Based on my own experiences throughout high school there were many problems that I saw in my school and others. One problem that I think had the most impact on my educational career was the amount of standardized tests given. It seemed to me that all the schools, teachers, and students were all focused on preparing for the standardized tests; such as SAT's or the Regents in New York State, and not focusing on the art of learning, creativity and so on. I learned that these standardized tests are increasingly being used to determine not oly whether students get diplomas bu also whether the school gets funding and teachers get raises "not to mention whether students will spend their upcoming vacation sunning on the beach or sweating out summer school.
Over the years, psychometricians (professional test preparers) have learned a lot about how to create standardized tests that truly measure the knowledge and skills they claim they are measuring. In other words these tests are valid. These standardized tests are also reliable. This implies for example, that the same person taking a different form of the test will tend to make close to the same score. Both validity and reliability are the key components of testing fairness. Any test is a sampling device. The main reason that a good objective, standardized test is fairer than a good performance test is that, for a test of reasonable length, a good standardized test can probe a much larger and more representative sample of the subject (domain) being sampled. If a domain is a skill, the objective test will be able to sample a larger and more representative variety of factors that make up the skill. A performance test of writing, for example may only cover one or two genres (kinds) of writing (e.g. narrative, persuasive), whereas an objective test can sample five or six. If a content (knowledge) domain is being tested, then a good standardized test can sample a bigger portion of the whole domain than can a performance test which takes the same amount of time to complete.
There are many different types of standardized tests, the most common are SAT, Scholastic Aptitude Test, and ACT, American College Testing. Numerous Students and teachers dread standardized test. ... Standardized test are biased. ... There are uses of standardized achievement tests that I regard as acceptable. ... Take the pressure off; do not make standardized tests high-stakes tests. ...
Is standardized testing the best way to test? ... I feel that standardized testing is not the best way to test because they do not prove how smart an individual is. ... Roberts and asked her a few questions about how she felt about standardized testing. ... " Standardized testing I feel is biased based upon one's culture. ... Standardized tests tend to narrow the curriculum to what will be tested. ...
Standardized Testing Since the 1920's when "intelligence tests" were introduced through the 1960's when the development of aggregated data on student achievement began standardized testing has played an important role in U.S education. ... Peter Sacks of Fair Test, a popular organization against standardized testing, was quoted saying, "How has the standardized testing paradigm managed to remain entrenched, despite the many criticisms against it? ... We are a nation of standardized-testing junkies." ... Basically, what that means, is standardized tests along with other tests ends up...
"Urban graduation scam needs to be addressed" Standardized testing is a very controversial topic among education administrators. Some feel that these tests are a good way to compare students city, state, and nation wide. While others feel that these tests are created unfairly and that they place too much pressure on teachers to "teach the test". ... This article has taken another look at state develop tests. ... Education needs standardized tests, but standardized tests need more work....
Standardized testing "No issue in the U.S. Education is more controversial than (standardized) testing. ... Such understanding reduces the need for currently used standardized tests. ... The American people have consistently advocated greater use of standardized student testing, and more states now than even administer standardized tests on a regular basis. ... The basic argument made by those in opposition to standardized testing is that standardized tests are counterproductive. ...
Throughout history the Public School System never made it mandatory to have their students take national standardized test. ... This is exactly how these standardized tests should be used, as a basis. ... There are a vast amount of ways for a student's progress to be assessed in a classroom with standardized testing being just one of the procedures. ... (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. These standardized tests although not without faults, can be highly effective in improving the...
Public concern has caused political campaigns to discuss standardized testing policies in recent years. According to Orfield and Wald, public interest leaders feel that citizens want to hold the school systems accountable for the inequality of standardized tests, which are causing some educational advocates to show concern that some teachers will lower their standards so students scores will improve. ... Moreover, many teacher and principal's salaries rely on standardized tests, which may have the effect of many high poverty schools wanting to hire uncertified and inexperienced teacher...
Standardized Testing Are standardized tests failing our children? ... With the passage of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, critics of standardized tests lament that teachers are now being compelled to do just that. 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. ... She has been studying standardized testing in Texas and she claims that while test scores have been climbing, the quality of education has actually worsened. ... In conclusion, standardized testing, in t...