Personality tests

Mahnoor Shaikh Although standardized testing gives teachers a guideline to teach what the students should know for the test, teachers only teach for tests rather than teaching to benefit the children; therefore standardized testing should not be school because it does not measure the mental capability of a person. Standardized testing also has health consequences and can determine how much money a school gets. One of Almogor claims is that a girl and her parents did not acknowledge that…

standardized tests? I would suggest to the teacher to proctor and had the experience to see how standardized assessments are supervised and managed, so the teacher will get familiar with the test. Learn about different scenarios that can happen during this test and be prepare to know what to do in those cases. Learn about the environment where the test is taken place, know the light, temperature, air flow, etc. Additionally, I think it will be a great idea if the teacher takes a test from…

Norm referenced tests are used to compare and rank test takers to one another. This is determined by comparing scores against the performance results of a group of test takers with typically the same characteristics as same age or grade level, who have previously taken the exam (Great Schools Partnerships, 2015). These tests have been used for many years in education to assess children in need of special education services using best practices associated with norm-referenced tests. There are…

Some students may need extra accommodations while testing that may not provided to them. Standardized test do not properly accommodate students with learning disabilities. These test do not allow for special needs students to receive an aid will testing who can read questions to them and ensure the student understands what is being asked. Nor does it allow for the test to be adjusted in a way that suits the student comfortably. For example, reducing amount of questions asked or simplifying…

Does Standardized Testing Accurately Test Intelligence? Standardized tests, such as the ACT or the American College Test, have been around for quite sometime; however, its importance is often questioned. In the last decade, more than half of U.S. colleges required ACT scores for prospective students to even have their applications reviewed (“How Many Colleges Are There In America” 1). Standardized testing may appear to benefit students, but it also promotes nothing but hardships to…

Standardized and High Stake tests should be removed from schools. A High-Stake test is a large test that would be fifty percent or more of your final grade. A Standardized test is a test where every student takes the same test. According to Jakob B’s study in Harvard (1) students are much less likely drop out if they are not required to take Standardized or High Stake tests. Testing compares how children are doing in school to how other children are doing, this will beneficial to test how the…

The discussion has been raised many times in regards to the negative impact that standardized testing can have on curriculum design. Some feel that the time, talent, and effort that goes into curriculum design is tainted by standardized test guidelines. This paper points out areas that can be negatively impacted by the over utilization of standardized assessment concepts within the local schools’ curriculum design. Problem to be Investigated What causes standardized testing to negatively…

a student has to pass a standardized test. These test have become a norm within the public school system, but they shouldn’t be. Standardized Testing should be removed from school systems as its no longer useful, harms the students, and can negatively affect schools as well. The purpose of standardized testing is “to make a valid inference about the knowledge and/or skills that a given student possesses in a particular content area” (Why Standardized Tests Don't Measure Educational Quality”…

be enhanced, or an increased number of students encouraged to be placed in special education. When the stakes are held to such a high level and are attached to a person’s reputation or school funding, teachers can often resort to “teaching to the test” which is an ineffective teaching practice and may not be seen as relevant to the students. These teaching strategies can result in students remembering content for a short term and not having a real grasp on the material. With the pressures of…

Standardized tests containing multiple-choice answers fail to expanding higher thinking levels to strengthen the tools of becoming an analytical thinker in an era of necessity for critical thinkers and problem solvers. (No Child Left Behind) An education researcher, Gerald W. Bracy, PhD., acknowledges that standardized tests undermine to produce the attributes of “creativity..., motivation..., persistence, curiosity..., reliability..., self-discipline, leadership..., honesty, integrity” (qtd…