SAT Subject Tests

common to all languages which states that a sentence must always have a subject. According to the EPP and as explained by Carnie (2013), all clauses must have subjects (i.e. the specifier of TP must be filled by a DP or CP) and lexical information must be expressed at all levels. In the UG view,…

It is a blustery Saturday morning in New York City, as high school students frantically stream through the doors of the local high school. Test proctors assign students to their seats, as preparations for the exam to begin. It is a day that will determine the rest of their career and lives. It is SAT test day. Test proctors direct Joe Harris, a white, upper class student, towards a seat near Wes James, a black, lower class student. Joe has attended the one of the best prep schools in New York:…

Living Between Two Worlds Dayton Kwok Introduction As an American born Chinese, I’ve always had to switch between using English and Chinese. This is especially exacerbated since I lived in San Francisco, a city dominated by immigrants hailing from Southern China and Hong Kong. One moment I’m using English to talk to my friends, and the next moment I’m using Cantonese to talk to my family. My native language was English, but I also learned to speak Cantonese around the same time I learned to…

So far, my SCE has consisted of organizing and preparing for the start-up of this year’s National Art Honor Society chapter. In addition to inviting members to join and having our first meeting, I have been setting up for the upcoming induction as well as composing our bylaws to the NAHS constitution. As of now, I have not been able to work on my deliverable, as that project will come into play when the activities and events of NAHS begin for the school year. When those events begin in November,…

government to quickly test large numbers of students in order to determine who is prepared to further their education and how good of a job schools are doing. The ACT and the SAT tests have become one of the biggest elements that influence the college-admissions process, and students are taking these exams more than ever. However, standardized testing does not accurately evaluate students’ overall knowledge and preparedness; but rather, what they know on a specific day the test…

Is standardized testing really improving education? Everyone hates testing so why not put an end to it? There’s a 70% of teachers agree that their state assessments are not developmentally appropriate for their students. Only 13% agreed that the test, their students took met the standard they were looking for. Standardized testing is not improving education in America. Teachers learn during their training and through experience that each child’s readiness to learn new skills and concepts varies…

American educational system. I disagree with the countless challenging tests subjected upon the modern student because exams such as the SAT, ACT, Iowa Basics, PSAT/NMSQT are weighted too heavily, are not accurate or full representations of a student, and correlative studies have displayed that families with lower income yield children with lower test scores creating an uneven testing terrain in the United States. Standardized tests have become not only greater influences on a child’s future…

Standardized testing are words that students do not want to hear. Standardized testing is deeply rooted in the history of the United States. Standardized tests are tools used to measure students’ knowledge and progress. Almost every person that has had an education in the United States has taken a standardized test. Today, standardized testing is a widespread issue in the United States’ public school curriculum. Education has always been an important part of America’s history. Laws about…

The Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) and the American College Test (ACT) exams have been around since June 23, 1926, to be exact. It has been a standard for getting into colleges. These tests can work in your favor or can be very detrimental to your future. The SAT and ACT should not be used as an accurate assessment of a student’s aptitude for college. The reason for this is that a student could be a very keen, hard working person who may not take tests well. Meaning, they most likely will not…

Assessment of our students’ academic progress is essential, but the mindset that high SAT or ACT scores will be a student’s only ticket into college is one that places unnecessary and unwanted stress on the average high school student. Colleges have relied on standardized test scores as a means of determining how college ready a student is and what opportunities and scholarships are available for them. While the SAT and ACT tests are intended to provide a fair assessment for students across the…