China used these tests in order to test the knowledge of citizens who were applying for leadership job positions. ... (Dan Fetcher) Standardized testing developed into an accessible way to test a considerable amount of student's knowledge about what they have been taught throughout the school year. ... In Texas 2003 the state spent up to around $9 million dollars just on these tests. ... In Hawaii 2004-2005 their test architect Harcourt made an error in their system which led to grading over 98,000 of these test because the scores students were receiving said that they had submitted a ...

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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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Pennsylvania's testing procedure is a prime example of America's insufficient practices. ... The permit test consists of only eighteen questions and fifteen correct is passing. ... Therefore, the written portion is a breeze, now its time to practice for the road test. ... The second step on the road to a teenage terror behind the wheel is the road test. ... This test contradicts the seriousness of driving with its simplicity. ...

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According to the implied-consent law, the police can require you to take a Breathalyzer test. ... Another test that police frequently require to be taken is the Walk and Turn test. ... In order to properly administer this test, it is important to understand what type of test it is. This test is commonly referred to as a Divided Attention test because it divides the suspect's attention between mental and physical tasks. ... There are six scoring factors that determine if the suspect passed the test. ...

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A bright-faced child enters a Greyhound bus filled to the brim with her fellow eighth grade classmates. A cacophony of excited voices welcomes the girl as she takes her seat next to the window. As the bus takes off in a northeast direction, the realization of the trip finally sinks in. The eighth gr...

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In an article named "Workplace Drug Testing" published on March 12,2001, American Civil Liberties Union, states that "in some industries, taking a drug test is as routine as filling out a job application, despite the fact that random drug testing is unfair, often inaccurate and unproven as a means of stopping drug use. ... Now, this raises the somewhat obvious question, How do drug tests really invade someone's privacy? ... The Washington D.C police department admitted that they used urine samples collected from drug tests for other discrete purposes. ... Let us ask yet 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 government has taken drastic measures to improve these test scores and to prove to all Americans that this generation's education is, in fact, a grade A education. ... The board of education is lowering school budgets and striving for higher test scores. ... 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 art classes the more the standardized t...

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Bias in educational materials used, teachers' expectations, tracking, testing bias, linguistic differences, and lack of positive role models all combine to offer a less than comprehensive education. ... Until then, it is difficult to accurately grade a child on a test subject given in Classroom of America 6 the English language. ... Testing bias is yet another aspect that leads to inequality in the educational system. On average, minorities score lower than whites on standardized ...

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This model includes four steps: problem identification, development of hypothesis, testing of the hypothesis, and finally data testing. ... The next step, testing, requires data collection. ... The last step is data testing. ...

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Lastly, Jendian introduced us to "Implicit Association Tests Bias " a test that showed hidden race biases in our unconscious mind. I took three different race bias tests and on all three I was scored to have strong bias against black people. The test was about relating words to black and white faces and my scores showed that I unconsciously associated blacks with being lazy, violent or aggressive. ... PART II: I was shocked to see my results on the Implicit Bias test, because I never considered myself to be racist whatsoever. ...

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Testing and Bombing A. First test of the Atomic Bomb(Trinity). ... At last it was time for the testing and bombing, to see if all the hard work had paid off. The first test was conducted in the desert near Alamogordo, New Mexico at a site called Trinity. ... Ken Bainbridge, the test director, then told Oppenheimer, "Now we"re all sons of bitches." ...

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The Japanese testing in these schools is also another way to bewilder and devastate the students. ... It can cause the students to not pay attention to the class and only study one or two weeks before the test. 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. ...

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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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Since there is no general practice of using PPE in regular situations where phone lines are being installed and the work sites are not being tested for asbestos prior to holes being drilled in the walls, there seems to be a lack of action from the administration in providing adequate safety to these employees. ... If monitoring levels indicate that workers have been exposed to more than the permissible limit, they must receive a written notice within five days of the employer's obtaining the test results. ... Such exams must include a medical history, chest x-ray, and lung function tests....

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Minority students are further disadvantaged when applying to college, because standardized test scores are biased against them. ... For example, Finnish people are seen as inferior in Sweden, and perform poorly on tests there; however, they perform well on tests in Australia, where they are not discriminated against. These studies suggest that standardized test scores are unintentionally biased against Americans who suffer a lower position in the U.S. social structure, namely African-Americans and Hispanics. This is one reason that affirmative action is needed to combat this bias by seeking to...

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But when it comes to education, American school systems do not rank in the top five nations in categories such as: college enrollment, test scores, and percentage of adults with a degree higher than a high school diploma. ... Although higher education is typically seen as a path meant only for doctors and lawyers, American test scores and college enrollment will increase, regardless of career path, with proper motivation at a young age. ... American test scores are just as low. ... While this may show an improvement on paper, these students are not really learning and when a true test of kno...

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A clinician test given to suspected alcoholics or taken personally is called the Diagnostic Interview Schedule (DIS). The test given to check for pathological alcohol abuse is known as Criterion A for alcohol abuse. Requirements for this test include: wanting to stop drinking but could not, drinking 20 or more drinks in 1 day, having blackouts while drinking, going on two or more binges, continuing to drink with a serious health problem, or making rules to control drinking habits. ... When a situation goes beyond a good time with friends and an individual blacks out and experiences such t...

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The NCLB act creates stressful school environments for schools by mandating that standardized testing weighs more than student work, increases paper work for the classroom teacher, and has shown few improvements in education overall. ... 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...

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This was the pace traveled at for three weeks until a two- three chapter test was promptly administered. The test was simple in nature, but especially challenging to an essay-writing amateur. ... I sat motionless for a minute, not expecting to write an essay on the first test in one and one half hours. ...

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This would show that the driver has stayed up-to-date on all traffic laws and changes, as well as test the skill level of the driver. ... Paying the employees who would be needed to administer the tests would be another financial cost. However, there are ways to cut down on government spending such as making the testing only available one day a week, therefore cutting down on the hours worked each week by the employees. ...

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Most states measure student growth with standardized test. ... Who succeeds when the teacher cheated on standardized test because 50 percent of the class did not master the skill or standard prior to testing? ...

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That is why it is more reliable to conduct tests with casings taken from a crime scene rather than just using regular bullets. ... A modern smokeless powder bullet leaves a residue on the hands of the person who fired the weapon that can only be detected by chemical testing. ... When suspected blood is found at a crime scene, investigators can now determine whether it is actually blood by performing the Kaster-Meyer test. The test, which uses special chemicals, turns the sample pink if it is really blood. By using another test called precipitin, investigators can determine whether it is a...

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However, in America, there is a high percentage of children between the ages six through seventeen that can not pass a physical fitness test. ... The inability of a majority of students that do not pass a standardized fitness test should be examined This situation is fast becoming a National health crisis. ... Schools offer pacer tests to determine how to fit the student body is but, this test is never accurate because many of the students do not put forth their full effort. ...

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Another unfair voting restriction were literacy tests that only blacks were forced to take. As slaves, blacks were not permitted to receive an education, resulting in the imminent failure of these tests. ...

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• Testing whether their bomb actually worked and to what extent. ... They chose to do this to for several reasons including: • To test whether the atomic bombs would actually work and to what extent of the impact would have. ...

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