In the United States of America there are approximately 98,817 public schools available for an individual to enroll his or her child in (What is the total number of public schools in the 50 states). According to the National Center for Education Statistics, 50.4 million American children will attend these institutions between kindergarten and twelfth grade. This system is a societal and institutional norm in America that is encouraged by over 100 years of practice and enforced by implemented laws. American public education assumes that every student needs to learn the same set of skills and information in order to succeed. While there is no doubt that a free public education system is an important and necessary feature in society, there are
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Common core is reflected in SAT testing and often times can reflect portions of the ACT testing as well. These are two high stakes tests that many post-secondary education institutes require positive marks on. Without good scores on these exams, a student can graduate high school without a problem, however, entrance into university becomes significantly more difficult if students do not score within a certain range. Furthermore, the stress of these tests effect students’ general performance in school. It is expected that they prepare for these exams on their own time, however, they also need to prepare for their classes as well. G.P.A can be indirectly impacted by these exams as prep time reduces the time a student spends on homework and studying for low stakes tests (tests that have no large scale or public stigma, and often mean more to the individual test taker or educator). G.P.A is also a huge factor of graduating as well as getting into higher education. High stakes testing should not take time away from classroom learning which risks class room …show more content…
Teacher evaluations are focused on the return of test grades regardless of the school that he or she may teach in. Socioeconomic issues are not considered, nor is amount of minority youth in his or her classroom. If a teacher continuously does not perform to the test, they risk being furloughed by the district or having their contracts revoked by the state. They have to teach to a certain curriculum and they have to teach it all, regardless of how well their students are understanding
Common core is reflected in SAT testing and often times can reflect portions of the ACT testing as well. These are two high stakes tests that many post-secondary education institutes require positive marks on. Without good scores on these exams, a student can graduate high school without a problem, however, entrance into university becomes significantly more difficult if students do not score within a certain range. Furthermore, the stress of these tests effect students’ general performance in school. It is expected that they prepare for these exams on their own time, however, they also need to prepare for their classes as well. G.P.A can be indirectly impacted by these exams as prep time reduces the time a student spends on homework and studying for low stakes tests (tests that have no large scale or public stigma, and often mean more to the individual test taker or educator). G.P.A is also a huge factor of graduating as well as getting into higher education. High stakes testing should not take time away from classroom learning which risks class room …show more content…
Teacher evaluations are focused on the return of test grades regardless of the school that he or she may teach in. Socioeconomic issues are not considered, nor is amount of minority youth in his or her classroom. If a teacher continuously does not perform to the test, they risk being furloughed by the district or having their contracts revoked by the state. They have to teach to a certain curriculum and they have to teach it all, regardless of how well their students are understanding