Administrators focus more on dress codes and violence prevention, than they do on test scores and how we compare to other countries. ... The commission findings generated recommendations to improve the content of education and raise the standards of student achievement, particularly in testing, increase the time spent on education and provide incentives to encourage more individuals to enter the field of education as well as improving teacher preparation. ... The plan also introduced the Regents Minimum Competency Tests, which requires a student to pass tests in five major categories; math, sc...

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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. ... In all of these situations the people involved could have saved themselves a great deal of time and frustration if they had simply submitted their mental reality to a narrow test of accuracy. 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 ...

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"The world's greatest problems do not result from people being unable to read and write. They result from people in the world-from different cultures, races, religions, and nations being unable to get along and to work together to solve the world's problems.... A high-stakes test is a test with important consequences for whom is being tested. ... The important goal of using high-stakes testing is to measure and improve student and school system performance is laudable, it is also important that such tests are scored properly too. Mostly public schools use hiigh-stakes testing be...

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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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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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For example, the establishment of the No Child Left Behind Act" (NCLB) enables the assessment of public schools through standardized testing. ... In David Hursh's (Date) article, it mentioned "how testing policies further legitimize program differences by forcing schools with low test scores (those composed primarily of students of color and students living in poverty) to institute more regimented methods of instruction"" (p. 157). This quote means that the testing policies enforced in public schools are making it more difficult for low-income students to achieve higher test scores, bec...

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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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This helps the kids think quickly and hopefully help them get ready for tests. ... This can be used for a review for a test or exam, or even at the end of the week to debrief. ... Another example of set induction would be as the article says: by comparing a group of people to a pile of books, it is possible to show that one cannot really judge people by their appearance any more than one can judge a book by its cover. ... After they analyze the students formulate a hypothesis, test the hypothesis, draw conclusions, and make recommendations. ... Students should be given the opportunity to...

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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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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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Only with repeated trials and testing of these knowledge and application of knowledge, students are then able to apply what they have learnt during school to their working life. ... This is another aspect in which the education system has provided ample opportunities for students to test out what they have learnt in simulations in the real world. ... Students, nowadays, are a group of highly pragmatic people. ... Whether one is a leader or a follower, this ability to relate to other people and understand other people is highly important. Unless one a hermit, it is inevitable that one need...

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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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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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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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Despite there being policies developed to help improve educational attainment, some policies are not being implemented properly which means that a lot of people, particularly those with Special Educational Needs (Cassen & Kingdon 2007), are becoming losers because the Government are not doing enough to make legislation work in their favour. ... He found that the barrier to this intercultural education is not just a lack of knowledge about other cultures etc. but more how this people are interpreted and represented (Shim, 2012). ...

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I want to empower students to become better people and contribute positive aspects to this society. ... It's important to have an open mind and not have a stigma towards different races and religions like many people do nowadays. ... When assessing my students, I will most likely give out pre-tests to see how much the students know about the subject we are about to learn. I will get to know each student's' individual capabilities and recognize that there are factors to bad test taking, like anxiety, ADHD, etc., and try to accommodate to the child's needs. One example i...

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Can these characteristics be identified and somehow taught to others, or are these just instinctual, possibly even cultural, behaviors that people simply possess?... There were five successful approaches and they included: (1) a program explicitly designed to teach comprehension skill, (2) teaching strategies that enable students to learn how to learn, (3) step-by-step instructions for teachers, (4) field tested and revised to suit school/district issues, and (5) motivates success for future learning. The idea was that successful inner-city schools need to align curricular objectives, teaching...

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The typical curricula, tests, and learning tools used in public schools were created by middle-class educators and are geared toward the needs of middle-class children. ... Researchers found that more middle-class parents have higher expectations and goals for their kids than parents of lower-class children, and that children from higher class families typically have higher IQs, GPAs, and test scores than kids from lower-class families (Chilcott, 264-65). ... Because different types of skills are often taught in different levels of tracking, the people in lower tracks (a majority of which are ...

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Although it may not be within a teachers' spectrum of expertise to conduct diagnostic tests, it should be within a teacher's expertise to recognise the needs for such tests. ... Statistics show the ratio of male to female people with Asperger's Syndrome is 4:1, so it does not surprise me that the student in the class is a male. ... (At my school the student has access to the library at all times) Because people with Asperger's Syndrome are easily distracted, have difficulty remaining focused on some tasks, and withdraw from criticism; it is necessary to plan the phy...

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He is a phenomenal student academically and always seems to be doing great on his tests and assignments. ... Students with autism are very intelligent people, and their capabilities change depending on the severity. ... One student, in an interview responded, "People in my class know about my autism at school, that's why they likely pick on me. ...

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When people think about discrimination, they usually associate it with race or gender. ... Certainly, the people who do not get the job would claim that they were discriminated against, and to some extent they would be right. ... My Spanish teacher even told me that if I didn't do well on a test, I could take it over after the season. ... Unlike the people at my old school, no one at my new school seemed to care much about high school football. ... I learned that you should judge people on their merits, not by your own set of assumptions. ...

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People have focused on the administrators, the supplies being giving, and even the lessons being taught. ... Without the assurance people argue that teachers will no longer have loyalty to institutions and therefore put institutions at risk. ... Though sharing the same good intentions there are two spectrums of people that view the subject very differently. ... People like Dr. ... Tenure should be abolished and faculty members ought to be put on contracts where evaluations and test are put in place every so often to ensure that students are getting the best possible education. ...

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Many people think that corporal punishment is a big deal and that it should not be allowed in schools, yet some people think that it's a good idea. ... Some people might say that teacher's do have the right to. ... Overall better test scores because kids are no longer being interrupted, better behaving kids, and the teachers wouldn't have to worry about getting the students they teach to behave. ... Many people would lead you to believe that online classes are free. ... Many people don't think that a college education is that important. ...

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