Throughout history the Public School System never made it mandatory to have their students take national standardized test. ... If you wanted to know how to make teaching methods better through the results of tests, administering the test at the end of the year makes no sense. ... However, Testing by itself will not improve education. ... (Davey, Neill) What we should be doing is not so much looking at the standardized test but look at the system and students that we are testing. ... More time and effort should spent on how, when, and who these tests should be given to rather then focusing ...

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Standardized Testing Are standardized tests failing our children? Are these tests truly improving instruction or are they forcing teachers to merely "teach to the test"? ... The temptation to teach students to do well on standardized tests is almost unavoidable when performance on such tests is how entire school systems are evaluated. Testing supporter President Bush said, if we are teaching math and reading, teaching to math and reading tests makes sense. ... For example, San Antonio, Texas fifth-grade teacher Teddi Beam-Conroy used to liven up her history lessons on the Colonies b...

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A press report claimed that in the 2014 national graduation examinations, where students could pick one out of four subjects to do a obligatory test, there was only one student who picked history out of 600 students at Quang Trung Highschool in Hanoi. In many other schools, no students at all chose history. ... Consequently, to save time, children do not pay enough attention or even ignore History. ... Another effective method to awaken students' curiosity in History is to have a televised game-show for young people to encourage them to explore not only the history and culture of the co...

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The problem with professors using multiple-choice tests is that these types of tests do not reflect how well the student understands the subject. ... A multiple-choice test succeeds in its intensions; it does test how well the student knows the readings of the subject. Although multiple-choice tests may accomplish their purpose, the purpose is the part of the test that is actually at fault. ... University professors vary greatly in their teaching methods and testing methods, however, great majorities of professors use multiple-choice tests simply because it is the easiest way to test a st...

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Standardized Tests: Inaccurate and Unfair Evaluations While previous generations of American students have had to sit through tests, never have the tests been given so frequently and never have they played such a prominent role in schooling (Kohn 1). Kohn further asserts that "children are tested to an extent that is unprecedented in history and unparalleled anywhere else in the world" (2). However, standardized tests are inaccurate and unfair evaluations. ... "Smith and Rottenberg report (1991) that mandated testing at the elementary school level results in (a) reduced time for instruct...

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NCLB mandated high-stakes tests for all states, and imposed a carrots-and-sticks strategy of rewards and punishments if test scores were not consistently high. ... Standardized tests will continue to decrease the class time spent on history and science and increase the number of skilled test-takers who aren't any better at math and reading, despite No Child Behind legislation and its promise of improvement through standardized tests (Ravitch, 2011). ... Schools with at-risk students become institutions for test takers. ... Students and teachers have learned that their jobs and futures ar...

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An example of this was the US History STAAR. ... I dedicated a large portion of my time to just for this test. By working hard and studying for this I ended up getting commended on the STAAR which in turn let me be exempt from the History EOC. ...

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The ability to invent history allows for history, as I have defined it, to take shape. ... 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 have to do so at the expense of the students" test grades. ... Teacher...

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He even gives the reader a small history lesson on testing in the past. 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. ... 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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Minorities are often excluded from U.S. history. ... In addition to being ignored or misrepresented in history, minority students, many who are financially wanting, are subjected to the capitalistic values of society through the presentation of lessons in arithmetic textbooks. ... Testing bias is yet another aspect that leads to inequality in the educational system. On average, minorities score lower than whites on standardized tests. ... However, cultural specific content of tests, ...

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Actor and comedian Charlie Chaplin once said, "There are more valid facts and details in works of art than there are in history books.... Educators can teach about history, but students can understand better with looking at an art work and figuring out the history behind that piece of art. ... This would be a plus toward the schools that continue to have problems with students scoring low on their standardized test. ... Most schools believe that more time in the required classes will improve standardized test scores, instead of having them involved in the arts. ... Art related classes hav...

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Generally, children are sent to school in order to learn from the education theyre receiving and are then evaluated through tests and assignments. ... The curriculum does not teach students; it tests how well they can memorize terms and formulas rather than testing skills that pertain to the student. ... This statement is portrayed inHe describes a hypothetical scenario involving two children taking an intelligence test, otherwise known as an IQ test. ... For example, According to the National Womens History Museum, women had been fighting for their right to an education in the Women's Ri...

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At the time in history, books were both expensive and rare, so students were encouraged to read out loud and memorize all their lessons2. ... If they failed the physical test, they would be doomed to middle class and lose all their rights. ... 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 citizen and a soldier of...

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Throughout history, people have always been prone to create their own mental realities, preconceived notions and concepts that they expect the world to follow. ... These people had developed their own ideas about the reality and rather than test their notions to a narrow test of accuracy, they were content to blame reality. ... Education itself can in fact make this situation of people not submitting their thoughts to a narrow test of accuracy worse, not better. ... If Rodriguez had tested this through a narrow test of accuracy, he would have found that it was a false notion. ... Therefore, an...

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Once possessing some of the highest test scores in math, science, and literature, America currently fights to reacquire the scores it once had. ... The board of education is lowering school budgets and striving for higher test scores. ... While many agree that the arts play an important role in American education, the cost to maintain the arts throughout America occasionally exceed the expenses of core subjects like math, history, and literacy. ... Test scores increased by 49% in math, 63% in reading, and 36% in writing" (Kronkosky 2). According to these results, the more time spent in a...

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Stories such as this are repeated over and over in the history of the civil rights movement in the United States: In January 1961, James Meredith, an African-American, applied for admission to the University of Mississippi. ... (Law) The history of Supreme Court rulings concerning school desegregation is one of initial unwillingness to dictate solutions, followed by growing impatience with the speed of integration in many jurisdictions, culminating in detailed and sometimes drastic orders for complete and immediate desegregation, and finally some backing off in the 1970's from hard-lin...

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Kids spend too much time in school learning about history, they learn how to do algebra, measure a circle, they learn about galaxies and how to create explosions,but is that what's really going to get them far in life? ... Actually think about it, you study, you write down what you remember and from your own knowledge if you forget the answer you are pretty much going to do bad on the test. ... School really shouldn't be giving kids chances to re-do tests school should let the children learn from their mistakes. Do kids need to know about the history of Canada? ...

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One time my history teacher gave a reading assignment of approximately five pages; this is the time when I was newly arrived in America and did not have a very good comprehension of English. I was really nervous and afraid that I would not be able to read and do well on my test. ... He also helped me to read in order to be prepared for the test on the very next day. ... When I was in the tenth grade, I failed the FCAT test, which is the test that measures student achievement in reading and writing. I felt very much discouraged and disappointed with myself because if I did not pass the FCAT tes...

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Previous generations were required to learn the basics: reading, writing, math, science, and history. ... 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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In the United States, the history of segregation in education for people of color is being repeated, but this time with students from backgrounds of poverty. ... " Common Core was initially adopted due to the claim that our international test scores are very low. ... In comparison to European and Asian students, American student test scores are low internationally. The way to 'fix' this problem is to establish high standards that control what is taught by testing students on the standards. Testing assures that these standards are taught. ...

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The findings for West Virginia's statewide initiative are as follows: • The more students participated in computer education, the more their test scores rose on standardized testing. ... All students' test scores rose on the standardized tests with lower achieving students rising the most. ... Compared to conventional classrooms with their stress on verbal knowledge and multiple choice test performance, technology provides a very different set of challenges and a different avenue in which students can exhibit their understanding of the material. ... Effects Technology has on St...

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The United Kingdom has a long history with its traditional education, it became very completed And complicated after withstood the test of several hundred years. It mainly divided into three Stages, that is, compulsory education, further education and higher education. There are some Di...

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He goes on to note that a similar pattern of deficiency in knowledge achievement is revealed by the NAEP studies of mathematics, history, literature, geography, and civics. ... The third goal states: "By the year 2000, American students will leave grades four, eight, and twelve having demonstrated competency in challenging subject matter including English, mathematics, science, history, and geography; and every school in America will ensure that all students learn to use their minds well, so that they may be prepared for responsible citizenship, further learning, and productive employment in ...

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The rest is history. ... I entered high school very well aware of how important my G.P.A. and test scores are. ... The hardest part of the educational process for me is the repetition of subject matter and the standard of excellence students are supposed to meet when it is solely based upon memorization for a test. ...

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I never enjoyed my work, and rarely remembered what I "learned" after taking the test, and never really understood the big-picture ideas. ... Stories, histories and ideas would die with the people who spoke them. Thanks to writing, histories, traditions and ideas can live forever. ... Academic integrity could be violated by many things from stealing someone else's paper, to cheating on a test or assignment, to allowing or helping someone else to do these things. ...

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