Criterion-referenced test

Standardized tests are required for most students, but are they even effective? After researching the answer to this question, and today we will cover what I learned. First, we will listen to the benefits cause by testing, and then we will hear the second verse- the downsides of testing. Finally, we will examine at the use…

more affluent neighborhoods will perform better on their SAT test than those who live in a lower income neighborhood. SAT stands for Scholastic Aptitude Test, which is designed in order to test a high schooler's knowledge. This exam is widely used as a college admission test that tests your knowledge of reading, writing and math, the core that students receive education in their high school career. While many people believe that this test favors certain groups of kids, it is allowing the board…

The date was December 24th on a full moon night. At a cottage in the woods Malacki was telling a scary story. “Then the last survivor barely made it out of the house alive, but before she could get to the nearest town the monster caught up with and grabbed her arm. She was screaming at the top of her lungs and then silence fell in the cold night.” “Ok that’s enough storytelling for now so let’s go t-.” Leven suddenly stopped talking. “Did you hear someone screaming.” Booker said. “Stop scaring…

The test is summative because it is given at the end of a complex unit and is intended to evaluate the overall knowledge gained during the last several weeks. The integrative approach to creating this assessment was to fill the requirements of a performance-based…

These strengths and limitations are supported by informal and formal assessments. These assessments provide baselines that allow one to determine if a child is capable of experiencing the rigors of state and other standardized test, or if a child needs alternate achievement test for evaluation. When creating an PLAAFP, IDEA requires a description of how a students disability effects their academic achievement, functional performance, progress in general education curriculum if they are…

Colleges have relied on standardized test scores as a means of determining how college ready a student is and what opportunities and scholarships are available for them. While the SAT and ACT tests are intended to provide a fair assessment for students across the nation, they are simply not an accurate representation of a student’s potential because of the different circumstances which surround a student. Many colleges have realized that standardized test scores do not equate to the success of…

Standard Testing For many decades now, Standardized Test have been recognized and known as a “mutli-billion dollar industry”. The first test was in Imperial China not long after this was standard testing the next big thing in the United States. This idea of the test, rose up in the Industrial Revolution time era. Boston, Massachusetts was the first place in the United States to actually try out the standardized test. These test were used to test the students and teachers performance…

students were retaining what was being taught. These test scores were compared to students from across the Nation. The student range extended to students from private schools with a lot of money and students from state funded schools. The information gathered was used to determine a student’s strengths and weaknesses, which showed teachers what each child needed help in. However, these tests were given too much power in our education system. These tests added to the pressure students were…

Do standardized test weigh more on a college application? How can one test determine whether or not a college should accept a student? Such a test is SAT which is simply an entrance requirement for most of the colleges and universities that plays a major role in determining whether or not a student gets admitted or not. Standardized tests such as SAT’s are meant to be a predictor of student’s success in college but they at times are the factors that outweigh a student’s GPA, well balanced resume…

government to quickly test large numbers of students in order to determine who is prepared to further their education and how good of a job schools are doing. The ACT and the SAT tests have become one of the biggest elements that influence the college-admissions process, and students are taking these exams more than ever. However, standardized testing does not accurately evaluate students’ overall knowledge and preparedness; but rather, what they know on a specific day the test…