The United States public education has been problematic with children and how they are taught the “school board’s way.” From teaching different ways to count to twenty, to having children take too many tests, the school board’s plan is to have a better education system in order for children to go to college and get adequate careers. Many folks say that there is a hole within the school board’s plan to educate our children today. Many disagree and say that the education is just fine. The school board is not adapting to the needs of children as they are becoming increasingly stressed at younger ages due to the failing school system. “According to Pearson, the United States has a “cognitive skills and educational attainment”
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Peterson, Director of the Program on Education Policy and Governance (PEPG), and Caroline M. Hoxby, Professor of Economics at Harvard University, all agree that the American education is not failing. In fact Peterson has commented that “the American education system may be almost as good as it used to be, but…hasn‘t improved.” Caroline M. Hoxby agrees that other countries have been improving their education since the 1970’s, but when it comes down to the American education system, she claims that it has stayed the same, or has improved only marginally. The education system is not failing but it can and should be improved in ways Galston has mentioned and …show more content…
The mission of standardized testing is to “create assessment tools that permit someone to make a valid inference about the knowledge and skills that a student can possess in a particular area” (Popham). Although the mission is to assess the student’s knowledge under certain categories, the amount of testing is known to be ridiculous. As stated on CBSNews.com, “Between pre-K and 12th grade, students took about 112 mandatory standardized exams.” Above that, students are required to take exams for each of their classes, which increases the number of testing students go through each year. Since testing is 15% of the class time in one year, it has made students more stress about
Peterson, Director of the Program on Education Policy and Governance (PEPG), and Caroline M. Hoxby, Professor of Economics at Harvard University, all agree that the American education is not failing. In fact Peterson has commented that “the American education system may be almost as good as it used to be, but…hasn‘t improved.” Caroline M. Hoxby agrees that other countries have been improving their education since the 1970’s, but when it comes down to the American education system, she claims that it has stayed the same, or has improved only marginally. The education system is not failing but it can and should be improved in ways Galston has mentioned and …show more content…
The mission of standardized testing is to “create assessment tools that permit someone to make a valid inference about the knowledge and skills that a student can possess in a particular area” (Popham). Although the mission is to assess the student’s knowledge under certain categories, the amount of testing is known to be ridiculous. As stated on CBSNews.com, “Between pre-K and 12th grade, students took about 112 mandatory standardized exams.” Above that, students are required to take exams for each of their classes, which increases the number of testing students go through each year. Since testing is 15% of the class time in one year, it has made students more stress about