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using standardized tests because of government interference and the tests being rigid and inflexible. The most obvious issues of standardized testing in America can be attributed to two government acts: Race to the Top and No Child Left Behind. Passed in 2002, the No Child Left Behind Act holds schools accountable through yearly math and reading tests. If schools were to repeatedly fail, they would be shut down. Likewise the Race to the Top program encourages schools nationwide to compete with…

Students who are poor test takers because of nerves may not be able to show what they are actually capable of for the test simply because they are not good test takers. Since some students are not good test takers, they almost need the perfect environment to take standardized tests. Testing conditions such as a room's lighting being too dark or too light, too cold or too hot, the color of the walls, the types of chairs in the room, and the type of desk being used for the test could all be big…

Title IX, an educational law signed in 1972, was a law designed for the federal school system to prevent discrimination based on gender (justice.gov). At the beginning of the 21st century, this law is back in the spotlight in America today. The controversy now is much different than it was back in the 1970’s. In May of 2016 President Obama ordered all school systems to respect the bathroom choices of transgender students in the U.S. The administration used the threat of losing federal funds…

standardized tests, which are an attempt by the education system to evaluate each student’s knowledge of “key” subjects such as mathematics and reading, and were first introduced at the close of the first World War. However, with the enactment of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, students fall prey to extreme stress and anxiety, as well as a narrowing of the curriculum with a sole focus on standardized test subjects. Standardized testing also inflates the achievement gap between middle to…

Standardized tests according to Pearson, one of the leading education companies in charge of administering standardized tests for students from third to eighth grade, are a means to understanding what exactly is takes place in a classroom. This entails "why a child might be struggling, succeeding, or accelerating on specific elements of their grade-level standards” (O’Malley). The great controversy of the matter is that proponents of standardized testing argue that standardized tests are fair…

How would you feel if you went to school for four years too specialize in a the field of profession in which you want to work and then somebody who has never done your job tries to tell you tell you how to do it? Pretty annoying right? Then you get punished for not doing well with something when it's not what you were taught to do; that is what happening to a bunch of our teachers in this country due to the common core standards movement. The common core standards movement has become the…

reading and math by 2014. The major focus of No Child Left Behind is to close student achievement gaps by providing all children with a fair, equal, and significant opportunity to obtain a high-quality education…NCLB requires each state to establish state academic standards and a state testing system that meet federal requirements. This accountability requirement is called Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP).” To summarize, the ideas of No Child Left Behind have good intentions and look good on…

geography in the public education system (Gale, 2015). In the 1900’s the United States started the college entrance board exam (Gale, 2015). In 1983 the United States was called a “Nation at Risk” based on SAT scores (Gale, 2015). In 2002 The No Child Left Behind Act was signed into law by President George W. Bush (Gale, 2015). This law requires are public school students to take yearly exams (Gale, 2015). Under this law the school needs to show consistent improvement year after year (Gale,…

Purpose Statement The purpose of this paper is to examine the no child left behind policy and the effect it has on children. NCLB policy was passed by congress with an overwhelming bipartisan support in 2001 and was signed into law by President George W. Bush on Jan. 8, 2002 (Education Week; April 10, 2015). This policy targets children in elementary and secondary school higher learning. This paper will outline the framework and issues of NCLB having on children while in communities. In…

By Patrick Osas Edogiawere University of the people U. S. A. Caucus, White House Open Education Improvement Effort Many years back in Washington D.C, a joint meeting was held between the Congressional Black leaders and President Clinton, collaborated together on a new plan for K-12 education improvements in the U.S (Gale, 2010, p. 69-74) which they all agreed together that such plan will help provide betterment for future accomplishment. The aim of this meeting is to approve…