High-stakes testing

Introduction High-stakes testing has consistently been a hot topic in education for decades. These tests are used to hold students, teachers, and school districts accountable for academic growth. But, what exactly is a high-stakes test? How did it evolve in education? Why does it matter? What are some of the intended and unintended consequences of high-stakes testing? Also, what arguments do the proponents and critics have about high-stakes testing? High-Stakes Tests Defined A high-stakes test is a single, defined assessment that has significantly high consequences that are influenced by the score. There is a clear distinction between passing and failing. Furthermore, there are direct consequences outlined for passing or failing the test.…

Like many of today’s students, she is faced with the dilemma of opportunities mixed with multiple responsibilities. Society’s expectations of high school students have both positive and negative effects on students. The causes of these effects are high stakes testing, stressors, and sleep patterns. Every school system has differing levels of testing they administer to their students, though it is often mandated through state regulations. Many schools are beginning…

Truthfully, the effects of high-stakes testing may be evident in the morale of teachers and schools, but the evidence of this testing is most evident in the students the testing was designed to help? Has Texas seen an increase in student achievement in all areas, not just state mandated testing? In 2002, President George Bush, speaking in Hamilton High School, Hamilton, Ohio, made the following statement in regards to NCLB legislation passed months earlier. “We 've got large challenges here in…

Common core is reflected in SAT testing and often times can reflect portions of the ACT testing as well. These are two high stakes tests that many post-secondary education institutes require positive marks on. Without good scores on these exams, a student can graduate high school without a problem, however, entrance into university becomes significantly more difficult if students do not score within a certain range. Furthermore, the stress of these tests effect students’ general performance in…

The high-stakes nature of the exam, combined with its inaccurately low evaluation of the performance of ELL students, unfairly punishes these students, who may be forced to repeat a grade or even barred from graduation. Many schools flunk students as a response to low standardized test scores (“Testing and Grade Retention”), and more than half of the states require high school students to pass an exit exam in order to graduate (“High school exit exams”). Obviously, few students, regardless of…

Enhancing the experience and environments for high school students in order to meet their essential cognitive, physical, emotional, and social needs requires a complete renovation of today’s modern high school. This includes adjustments being made to the school day and year, testing criteria, discipline, dress codes, class gender segregation, food selections, and lunchroom arrangement. In high school, the typical day for a student starts at 6:00 AM since class starts at 7:30 AM. These students…

familiar to high stakes testing. Since it started after the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. This act mandated that students are required to pass standardized tests that determines if they will move on to the next grade level or graduate. People have speculated and wonder if this would harm students or benefit them. People have argued that the high stakes testing is good for students. Stating how teachers can see how much their student improve throughout the school year. However, they forgot to…

High Stake Testing test with important consequences for the test taker. Important benefits, high school diploma, scholarship, license to practice profession. failing is a disadvantage being forced to take the remedial classes until it's passed. not being allowed to drive or being able for employment. The misuse or high stake test is a controversial topic in public education in the united states where they become popular in recent years, not only to students but it attempts to increase teacher…

it speaks about those specific tests and the other laws, policies, and procedures that are used for the assessment of educational ability. One of law that mandates that all states must prove that sufficient annual progress is being made toward all students are excelling at state specified academic standards is called the “No Child Left Behind” (Neukrug & Fawcett, 2006, p. 159). NCLB plays an important in high-stakes testing. Of course with everything there are some pros and cons and it…

Research questions Most current articles and books about testing mostly concentrated on the testing as an educational reform. However, only some of them drew the questions exactly for children, their thoughts, and expectations from this policy. In the article “I Like to Read, but I Know I’m Not Good at It”: Children’s Perspectives on High-Stakes Testing in a High-Poverty School” E. Dutro & M. Selland raised two important questions related to high-stake testing its content and impact on…