Implicit Association Test

Progress: Final Essay Although standardized tests aid in providing students, teachers, and even school board members with a guideline for the learning process, in the end the overall effects of such tests become questionable as they deter student’s potential growth. The list of standardized tests has grown tremendously throughout the years, originally beginning with the SAT and the ACT. These two tests alone have become a small part of this checklist of tests every student must face before…

Do Standardized Tests Measure Intelligence? On average each year, every school in the United States takes over 600 standardized tests. Students in grades three through twelve are taking up to 20 standardized tests each year. Many high school students take over 20 tests a year due to the SAT’s and ACT’s in addition to state mandated tests. However, 42 states have banned standardized tests for students in grades kindergarten through second grade because educators believe that children under the…

Schools in the United States use standardized tests to evaluate the students' in elementary, middle and high school. These tests are also used for entrance into college or even to find out if a student needs to take a particular class over in college. To enter into college, a student usually will take the SAT or the ACT Exams and usually there is a fee for taking these exams. In Indiana, the students' take the ISTEP + Exam. The seniors in high school have to take the Indiana Graduation…

workplace. In reality, it can apply to sports well. We also need to differentiate between blatant cheating and what I perceive as having a societal advantage. Lets look at academics first. There is blatant cheating when a student obtains answers to tests or has someone else do their work. To me, that is always wrong. But what about the acceptance process…

The surprise exam paradox has been debated by many philosopher over the years due to its conflict of reason and experience. The paradox, though makes sense through its argument, ends up contradicting itself by giving the opposite result intended by the end. The surprise paradox says that a student has a class on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. At the end of the week, the teacher says, “Next week, there will be a surprise exam. The exam is a surprise in the sense that you will…

The assumption underlying standardized testing is: When we want to understand student achievement, it is enough to talk about scores on standardized tests. Accepting this assumption at face value, as nearly all journalists, pundits, and politicians do, is to fall prey to a "dangerous illusion." "Achievement" means more than a score on a standardized test. (Harris,…

called me over and said “Jake Hazel, are you ready for the test” I quickly responded with a head nod and said, “Yeah I think I’ll be ready.” Mr. Rase then gobbled on by saying, “Fail is going to be what’s written all over your test!” So I quickly turned around and left the classroom, the only thing that I had going through my head was Mr. Rase stroking his long 2 foot beard and stamping the word “FAIL” in all capital letters on my test. It was about three o’clock when I arrived home. I…

examinations have gotten considerably more dependent on pass or fail rather than reviewing how effectively educational material is being taught and how effectively the students are learning the material. The spotlight has been placed on these standardized tests and both sides have viewpoints to be considered. But, the biggest point to consider is how the students are benefiting from these assessments. Standardized assessments are a roadblock for students when they are learning educational…

(Addison and McGee 3). Addison and McGee do not take issue with the existence of Common Core standards, rather they are concerned with the effects these standards have on writing, rhetoric, and composition. They make an assumption that a standardized test for writing may be developed, which is unfortunately not likely as writing itself is not something that can easily be captured with one…

are many myths about the hero teacher. Myths that are taught to us by people who don’t understand the reality of being a teacher. The Public believes that myths like “good teaching can be measured by how well students do on tests.” (Ayers, W. pg28). I have always been a poor test taker and often…