High-stakes testing

The McLaughlin text states that high-stakes tests permeate instruction and teachers should consider the high-stakes tests students are required to take. Then, take into account how those tests relate to the curriculum and how they may not be beneficial for students (48). Personally, I feel that this statement sounds a lot like “teaching to the test.” However, if done correctly, effective teachers should be able to keep the test material in consideration while conveying material in their own way.…

Introduction High-stakes testing is believed to have improved the quality of American education through its systems of rewards and sanctions that are triggered by a student’s standardized test score (Nichols, Glass, & Berliner, 2006).The theory behind this new outlook is that educators and their students will work harder and more effectively to enhance student learning when faced with large incentives and threatening punishments. Many critics fear that the effects of high stakes testing not only…

preparedness you see your grade going in another direction. Test Anxiety and High-Stakes Test Performance Between School Settings: Implications for Educators was written by Nathaniel Von Der Embse and Ramzi Hasson. The purpose of this study was to correlate high stakes testing with increased anxiety in teens. According to the article, students have had difficulty in classroom settings when it comes to test taking. “High stakes tests have become the indicators of student progress and school…

sudden BAM! The government wants the schools to do a whole lot of testing for over four weeks. The government should not use high-stakes testing to assess student performance and to judge the performance of a school system when in fact high-stakes testing increases stress for staff and students, does not accurately measure a child's performance and ability, and narrows the curriculum. A significant reason that high-stakes testing is not effective is because it increases the stress all over the…

because all people are made in different shapes and sizes. In the same light not all students learn the same, especially students with learning disabilities. There are two policies that have been applied to the educational system, which are high stakes testing and the common core. The first policy that will be discussed will be Common Core. Common Core is a one size fit all system to prepare students for college and career readiness. This was implemented for the reason that students who…

Standardized and High Stake tests should be removed from schools. A High-Stake test is a large test that would be fifty percent or more of your final grade. A Standardized test is a test where every student takes the same test. According to Jakob B’s study in Harvard (1) students are much less likely drop out if they are not required to take Standardized or High Stake tests. Testing compares how children are doing in school to how other children are doing, this will beneficial to test how the…

need, and not be ignored upon it. High stakes testing is always being in question: if they are actually helping the students, or are doing nothing at all.…

Introduction of the Topic: Standardized testing is very well used by education boards to test students achievements all throughout the nation. These rigorous tests are given at various points in a student’s schooling. Standardized testing was introduced as apart of the No Child Left Behind Act which passed Congress in 2001 and was signed into law by President George W. Bush in 2002. According to an article written in 2008, it states “High-stakes testing and mandated assessments have become the…

The Disadvantages Caused by Standardized Testing Professor Seymour Sarason once said, “we live in a test-conscious, test-giving culture in which the lives of people are in part determined by their test performance” (1959). Standardized testing has been an issue throughout the history of the United States. Research has continuously shown that standardized tests are not a fair measure of intelligence for individuals who suffer a variety of disadvantages. Additionally, the rigorous qualifications…

Tracing the origin of standardized testing led to the discovery that educational pioneer Horace Mann had the idea of implementing a system of testing measured achievement and provided equal opportunities for all children. Previously an assessment of accomplishment, these tests morphed into a standard of ability. Intelligence tests grew in popularity in the twentieth century. The Army Alpha and Beta Tests identified and separated the slower learners from the highest achievers. The Scholastic…