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Chapter 14 Using Standardized and Standards-Based Tests Summary: This chapter outlines what standardized testing is, how it should be administered, and how it should be scored. Most standardized testing has several criteria when scoring and administrating these tests. The chapter also spoke of the different types of norms such as; national, special group and local norms. These norms give the normal percentage of how many students will score on these tests. Norms should be current and have good…

Not much benefit will be gained, oh Akronites, from terminating a slow person. You will be condemned by sincerity to suffer the reward of your intolerance and narrow-mindedness after my departure. Upon my expulsion from Akron Early College, you will be left alone with people who are much faster than you, and you will be able to experience what it’s like to be a slow person. Now to my accusers, you would have gotten ridden of the slow me forever if you had waited two more years. I would…

Schools are suffering from problems, resembling to low grades, low attendance, and low enrollment. These problems give them low rates and bad reputation which leads them to one solution, pay students for excellent grades and attendance. Numerous schools do this to “fix the problem”. Paying students doesn't look like an awful idea; however, it has its downs and consequences. One Of the main consequences of paying for valuable grades is “it leads to practical problems in their classroom, including…

level, while only 8 percent of U.S. students do. So this goes to show how even if the goal of our education system was the create students who would do well on a standardized test and trying to accomplish this by having a standardized education system and class format. These test scores obviously show that on a pure standardized test basis the german system is better, the most likely cause for this disparity between the two nations academic success would be that the American system subdues and…

greatest method of determining the student’s intelligence. Test taking is hard, especially when it is something as big as the MCA tests. The stress of trying to take one of these tests can impact the success of the student. Instead of basing the personalized learning plans of inaccurate tests, they should be based off of assignment scores. Assignments are far less stressful to the student, and more likely to be completed well.…

been a controversy over standardized testing about whether or not they are effective. Standardized tests are made by the state and are given to children as early as second grade. There are many reasons to how they are effective. This includes the diagnostic information given to teachers, borderline issues of the students, and the student’s intellectual growth. By administering standardized tests, the school as well as the teacher will receive diagnostic information regarding what each child…

Standardized tests have haunted students across the country for the past decade. Students tremble as they walk into the test rooms to somehow prove that they have what it takes to make it in the world by filling in circles. Teachers reflect on how their schools prepared for the test, “The faculty shepherded the entire student body into the gym to cheer for the students to ‘Do your best’ and sing, to the tune of ‘Ghostbusters,’ that they were ‘test crushers,’” (William). Is this what schools have…

an educational setting and how successful a student is going to be (Popham, 1999, p. 8). How is this reliable in the grand scheme of things? There are students who are just bad test-takers, but are really smart and know their stuff. Then there are the students who do struggle in school, but get decent grades on the tests based on guessing. Standardized testing does not give an accurate representation of the academic knowledge of the student. Standardized testing started in the mid-1800s and…

testing in the state of Texas has been around since 1980 starting with TABS and has since evolved into the STAAR test (STAAR stands for “State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness.”) The STAAR test is supposed to test students over reading, writing, math social studies, science etc. Over the years that STAAR has been around, there have been several incidents with scoring results, and test in general such not having the right answer or testing malfunctions. Supporters for standardized…

There has been a major controversy about the relationship between standardized test scores and the availability of school funding. This heated debate has affected teachers, parents, students, and Congressman across the United States. With the new standardized test being placed in Oregon, called the Smarter Balanced test, this argument has been renewed close to home. In the past, the school’s standardized test scores reflected on how much funding money was given to them. However, some deem this…