SAT Subject Tests

The school systems in America have been messed of for a good amount of time now. It’s time for us to make a difference in American school systems. Other countries in the world have amazing school systems that by far outrank The United States, take Finland for example. They have the best school system in the World! They have shorter schools days, no homework for kids and they still manage to beat us when it comes to learning! This is unacceptable when the U.S is the leader in everything else. So…

teachers are forced to test the students constantly to ensure that students, teachers, and schools are to par. Testing has become the norm in most schools. Between the schools self imposed testing ciriculum as well as that of the local and federal governmnets, a large percentage of a students schooling revolves around tests and final scores. The constant testing students must endure today is much too much. Because the system has been changed to focus so much on testing and test results, teachers…

For this assignment we watched the Annenberg media video titled The Power of the Situation. This videos main objective was to teach and assist us in understanding the influence people have over other people. Within this video it listed several research projects and methods that psychologists and scientist have made to help determine and predict human behavior. Many of these experiments were brought out by trying to understand how millions of people could blindly follow problematic leaders such…

Education is a foundation for the intellectual and pragmatic societal structure seen today. However, what is education and how can educators truly assess a student’s education? According to Mark K. Smith, “education... is a process of inviting truth and possibility, of encouraging and giving time to discovery” (2). School administrators have outlined a black-and-white scenario to assess this definition where students are judged on either their summative assessment, known as a proficiency model,…

with assessments is the idea that the presser of accountability is creating an educational culture that puts test scores ahead of intellectual growth. You can even see it here in Philly with the implication of the keystone test, soon after you saw parents and teachers advocating against them. Many fear that with a pressers of test like these teachers are focused to only teach how to take test, causing students to miss out on valuable lessons such as critical thinking, problem-solving, or…

in school, not just on test scores. The very first step is to understand the data. Anyone can look at data, but to actually use it to improve anything, that person must understand what he or she is reviewing. To understand the data, determining “what additional information is necessary to understand student performance” (IRIS Center for Training Enhancements, 2014, pg. 2) is key. Also, in reviewing the data, it is important to understand the students who are taking the test and what disabilities…

Throughout the United States today, standardized testing stands as an assessment that every child dreads beginning at the third grade and continuing until they are seniors in high school. Nonetheless, what does this test bring for those students? Does it bring unlimited wealth, a respectable future, a hidden treasure? Unfortunately, standardized testing does not bring any of those items, however, it does show teachers what their students are both succeeding in and failing at. When it comes to…

over taking a test? If not change how we take tests. Other people like how the testing is, but the other people want to change it. Reasons why Standardized test should be cut down are because the tests are unfair, the test only measure a small portion of education, and also each school makes their own test. Standardized test are unfair. The tests are unfair because in some stats the english language learners take the test in english before they have mastered the language. Taking a test in a…

narrowed curriculum, teaching to the test, and emotional impact are a few of the aspects I am looking into. The research question I am attempting to answer is: What are the effects of standardized testing, and what can be done to combat this issue? Thesis: In an educational system where curriculum revolves around teaching to the test, stressful environments affect student and teacher satisfaction, and creativity is being silenced by mandated high stakes tests, alternatives for standardized…

education programs often create an achievement gap. Students do not get the necessary time or preparation required to fully master the language before moving on to studying subjects in the language, thus they fail to be successful in the subject classes and are at a disadvantage of learning the material. This accounts for lower test scores in comparison to those A program that holds back a student’s progress and academic success should not be continued to be widely implemented in schools, as it…