She wakes up, books and notebooks covering her body, bed, and floor. She feels exhausted but her schedule for the day is as hectic as ever. She has three tests, two projects for her AP classes, basketball practice after school, and a club meeting for which she may not have time. Like many of today’s students, she is faced with the dilemma of opportunities mixed with multiple responsibilities. Society’s expectations of high school students have both positive and negative effects on students. The causes of these effects are high stakes testing, stressors, and sleep patterns.
Every school system has differing levels of testing they administer to their students, though it is often mandated through state regulations. Many schools are beginning …show more content…
Most teachers, however, agree that the tests should not be the single measure of success among the students (Mitchell 2006). In order for the tests to become a widely accepted measure of academic success, they need to be refined as they continue to develop. High stakes testing creates a contradicting view among teachers. The majority of teachers will agree testing demonstrates the quality of a student’s academic capacity, but they also feel it sways their method of teaching (Mitchell, 2006). These contradicting thoughts may deem testing necessary in certain situations, but not others, which causes stress among the whole …show more content…
Numerous studies failed to find any correlation between sleep and academic performance (Taras & Potts-Datema, 2005). “Sleep and Student Performance at School” describes one study where connections between academic achievement and sleep habits were discovered. “High GPA correlated significantly with waking up later on school days, early rising on weekends, less time taken to fall asleep, fewer night awakenings, and fewer daytime naps on school days” (Taras & Potts-Datema, 2005, p. 249). There are many outside factors teenagers face preventing them from getting adequate amount of sleep. These include working, bedtime patterns, and early school start times. Carrell, Maghanian, and West (2011) concluded in their study that early school start times negatively affect achievement among students; however, many people with opposing views argue there is not enough evidence at this time to make changes within the school system. Sleep deprivation, in turn, causes other issues in school such as sleepiness, fatigue, depression, and a lack of motivation. Because students lose an average of 120 minutes of sleep when they transition from summer to the school year (Carrell et al., 2011), sleep habits are disrupted causing other problems with school to
Every school system has differing levels of testing they administer to their students, though it is often mandated through state regulations. Many schools are beginning …show more content…
Most teachers, however, agree that the tests should not be the single measure of success among the students (Mitchell 2006). In order for the tests to become a widely accepted measure of academic success, they need to be refined as they continue to develop. High stakes testing creates a contradicting view among teachers. The majority of teachers will agree testing demonstrates the quality of a student’s academic capacity, but they also feel it sways their method of teaching (Mitchell, 2006). These contradicting thoughts may deem testing necessary in certain situations, but not others, which causes stress among the whole …show more content…
Numerous studies failed to find any correlation between sleep and academic performance (Taras & Potts-Datema, 2005). “Sleep and Student Performance at School” describes one study where connections between academic achievement and sleep habits were discovered. “High GPA correlated significantly with waking up later on school days, early rising on weekends, less time taken to fall asleep, fewer night awakenings, and fewer daytime naps on school days” (Taras & Potts-Datema, 2005, p. 249). There are many outside factors teenagers face preventing them from getting adequate amount of sleep. These include working, bedtime patterns, and early school start times. Carrell, Maghanian, and West (2011) concluded in their study that early school start times negatively affect achievement among students; however, many people with opposing views argue there is not enough evidence at this time to make changes within the school system. Sleep deprivation, in turn, causes other issues in school such as sleepiness, fatigue, depression, and a lack of motivation. Because students lose an average of 120 minutes of sleep when they transition from summer to the school year (Carrell et al., 2011), sleep habits are disrupted causing other problems with school to