Norm-referenced test

pack. This assessment is like any other typical standardized test, “As this language proficiency test is standards-referenced, any comparison should be made between the student in relation to the criteria or standards” (Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System). There are four sections of the assessment and “each section of the test is estimated to take approximately 20 minutes” (Alternate ACCESS for ELLs). With this test though they recommend that the…

Colleges have relied on standardized test scores as a means of determining how college ready a student is and what opportunities and scholarships are available for them. While the SAT and ACT tests are intended to provide a fair assessment for students across the nation, they are simply not an accurate representation of a student’s potential because of the different circumstances which surround a student. Many colleges have realized that standardized test scores do not equate to the success of…

Standard Testing For many decades now, Standardized Test have been recognized and known as a “mutli-billion dollar industry”. The first test was in Imperial China not long after this was standard testing the next big thing in the United States. This idea of the test, rose up in the Industrial Revolution time era. Boston, Massachusetts was the first place in the United States to actually try out the standardized test. These test were used to test the students and teachers performance…

students were retaining what was being taught. These test scores were compared to students from across the Nation. The student range extended to students from private schools with a lot of money and students from state funded schools. The information gathered was used to determine a student’s strengths and weaknesses, which showed teachers what each child needed help in. However, these tests were given too much power in our education system. These tests added to the pressure students were…

Do standardized test weigh more on a college application? How can one test determine whether or not a college should accept a student? Such a test is SAT which is simply an entrance requirement for most of the colleges and universities that plays a major role in determining whether or not a student gets admitted or not. Standardized tests such as SAT’s are meant to be a predictor of student’s success in college but they at times are the factors that outweigh a student’s GPA, well balanced resume…

government to quickly test large numbers of students in order to determine who is prepared to further their education and how good of a job schools are doing. The ACT and the SAT tests have become one of the biggest elements that influence the college-admissions process, and students are taking these exams more than ever. However, standardized testing does not accurately evaluate students’ overall knowledge and preparedness; but rather, what they know on a specific day the test…

with the mindset of grades. Grades are important. We were taught that we must excel in every subject to be able to go to college and live a good life. Is this true? The current education system teaches us to not learn the material but to just pass the test and get a good grade. I did not take AP World History sophomore year because I wanted to, I did it because it would look good on my transcript and boost my GPA. Is this the perfect way for us to learn? The answer is no. This system is built…

American educational system. I disagree with the countless challenging tests subjected upon the modern student because exams such as the SAT, ACT, Iowa Basics, PSAT/NMSQT are weighted too heavily, are not accurate or full representations of a student, and correlative studies have displayed that families with lower income yield children with lower test scores creating an uneven testing terrain in the United States. Standardized tests have become not only greater influences on a child’s future…

AMERICA- Fourteen test days for the 2017-2018 school year; six remaining for the SAT and seven for the ACT. According to the College Board, 1.36 million test-takers took the redesigned SAT in 2016. According to the 2016 ACT National Profile Report, 2,090,342 took the ACT test. The SAT and ACT according to PrepScholar, a well-known website created by Harvard Alums is designed to help students with college admissions, states, “....a standardized test meant to show schools how prepared you are for…

because of the child standardized test scores. The problem with these particular test is that its sociodemographic location, socioeconomic based, and shows correlation between bad teachers and lower scores. Universities and colleges should abolishing standardized test scores because it socioeconomic plays such a big role in excelling on the SAT/ACT scores, how lack of funds for educational purposes plays a role in SAT/ACT scores., and If colleges decide to abolish these test they could simply…