Rorschach test

it is time for our school to take these tests. However, there are some high schools that are totally polar opposite and are persistently conversing over this issue. While taking this into consideration, I began asking myself if this was really an issue that was worth discussing. In order to make this decision, I needed…

Does Not Accurately Represent Educational Quality Standardized tests are tests that are administered by the state and are graded in a consistent or “standard” manner. They are administered in hopes to measure a student's aptitude by assessing how well a student understands a collection of curriculum that the government deems is necessary for all high school students to understand. These tests are administered all across America. Tests such as the ACT and SAT are highly considered by colleges…

Standardized Testing is to test student achievement and provide a good measurement on the education on the state or country. Most would say that there is no reason to take these tests because they don't even count as a grade and don't help at all but i'm here to say otherwise. Standardized tests are good for American education because The tests are not narrowing the curriculum but instead they are focusing it on important basic skills all students need to get better at, standardized tests are…

Resources are already available to healthcare providers to either suggest drug tests or refer to rehabilitation. With the use of electronic medical records the potential to provide substantial befits too many practices. They help manage and approve reduced costs and financial benefits along with previous medical records. (Wang, S. 2013) With all of this information being available to them they should be able to require a drug test without being unreasonable. Since there is never a better or more…

Standardized testing is often scrutinized by teachers instead of being looked at in a positive manner. There are many ways to utilize such a test. The best possible way would be to teach to the test. It not only benefits the original reason standardized tests are in place, it also provides a backbone for what to teach. It allows you to stay within professional boundaries and also allows the teacher to teach to their liking with what material is provided. A process such as this would help with…

thousands, of tests. They develop a skill to a highly calibrated degree in an exercise that will essentially become useless immediately after their last day in school.” – Howard Gardner 1991 The NCLB (No Child Left Behind) act was implemented in the year 2001 by President Bush as a way to improve our education system in America. A way that has caused for an over emphasis on testing while holding teachers accountable for those results; thus leading to lecturing and teaching to the test as a way…

I was naïve to think that I would pass that exam with flying colors. Reflecting on that test I started to develop a “fixed mindset” as Carol Dweck calls it. In the article, “The Perils and Promises of Praise” by Carol S. Dweck asserts, “In the fixed mindset, students care first and foremost about how they’ll be judged: smart or not smart.…

cannot be equated with higher test scores. In his article he elaborates on six key flaws of using testing like VAM to evaluate teachers. When using a test to measure teacher effectiveness, there is a statistical error rate of 35 percent when using one year’s worth of data, which would cause many to be misevaluated. Naturally, the test scores of students depend ultimately upon the students themselves, so year after year as students go through a teacher’s classroom the test scores can fluctuate…

Standardized tests, assessments given to students who are to answer the same questions or range of questions and that are graded in the same form, are a way the test-developers believe will be beneficial for the students and public schools around the United States, but unfortunately this assumption is wrong. With new manners of teaching, students as well as teachers are becoming stressed and are having anxiety as well as other health effects from the overbearing amount of regulated tests. The…

ACT and SAT are standardized test, which are taking by high schooler’s as a requirement for college acceptance. Chiefly, the testing evaluates the primary subjects, including math, science, reading and writing. However, the testing material is fashioned by the financially-driven testing business, that is a multi-billion-dollar industry. No surprisingly, the testing industry charges for books and curriculum, seminars, and the actual test. When I took the ACT, the test specifically stated that…