Personality tests

Published in September of 2015 by The Atlantic, “The Coddling of the American Mind” by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt describes how the overuse of trigger warnings is ruining students’ education and their ways of thinking, while also addressing steps to counteract this crisis. The authors’ main argument states that students are starting to implement an ideology that erases any mention of words or ideas that could potentially offend them or students around them. Lukianoff and Haidt argue that…

Welfare Recipients Should be Required to Pass a Drug Tests Public assistance is granted to those in a time of need. A time of need is normally thought of as situational or temporary. The need can be due to, but not limited to, a job loss, temporary illness, or the death of a financial provider. Public assistance can be in many forms; such as, food stamps, medical/dental/prescription coverage, housing allowance, education vouchers for their children, daycare assistance, disability, free…

Could you imagine a world without tests? I know I would love one! Having a world without tests is something I think the majority of students would like to have, but sadly it is not possible. In school we learn a vast amount of material for each class, and there has to be a way for teachers to determine if you know a material or not. If you ask me, I do not like tests, but I do feel it is necessary for schools to have them. Now, I do not think that all of the tests in the world are necessary.…

brain teasing not-scoring test created to fail you. Don't you feel cheated? There should not be standardized testing in schools because, parents don't want their kids taking it, it is a waste of time, and causes too much stress on students and teachers. Parents don't trust the people who have access to the SBAC scores.Additionally kids spend an average of the day taking a test. As well as, stress is building up on them and impacting their self-esteem. The standardized tests are well known for…

Remove the Chromebooks! Have you ever wondered how bad chromebooks can be in the classroom and how they can cause distractions to the learning environment? Students would want to play games on their chromebooks whenever they get the chance. Teachers try using a spy check on the chromebooks but whenever they look away the students get the chance to play games. Another reason is schools don’t even have enough in the budget to pay teachers the average payment, so how would schools afford…

The SI unit of measurement ( International System of Units) is the most used system of measurement internationally and has proved itself the most effective due to its popular use. Measurements are all related to each other no matter the measurement system. Many measurements have different names and many people expect that to mean that they have an entirely different meaning because of that, however they mean exactly he same thing. Take for example the Metric and U.S Customary measurement system.…

is related to both the Basic Achievement Skills Inventory and the Test of Academic Performance. The Basic Achievement Skills Inventory and the Test of Academic Performance are both comprehensive tests that are based on several levels of specific academic skills including reading, writing and mathematics. Obviously each assessment has its own unique qualities, or there would be no need for it in the professional world. The ACER Test of Reasoning Ability is designed for high school students in…

This according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Unlike standardized tests, the NAEP measures reading and math and is only administered to a random sampling of students. No one knows who will take it and unlike standardized testing, no one can prepare to take it. Students do not receive a test score, results instead reflect what they know and what they can do. Student achievement levels are measured as advance, proficient, basic…

involved in correcting answers entered by students. Eleven of the 178 teachers were convicted on racketeering charges, resulting in jail time, community service, and a lot of fines. This was a result of the increasing pressure on schools to meet the high test score requirements set by the No Child Left Behind federal law (NCLB). NCLB, one of the biggest social engineering projects of our time, is an educational reform bill passed by the George Bush administration in 2002. This is significant…

[ INTRO] Critical thinking is important, yet not addressed sufficiently in high school classrooms. Critical thinking skills are deemed. However, many classrooms do not engage in much higher-order thinking. Critical thinking is defined as the ability to consider and to analyze information in an unbiased manner in order to make decisions and judgments. (CITE) Although many educators have have stressed its importance, it continues to be an educational concern. In order to teach critical thinking,…