Attending college or university has become more valuable now than it ever has. How does one get started? Where is the money going to come from? How does one decide which school is the best match? These are questions that go through the minds of every high school student. Test scores should not be the primary indicator for college preparedness (High Stakes Testing).
Test scores are a decent indication of a student’s knowledge about a certain subject, but much is left out.
1.) Some students do not test well, no matter how intelligent.
2.) The tests do not include anything regarding the subject of college itself.
Standardized testing does nothing to answer the questions being asked in the previous paragraph. Test scores are also hurting minority students and diversity in our higher education institutions and by proxy our workforce (Bial).
Budget cuts are hurting our students. Currently, the New Jersey state education budget has been underfunded by close to $7 billion. A Save Our Schools NJ spokesperson said, “Rather than spending time and money trying to improve standardized test-taking skills, we should be working to ensure that our public schools engage our children intellectually and instill in them a lifetime love of learning” (Cooke). Cutting so much from an already …show more content…
According to Chen (320), learners are supposed to undertake the various approaches while preparing for studies. The techniques include the performance of the self-evaluation involving the field of competence and the necessary standardized tests in the purported area, availing the required resources to support the studies, and finally, critically choosing the preferred institutions where the required courses are exclusively offered. Apparently, the planning for joining schools is a gradual process that should be undertaken with a lot of
Test scores are a decent indication of a student’s knowledge about a certain subject, but much is left out.
1.) Some students do not test well, no matter how intelligent.
2.) The tests do not include anything regarding the subject of college itself.
Standardized testing does nothing to answer the questions being asked in the previous paragraph. Test scores are also hurting minority students and diversity in our higher education institutions and by proxy our workforce (Bial).
Budget cuts are hurting our students. Currently, the New Jersey state education budget has been underfunded by close to $7 billion. A Save Our Schools NJ spokesperson said, “Rather than spending time and money trying to improve standardized test-taking skills, we should be working to ensure that our public schools engage our children intellectually and instill in them a lifetime love of learning” (Cooke). Cutting so much from an already …show more content…
According to Chen (320), learners are supposed to undertake the various approaches while preparing for studies. The techniques include the performance of the self-evaluation involving the field of competence and the necessary standardized tests in the purported area, availing the required resources to support the studies, and finally, critically choosing the preferred institutions where the required courses are exclusively offered. Apparently, the planning for joining schools is a gradual process that should be undertaken with a lot of