the SAT produces unequal results because those students have had unequal educational experiences. ... In addition, two million U.S. high school students will take the SAT reasoning test and how well they do will play a big part in determining whether or not they'll get into the college of their choice. ... (collegeboard.com) Atkinson also stated, "Anyone involved in education should be concerned about how overemphasis on the SAT ...

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They have low test scores, high dropout rates and low graduation rates. If the US had the same high-standard common core curriculum throughout the country, there would not be a drastic difference from state to state regarding test scores, graduation rates, etc. ... They are not introduced to loads of standardized testing like American preschool students are in an early age. Standardized testing is used only early and frequently with Finnish preschoolers and stopped afterwards; however American preschoolers continue taking it throughout their academic school career which does not benefit them...

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