High-stakes testing

Purpose of assessments: The assessments that Sean took was for class credit. Sean is currently enrolled in Counseling 428 Measurement issues in Counseling where he was required to take three different assessment for college credit. This assessment activities included talking assessment, and scoring the different assessments. Background: Sean is currently a student at California University Los Angeles where he is majoring in Rehabilitation Services. In this major he had to take a Career…

“Animal research and testing is the use of nonhuman animals in scientific procedure (Rosen, p.6).” Scientists use animals for research in many different experiments. Many scientists believe they are very important and provide a great service to the scientific community, but what…

Animal Testing: A Cruel Abuse or Vital Aspect of Research? As technology, medication, and new products are being altered and developed, animal testing labs are growing greatly in size (Casey). The term “animal testing” refers to the experimentation and studies conducted on living animals in the name of science. In fact, it is believed that over 115 million animals each year are being used in laboratory tests (Paterson). The testing, once restricted to only rodents like mice, rats, rabbits, etc.…

Thesis and Title: Animal cruelty, abuse, and neglect are a huge problem. In the US pet ownership has traditionally been a choice and a right of every citizen. The abuse of this privilege has to lead to activism on the part of people who care that these animals are helplessly mistreated and abused, even killed on a daily basis. The ASPCA says, "Animal cruelty can be either deliberate abuse or simply the failure to take care of an animal. Either way, and whether the animal is a pet, a farm…

In both The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time and Of Mice and Men, the relationships between animals and characters influence the readers’ understanding of main characters Christopher and Lennie, respectively. Christopher’s rat Toby and Lennie’s pets are the principal character foils that affect the reader’s perception of them, in multiple ways. Though Christopher and Lennie both have these animals to comfort them, their attitudes and thinking differ. These individuals are also both…

Nelson Mandela once said that he believes “The death sentence is a barbaric act… It is the reflection of the animal instinct still in human beings.” Nelson Mandela was the president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999 and he always argued that the death penalty was an animal act. The death sentence was a large part of the play Twelve Angry Men, written by Reginald Rose. Although the jury room has been seen as one single aspect of a courtroom, there are really four elements that make the jury room.…

Most people think of small animals, such as sheep, as meek and submissive due to their frequent portrayal as innocent characters in children’s stories and folklore; in these same stories, antagonistic characters tend to be fiercer animals such as lions or wolves. However, the children’s movie Zootopia shows that this is not always the case. The characters in this film break the stereotypes that the audience have against them by being different from what is conventional. For instance, the "dumb…

4. PHASE A TESTING 4.1. PURPOSE The primary purpose of Phase A testing is to evaluate the feasibility of an Arduino-based system in regards to the load sensor’s ability to weigh the balls and send this information to the Arduino. The physical design structure (funnel, feed ramp and selector disc) is also evaluated. Sorting capabilities are not tested. 4.2. RESULTS The balls had to be individually loaded into the device because the funnel was unable to handle the simultaneous loading of all the…

Imagine being trapped in a cage for years, being fed the same food everyday, without anyone with you and eating the same food everyday. You can’t ! But that's the situation of animals in the zoo.Today I Krish Parekh am going to persuade you all to abolish the concept of zoos. No one likes living alone on an island with nothing to do or no one to be with, for animals cages in zoos are like islands for humans. They have no one to be with and nothing to do. These days humans can be saves via…

Animal cruelty Pets. Some who are smarter than others and some who are just straight up stupid weather it’s a dog, a horse, or in my case a cat. Why do we even put up with pets? Why do we love these furry creatures so much? Well, because they are so cute. Like how my cat would lick my face in the middle of the night just to wake me up to get him some food. Or how my cat would brush his fur against my legs constantly just for the attention. We all love our pets to bits and we wouldn’t want…