Educational Testing Service

Disadvantages of using Standardized testing as a measure of knowledge Standardized testing was thought to be a measure of student knowledge for years, and were used to assure that teachers were teaching effectively and 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 already under to retain all of the…

standardized test to receive a high school diploma will not improve the educational standards or academic achievement in our schools. Every year students have to take tests to prove that they remember what they have learned that year and each year hundreds of students have panic attacks, blackouts, stress and they fail. In 2002 after no child left behind pass the standardized testing has not increase students achievement. Standardized testing hurts a student’s certainty, creates a multiple…

test Every year since 1980 the State of Texas has implemented some form of standardized testing. The theory behind these tests is to monitor the efficacy of teachers and performance of student as well as prepare them for life after graduation. These standardized tests are used for creating marketable young adults. The first of these Standardized tests in Texas was the TABS, Texas Assessment of Basic Skills. The TABS test was utilized from 1984 to 1990. This test was administered to students in…

The article below is an excerpt from the Policy Information Report, published by the Educational Testing Service and is based on 2008 NAEP data. Although the following discussion focuses on the Black/White educational achievement gap the paper discusses trends in the gap between Black and White educational attainment, school achievement, and contextual factors from the beginning of the 20th century to the present time. I believe mobility plays a big part in the gap. Being born and raised in a…

Valerie Strauss, with the National Education Policy Center, states in her article “The Myths of Standardized Testing”, that, “the outsized emphasis on test scores has driven instruction toward items with one clear, right answer.” As previously stated, teachers will spend additional hours at the schools ensuring their pay isn’t cut. The Central Education Program, enacted by President Obama, put pressure on standardized test scores. School systems—students, principles, and teachers— would suffer…

Standardized testing has been around for many years, as far back as the nineteenth century. Like standardized tests are today, they were mainly used to make decisions about college admissions and high school graduation. Now, standardized tests are used more for college admissions than high school graduation. After World War II, standardized tests were administrated more broadly. Many of the educators liked standardized tests because of the fact that they evaluate a student’s performance in a…

SAT scores are still a prominent factor for many school’s requirements. This prompted applicants to focus on the criteria that most influences the admission decision-SAT scores. Lloyd Thacker, founder of The Education Conservancy, states that “the admission process today…allocates opportunity by deciding who gets into where [and] allocates [admission] values by determining what matters in preparing for, applying to, and selecting a college” (Lloyd Thacker qtd. in Wong par. 9). Privileged…

Is Standardized Testing Still Effective In College Admissions? Michelle Obama once said, “If my future were determined just by my performance on a standardized test, I wouldn 't be here. I guarantee you that”. A standardized test is any form of test that requires all test takers to answer the same questions, is on a time limit, or is scored in a “standard” manner. The problem is, is that all students aren’t the same and colleges want diverse, critical-thinking students. Standardized tests…

The assessment is used to decide whether a program accomplishes the goals of the program and ensures stakeholders stay on task producing constantly improving results by examining all areas of the program, including needs assessments, cost analysis, staffing roles and responsibilities, efficiency audits, direct professional results and next steps. The article presented two different viewpoints regarding the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). An article printed in the American Educator stated…

Standardized testing is an important factor in the American school system. The methodology was first created in China, where they tested the knowledge of people applying to government jobs, but the examinations in the Western world are used as a convenient way for the 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…