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The WHODAS 2.0 is a standardized assessment instrument, utilized to assess an individual’s health and disability level (Üstün, 2010b). In addition, the WHODAS 2.0 assesses an individual’s level of functioning across the following six domains of life: cognition, mobility, self-care, getting along, life activities, and participation (Üstün, Chatterji, Kostanjsek, Rehm, Kennedy, Epping-Jordan, Saxena, vonKorff, & Pull, 2010a ). This assessment is easy to use, score and interpret, is in the…

In the United States, it is required by law that every child must attend school. This can be in the form of public or private schooling, along with homeschooling. If a parent knowingly does not enroll their child in school the consequences can be costly and can potentially result in jail time. Based on this information, it is very apparent that education is highly valued within the country. U.S. citizens are constantly looking for ways to improve their lives and education is essential to their…

In modern society, most of countries have their own standardized test to measure students’ intelligent and ability. But there are hot debates about if such way is the best way for students to improve their ability and expand careers. Most of evidences from authority and student’s opinion have confirm that standardized test in most of countries is definitely bad and brings negative effects on students. First of all, standardized test is not equal and objective as people always consider. According…

The current American educational system incorporates a method of evaluation known to every student as the dreaded standardized test. These tests range from state evaluations of grade levels to the ACT and SAT. The purpose of these tests is to fairly evaluate the performance of students and have comparable data. After tests are taken, data is grouped according to states, schools, race, gender, and other categories to compare student’s academic performance. While many claim that standardized…

Standardized Testing in Schools Standardized testing has been an inevitable part of life for countless Americans, making them question the validity of their life choices since the third grade. When taking standardized tests, one encounters some obvious drawbacks. Any student who has been forced to take one of the hundreds that exist can recount the tales of stress and feelings of inadequacy that linger after every test taken. Standardized testing does not benefit students because it objectifies…

Although there is an exuberant amount of research disproving that standardized tests are trustworthy and reliable, there are still people who stand behind it for multiple reasons. One reason as to why there are people and colleges who heavily trust the results of these scores is because so many kids take it, and according to statistical measures, the more people who participate in something, whether it be a survey or a test, the more accurate the yielded results are. Statistics states that in…

As everyone knows many colleges require some form of test for admission into their program. This is a stressful process for students applying for college. Students are stressed because so much depends on getting the highest test score possible; therefore these tests should be eliminated. Even though the percentage of colleges using standardized tests to determine if a student is accepted is high, the outcome of these tests should not be a barrier to college admission. Colleges should not…

The Debate Over Standardized Testing For decades, we have had the debate of whether or not standardized testing is necessary for students to participate in before they are enrolled in college. This debate can go both ways, it is either necessary or not necessary to have in college admissions, but standardized testing can tremendously help people in college admissions. SAT, ACT scores, and grades should all be included in the admissions criteria for universities, because it shows the educational…

Standardized tests are any form of test that (1) requires all test takers to answer the same questions, or a selection of questions from common bank of questions, in the same way, and that (2) is scored in a “standard” or consistent manner, which makes it possible to compare the relative performance of individual students or groups of students. These tests usually have multiple choice and true or false fill in the circle test questions and are required to be taken within a certain amount of time…

"Is Brian Ballard here?" With confused looks my history class searched each other for a response. Slowly I raised my hand, "Do you mean Brityn?" The Sub squinted down at the role sheet. "Ummm yes". Butchering my name once again, "yes Britney. Is that you?" Yep. Im here. You know how it goes. If you had a nickel for every time this or that happened to you, you would be rich. Well if I had a penny for every time I had to correct a stranger of my name. No not Brit-ney, it's pronounced Brit-tin. I…