FairTest

Throughout time, many colleges and universities have assigned a great deal of weight to standardized test results as a part of the admissions criteria. However, over the past recent years the objective behind standardized testing being a good indicator of college success has been questioned nearly across the board. While college admissions boards have been using standardized testing since the early 1900s to evaluate students’ potential academic performance, questions have arisen as arguments…

Grades are supposed to tell you how smart you are, right? No. They don’t tell you how smart you are. The school grading system just holds you to a standard. I’ve always been bad at school. It made me feel worse about myself. Like I wasn’t as smart as everyone else. I didn’t have that help at home. I kinda just had to tough it out and pay attention in class. If the school grading system got abolished, students’ would have more opportunity. “Grades can only really be experienced as a reward or…

Standardized testing can be a very controversial topic. The usage of standardized tests has increased since the 2001 No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) required yearly standardized tests in all 50 states. Standardized tests were made to hold both teachers and students accountable, but in recent years, the U.S has fallen behind in various subjects educational wise. Most students in todays’ society are pressured by their school districts to excel on standardized tests. Standardized tests have many…

coercive (King.) However, it has been shown that paying schools for grades just raises the grades and not overall teacher performance. Not to mention it also takes attention away from subjects that are not tested for, such as social studies or art (fairtest.) However, individual rewards could be given to teachers to follow IEPS. The teacher could receive bonuses for following IEPs or special recognition. This is an example of public conformity or compliance. Teachers may not have changed their…

Albert Einstein once said that, “not everything that counts can be counted and not everything that can be counted counts.” The education system in America can not seem to understand this, however. They are factory machines whose goal is to keep creating an iPhone that would fit any Android charger. To make it clear, it is like having multiple different types of Android chargers but owning an iPhone. There is no way that any of those chargers will fit the iPhone; then why are children, as…

The way that the United States tests it’s students has changed many times since the beginning of public schooling and education. Nowadays, America uses a method known as “standardized testing”. A standardized test requires two key components: all test takers are required to answer the same questions, and all the tests are standard in the sense that they can all be easily compared to compile data. Some examples of these types of standardized tests are achievement based tests, aptitude tests,…