People who are supporting unschooling believe in all the benefits that it shares; higher test scores, closer relationship with your children and the ability to bring religion into the classroom. ... They are still tested on their progress and need to provide credible representation of what they have learned. ... Students check out textbooks, study the chapters, take a test and return the book. ... Rachel scored high enough test scores to gain admittance to Harvard. ... Many children who are unschooled surpass the educational abilities and test scores of public schools. ...

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There are various types of people with many reasons for returning to complete their educations. ... Testing is another side of the story. Tests are the most important part of school. If you flunk the tests, you flunk the course. ... Testing methods have changed as well. ...

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After they have good test results, the things they learned or memorized can soon be forgotten. ... According to the American Educational Service Group, the American testing method however will help the students understand and know the material fully, for they have tests every week. ... Japanese teachers value their students only by the grades they get on the test. ... With the American educational system, people can study only what they want, can get more free time to enjoy themselves, and can express their feelings. For these reasons, it is possible to say that the people who got their educat...

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Thereafter, teaching became a highly desired, independent and creative profession, but only people with a Master´s degree could teach in Finnish basic and high school. ... Fourth, Finland´s educational system does not find it necessary to test the school and the students with standard assessments. The main reasons for this are that they prioritize individuality and creativity, so they test each student on his individual progress. ... Furthermore, they want to avoid teaching exclusively for the tests and competition among students, because they think that testing must positively affect the st...

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To many, the bill should be removed or revised because it is, in fact, leaving people behind. ... By observing young people at school, it can be observed that when their parents where at the school, they were more attentive. ... The Act also makes it look as if the school systems now are all about test grades [OBr13] [Deb09]. Every meeting that teachers have are about to get test grades higher. However, what good are test grades being higher if the student did not learn anything on the test and the teacher gives them the answer to improve AYP so that the school can get extra federal funding? ...

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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. ... In order to be innovative, people need to be creative and have imagination, if that is squashed in a child at a young age, who can say it will return when it is needed later on in life? ... There has been worldwide academic testing which proves that American students ...

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We can measure this in various ways, but, naturally, I come back to standardized test scores, a common indicator of academic success. ... With 65 nations participating in the PISA testing, these are hardly numbers to write home about. ... This relationship is similar across reading and science tests, and in schools across the nation. ... Diversification also helps the social aspect of education that has been lost in the standardized testing craze. Students who attend school with students from different socioeconomic backgrounds have a broader and more nuanced worldview and are more prepared ...

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Many people have argued against home schooling for various reasons', others see no negative outcomes that arise from it. ... Many states have additional requirements, such as the submission of a curricular plan, testing of students, or less frequently testing requirements for p! ... "Some people think I am being paranoid or that I am overreacting. ... Social development tests showed that the children rated closely in self-concept and assertion (Packard 21). Another test showed that home schooled children scored higher on self-concept than public school students (Farris). ...

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Other examples of people who wouldn't make much are people who sell cigarettes, alcohol, pornography, and other negative things people can live without. ... There would NEVER be any police brutality, and it would be a MUST that each police went through a special test for prejudice and hatred. ... Those who pass the test will be rewarded with a ceremony, which lasts for two days, with nothing but their favorite foods, drinks, and snacks. ... They would be psychologically tested and screened. ... Of course, they would be psychologically screened and tested. ...

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In discussions and debates about longer school days, many people are arguing about whether or not to add 90 minutes to each school day. ... Time sampling research - of students for all social classes and in a wide range of schools " has shown that young people are less happy in school than in any other setting in which they regularly find themselves. ... "The argument that more time in school increases test's scores is debatable. Countries that score better than we do on international standardized tests require fewer hours of schooling per year than we do. ... I'm a music teach...

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People were tested to see how this principle works. ... In tests, when subjects were told to indicate faint tones that were played during this phase, they successfully indicated about half of the tones. ... When the same test was done on subjects in phase 2, no response was given. ... The test showed that students slept two hours less on schooldays than weekends, and woke up 3.5 hours earlier on schooldays. ... When people are deprived of this natural process, their entire biological rhythm is thrown off course and the resulting complications lead to even more serious mental and physical d...

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For Americans, particularly low-wage Americans, this story gives a paramount connection to one of our best tests the training of our youngsters. ... Contract school development additionally speaks to a noteworthy extension of decision for people in general. ... Friedman was denouncing people in general instruction framework in the United States. ... These frightful conditions have headed numerous people to seek after options to the universal government funded school framework, including vouchers. ... The progressions under the No Child Left Behind Act incorporate: Testing and Accountability...

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All Standards and Benchmarks from the 370 school districts in Iowa should be gathered, checked for consistency, then we can measure testing and instruction. ... Basically, this is to see if we are teaching what we"re testing for. ... When so many people have worked for so long on something, it should get a lot of attention. ... If we would collect all the Standards and Benchmarks and look for consistency, couldn't that lead to better testing? ... Testing will work better when variables are minimized. ...

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Fact Sheet Zero Tolerance History of Zero Tolerance In public schools, "zero tolerance" means that students are quickly suspended or expelled for breaking the law or violating school rules. These policies were initiated on the federal level by the 1994 Gun-Free Schools Act, which responded to...

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It has been found though, that "Of the 11 charter schools that administered third-, fifth- or eighth-grade ISATS last February (1999), only two beat the state grade-level averages in every math and reading test." ... Because of the number of students in the program, although limited, there is a recommendation of twenty five percent individual instruction, sixty percent computer based instruction, and fifteen percent independent study equaling a minimum of 36 hours before the student will be able to test for completion of a credit. ... As a former student who graduated in a situation such as...

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No matter the level of integration, there are advantages and disadvantages to the approach and using it effectively requires a delicate balancing act between the needs to address the requirements of high stakes testing with the desire to engage students in what they need to learn. ... Although teachers might be excited and initially supportive of the change, there is a question regarding the plan for addressing the issues that inevitably come up when people work in groups across time (Loepp, 1999). ... They also need to take professional development time to understand how their discipline ca...

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I was studying a lot for the middle school graduation test and offers exams in many subject areas, including history and literature, science and mathematics and foreign languages. ... When It comes to test day I stressed out. ... I went to my class and took the tested math to history. ... I still shocked because he was speaking Turkish better than Turkish people. ... Your uncle applied for more than ten people, but only your father got that chance. ...

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I was very surprised to find out that not too many people mentioned the importance of time management. ... This characteristic sounds kind of silly, but for some people it's very hard for them to do based off of embarrassment, and that is asking questions. ... " I have to admit, I am one of those people who do feel kind of stupid asking questions in front of the whole class but I still try to ask as many as I can. ... Homework is given for you to find out and understand the subject you are learning so you can pass your tests.... All the answers you will have for that 100 point test i...

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Most people have given credit for the increase in the number of home schooling to the growth of fundamentalist Christianity, although no one will ever know for certain. ... Some parents are dissatisfied with the quality and lack of responsiveness of schools, and home schooling provides them with a chance to initiate their ideas about education, and to test their own teaching skills. ... "This may be why home-schooled children generally score quite well on standardized tests, averaging between the sixty-fifth and ninetieth percentiles" (Sadker). ... Some home schooling families operate like sm...

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Take the fat black student, he sits in class everyday, never takes a note and scores a 100% on the first test. ... We categorize people everyday. ... When viewing these two people, how would you categorize them? ... Once a student begins to realize poor test scores a process of specialized care begins. ... It certainly seems that how people feel about us, can have a general affect on our performance. ...

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Take the fat black student, he sits in class everyday, never takes a note and scores a 100% on the first test. ... We categorize people everyday. ... When viewing these two people, how would you categorize them? ... Once a student begins to realize poor test scores a process of specialized care begins. ... It certainly seems that how people feel about us, can have a general affect on our performance. ...

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Apparently, the people of Fergus Falls bought these statements, because with virtually no opposition, students are now learning under a four-period format. ... The fact that teachers are supposed to allow some sort of break in the middle of class (since most people do not have an attention span of 85 minutes) isn't even taken into consideration. ... For his Physics students, he must prepare them to take the AP test for college. But the AP test doesn't change because FFHS's system changed; the same material must be learned this year as last to pass the test. ... H is concerned wh...

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Many people will argue that homeschooling causes children to fall behind in academically, isolate them from their peers, and prevent social and emotional growth. ... In a study done by Brian Ray,Ph.D the outcome proved "Home schoolers score above average on achievement tests...," and, "score above average on the SAT and ACT tests..." ... Raymond Moore has researched effects of homeschooling and found homeschooled children have been exposed to a wider variety of people and situations which makes them able to adapt. ... One aspect of home school that many people overlook is the religious point....

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Probably the same people who would want an incompetent teacher. ... It is not as exciting as chocolate, and many people shy away from it for the reason that they do not like it, but it is beneficial. ... Ravitch asserts in her article that "the idea that teachers are the most important factor [in] determining student achievement is false -teacher quality accounts for about 7.5-10 percent of student test score gains (2). ... Instructors have to make do with whatever curricula and materials they are given even if they believe that they are ineffective since they do not control curriculum, standa...

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Where most of the time, colleges not only "seek for 'high quality students'"; students who have excellent grades and high test scores(Moyer 3). ... Also, this might sound unreasonable, but people should consider the fact that colleges "want you as much as or more than you want them"(Israel 46). ... However, this does not mean that students should terminate allocating their time towards their education; contributing their effort to accomplish good grades and high test scores. ... Moreover, if a student did not succeed with amazing grades nor high test scores, he o...

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