Norm-referenced test

Our society has been molded by norms for many centuries and the average population follow them because it is the “right” thing to do. In Sociology in Modules, by Schaefer, it states folkways of our world are defined as “standards of behavior maintained by a society” (66 par.1). Some specific norms are called formal norms, informal norms, and folkways. Schaefer also says how our formal norms are “written down and specify strict punishments”, while informal norms are “understood but not…written”…

always had a bad habit of violating social norms whether it be raising my hand to use the bathroom, making loud noises in public, being completely silent when near close friends, or holding the door open at in awkward distance, or in awkward positions. One of my favorite social norms to break has always been awkward eye contact, or when someone else is staring at me, male or female I wink. I enjoy making people feel uncomfortable and violating social norms is the easiest way to do this, it is…

As a person who is not from the United States, I found the norm that is taken for granted in the United States but that is not normal for some countries. The norm is that people keep right while walking. I guess this is because driving on the right side is provided by a low in the United States. Thus, the deviant behavior that I did is to break the norm of walking the right side. In order to break this norm, I observed my feelings and others’ reactions in two situations of when I and someone…

understanding, determine present levels, measure growth or mastery, and guide and plan instruction according to students’ results. However, there are disadvantages to using assessments, such as, anxiety for students, teachers only teaching to the test, and time consuming. One of the disadvantages to testing is the anxiety and stress it causes for students and teachers. Summative assessments, benchmark assessments, and standardized assessments can cause a tremendous amount of stress and…

Standardized tests: SAT, ACT, PSAT, ITBS, and Accuplacer. These tests, plus many more, are required to be taken in high score if higher education is wanted. Most people who take these tests do not find them adequate, but rather disappointing. The students born from 2000 on are not attempting to try as hard in school as those who came before them. As these students try less and less each year, the passing rate for standardized tests lower too. From 2000 to 2009, the United States’ students…

The education system today has the whole pedagogical process down to a science. Take a certain percentage of the student’s multiple choice score and then multiply the free response score by a seemingly random string of digits, then consider the weighted average, so and so forth. Then after crunching the numbers out comes the perfect student: One who can write the proper essay, the correct lab report, correctly perform an experiment, correctly, proper, right. But the system rarely stops to…

was a lack of a standard curriculum in boarding schools in New England. The tests are designed to evaluate a student’s knowledge and readiness to attend college by testing in subjects like math, reading, and science. The test seemed to “provide an objective way of measuring the potential of students from high schools of wide-ranging quality.” (Should Standardized Tests […]) Many changes have been made to standardized tests over the years and they are still being used in the United States to this…

is it allows some students to be set apart from others these students do well on multiple choice questions, meaning that those students can see the multiple choice questions and when they see the correct answer it jogs their memory to the question. Test like the SAT and ACT help students that come from smaller high schools to be placed in better colleges where they might not have this opportunity, because bigger high schools have the ability for their students to be recognized just because of…

Is standardized testing really improving education? Everyone hates testing so why not put an end to it? There’s a 70% of teachers agree that their state assessments are not developmentally appropriate for their students. Only 13% agreed that the test, their students took met the standard they were looking for. Standardized testing is not improving education in America. Teachers learn during their training and through experience that each child’s readiness to learn new skills and concepts varies…

This paper discusses the detrimental effects standardized tests have on students who plan to continue education past high school, and the issues associates with these tests. Standardized tests are a common procedure for kids in elementary school, middle school, and especially high school. Nonetheless, the most influential standardized tests are those that determine future colleges: SAT and ACT. Although many colleges depend on SAT and ACT scores to selectively choose the best applicants,…