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my teachers being very against standardized testing. They told us that standardized testing doesn’t fairly evaluate our knowledge, they only evaluate what we can put on paper. Again, I didn’t question it. The fact that my teachers didn’t like the tests just meant I wouldn’t have to take any extra exams. Being that I didn’t have much knowledge about the act I had to rely solely on internet research. I found that most of the research I could get my hands on seemed…

sick and tired of taking a test that really has no point towards improving your life skills? Standardized testing only undermines your educational opportunities: by wasting valuable learning time and answering random questions, only so you can earn a point towards educational measurements. As a former high school student, I understand the frustration of the parents upset at their children not progressing. According to the website procon.com, these standardized tests have been proven…

standardized tests? This is, infact, true. Most seventh graders do spend 23.3 hours testing, or more! The government should cut down on standardized tests. This is shown in the seventh graders hours alone. Students should have little to no standardized tests. This essay will describe how and why standardized tests should be modified because the tests are low quality, they take away class time, and the tests much pressure adding on to them. First, this paragraph will describe why the tests are…

Judging a book by it's cover, or comparing someone's education by one certain criteria, I believe is a mistake. We are all different, individuals have various strengths and weaknesses. Many people enjoy book smarts and good test taking skills, while others are more suitable in common sense and decision making situations. Kohn's example, in his opening paragraph concerning his ex-wife shows a great illustration of this. I agree with Kohn that we can't attempt to fit the masses into a single…

The two authors that approach the topic of singletons vs. children with siblings in a similar way are Sandler and Mancillas. Both Mancillas and Sandler's purpose of writing their articles was to provide the general public with more information about singletons and the stereotypes that singletons face vs. children with siblings. It is clear from the titles of the articles; The Only Child: Debunking the Myths and Challenging the Stereotypes About only Children, that the literature review by…

The results I got for this experiment was that the amount of trigrams remembered in the control was higher than the experimental. The reason for this was that the experimental group waited 15 seconds before writing the trigrams, and the control group didn’t which affected a lower result for the experimental group showed in the graph. There is also a decrease between the experimental and control median by two points. The study used to attempt to replicate was the experiment conducted by…

real idea about how schools are In the inner cities, and also how poor test scores are and how horribly we rank as a nation regarding school. Also, the method of “Tracking” which prior to this documentary I have never heard before, nor have I heard from the track being scores of obedience and appearance of neatness? What does that even mean? It also goes into how it’s nearly impossible to fire any teacher because of poor test scores from their students, which I think is really unfair. At any…

flawed and sometimes inaccurate tests. This has also brought larger issues to the public’s attention. I am opposed to schools using standardized tests because of government interference and the tests being rigid and inflexible. The most obvious issues of standardized testing in America can be attributed to two government acts: Race to the Top and No Child Left Behind. Passed in 2002, the No Child Left Behind Act holds schools accountable through yearly math and reading tests. If schools were to…

While the CCSS pushes for uniformity in an attempt to make test scores easily comparable across regions, the real result is a more intricate and ambiguous education system where students are pushed harder and harder just to meet test goals. Many parents exhibit growing concerns regarding the work their child is being taught to do for these tests, citing it as extraneous or unnecessary. In an article for educating parents on assisting their child in homework…

work on papers and take multiple tests throughout the year, or, to take a major test that applies for more than all of your average grades combined? A test that covers everything over a 36 week period is obviously going to be harder and more stressful than a test that covers curriculum that a student has just retained. Should we really be putting this kind of pressure on high school students? Myself, having already taken 3 of the 5 necessary STAAR tests in order to graduate high…