Criterion-referenced test

This paper discusses the detrimental effects standardized tests have on students who plan to continue education past high school, and the issues associates with these tests. Standardized tests are a common procedure for kids in elementary school, middle school, and especially high school. Nonetheless, the most influential standardized tests are those that determine future colleges: SAT and ACT. Although many colleges depend on SAT and ACT scores to selectively choose the best applicants,…

However, looking further into the topic, another question comes to mind. Are Standardized Tests worth the time of the student? Students have to take these tests each year for about 12 years. The tests have many different names and have been implemented for over 20 years. The state assesses these tests and labels these as ready for the real world, but what are they ready for? I think that these standardized tests are actually hindering students and wasting their time much like General Education…

standardized tests taken by students, per year, from pre-kindergarten all the way to the 12th grade? This, of course, is not including the many exams and quizzes are given by teachers in public schools, and professors in colleges and universities. The Average student takes approximately 8 Standardized tests per year, but this doesn’t include the tests given by the teachers and faculty members (Strauss 2015). . Do students and teachers ever wonder why so many distinct standardized tests are…

Grade Inflation and its Effects At my high school, most of the students in my class were very competitive when it came to grades. Everybody always asking how one another scored on a test and comparing their own grade to the other’s. If someone received a C they usually had one of the lower grades on the test/assignment. However, a C is technically considered average, but in our school high B’s and A’s were far more common. This clearly shows how grade inflation has risen and continues to rise…

Should standardized tests be limited in schools or should other forms of assessment be used? Is the overall educational experience impacted? Educational experience becomes affected when students are taught basically from the test questions and not taught outside information that could be useful, but not present on the test. Also, external factors affect a student’s engagement in a test. Standardized tests should be limited because of a large tendency to hinder creativity and demonstration of…

The SAT “is a sternly worded dinosaur of a test, graded in an arbitrary manner with outdated equipment…the only reason people take it is because they have to.” Children begin taking standardized tests in pre-kindergarten and by the time they are high school seniors, they’ve taken an average of 112 standardized tests (Strauss 1), all with one purpose: to measure and quantify intellectual ability. However, there is a growing mountain of evidence that suggests the SAT is a poor measurement of…

Bullying and Its Correlation with Failing Schools Why are pupils at public schools achieving low test scores? Why are some students succeeding in their high school career but others failing? Why is bullying being permitted to burden the performance of students, thus lowering their test scores? The National Assessment of Educational Progress states that only twenty-six percent of students have more or the sufficient amount of math skills that is required by their grade level, and thirty-six…

own standardized test to measure students’ intelligent and ability. But there are hot debates about if such way is the best way for students to improve their ability and expand careers. Most of evidences from authority and student’s opinion have confirm that standardized test in most of countries is definitely bad and brings negative effects on students. First of all, standardized test is not equal and objective as people always consider. According to a website, standardized test is not fair to…

Coleman, College Board president, proponents of a common curriculum in the United States have aligned the SAT test with the CCSS. The SAT has been an adaptable test. The primary function of the test was to forecast the success of the test taker in college. Sower (2015) stated the SAT test now is a test that tells what the test taker currently knows and understands. Sower is inferring that the test has lost is uniqueness and the SAT’s value has diminished and our students and family’s education…

Some people support standardized tests, and some people are against them. I believe standardized tests are not a useful way of determining knowledge of a student, because they don’t measure creativity, verbal skills, also they're wrong about a person's ability and only measure a small portion of what makes education meaningful. My first reason of why I am against standardized tests is because they don't measure creativity, verbal skills, etc. Standardized tests are sometimes wrong about a…