Norm-referenced test

The folkway violation that I chose to do is to interrupt people's conversations. I wanted to see how people would react and what would they say and or do. I did this to a couple then I did this to a group of sophomores to see their reactions. Then I did it to grown ups A reason why I chose to do it in the library is that there is always people in there. Another reason I chose to do the social experiment in the cafeteria is because there are many varieties of age group I performed this…

Susie Choi Dr. Herman E. Stark English 1001-014 October 14, 2015 Midterm Paper Outline: Standard of Social Norm In my midterm paper, I will be discussing what social norm is and how the standard of norm change. According to Dictionary.com, the definition of “normal” is conforming to the standard or the common type. This standard or the common type changes with the change in societal standards. Such societal standards have been changing throughout the history and still is changing constantly.…

In many different societies we all contain social norms. Fundamentally, social norms are defined as “the rules of behavior that are considered acceptable in a group or society” (YourDictionary). In other words, norms are the written or unwritten rules of behavior that we follow in everyday life. Some norms could be an effortless gesture such as “holding a door for an individual”. But other social norms are more strictly held to in certain situations than in others; for instance, slapping a…

schools have now changed their entire curriculum to teach these standardized tests and pay their teachers based on the results. Nonetheless, the public school system needs reforming in a way that professors teach students more than what the test curriculums assesses them on by adding other essential information into their lessons, teachers need a just payment on how they teach in the classroom rather than on the test results, and the calculation of a school’s compensation shouldn’t be…

Imagine a third grade girl about to take her first standardized test. She is nervous about the test because it is not a normal classroom test. Over the past month, her teacher has reviewed everything that she and her classmates have learned the entire year. As she looks around the room, she observes other nervous peers. Unfortunately, standardized tests have grown more frequent in schools at all levels, and “when future educational historians look back at the last few decades of U.S. public…

Florida Standards Assessment (FSA) and students in certain classes must take End-of-Course (EOC) Assessments. In order to identify and address ELL students’ needs the State of Florida implemented ACCESS for ELLs 2.0. “ACCESS for ELLs 2.0 is a large-scale test of English language proficiency based on the WIDA English Language Development (ELD) Standards that form the core of WIDA’s approach to instructing and assessing ELLs in Grades K–12” (Florida Department of Education). Teachers should use…

My Educational Experience as a Student John Holt, the author of an essay “School is Bad for Children” insists that traditional educational style does not provide children an ideal environment to learn, for it oppresses children’s subconscious intellectual curiosity by making them sit quietly in a classroom all day long. He made some suggestions in order to improve it; he asserts abolishing compulsory education and the fixed required curriculum, giving children an opportunity to learn about the…

use of standardized test scores in American undergraduate admission. In the recent decade, the SAT and the ACT have become an increasingly important factor in evaluating the burgeoning number of college applicants, largely because of their comprehensiveness and standardization in the education industry. According to The New York Times, an overwhelming amount of 1,666,017 students took the ACT and 1,664,479 took the SAT in 2012. These dedicated students didn’t just take the tests for the sake of…

erasers. They were constantly preparing for the standardized test they were about to receive. The students in the front row had prepared throughout the summer; the artist in the back was drawing on a spare sheet of paper to calm her nerves, and I was in the middle of the room humming a Clarinet Concerto. I knew a better score was imperative towards getting accepted into college, but standardized testing was not my forte. Standardized tests such as the SAT and ACT do not accurately reflect a…

primarily standardized tests are associated with academic performance. Many discussions throughout the academic history since the beginning of standardized testing in favor of these tests can be noted, as well as, a number against since this method of monitoring and evaluating academic production has both produced benefits and setbacks. Standardized tests are viewed as an efficient and popular way to evaluate the academic achievements of students, and teachers. Standardized tests are…