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Universities seem to be that one stop shop for the needs of young adults transitioning to the working class. Whether the student is seeking independence, higher salary, or simply a welcoming environment, colleges do all they can to seek the ladder for their students. In our current state of events, colleges are trying to solve a problem that has plagued students in the past. Diversity, more specifically, an openness to diversity on college campuses. Unfortunately, the marketing of college…

the examinations in the Western world are used as a convenient way for the 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…

You get into your car and go to turn the radio on; no sound comes out. You go home, sit on the couch, and turn the television on; no programs are playing. You go to a museum; the walls are blank. It’s Christmas time; there’s no carolers or Boston Pops. That’s what a world would be like without visual or performing arts and our future world is very vulnerable to this catastrophic possibility because schools continue to cut the arts programs from their schools and their curriculums. To avoid this…

predetermined standard procedure. There are two main types of standardized tests: proficiency tests and achievement tests. Standardized tests predict how well students perform at any subsequent educational level or space. The most common examples are the SAT and the ACT, which attempt to predict how well secondary students will perform in college. However, when assessing the effectiveness of a school, citizens and school board members rely on students ' scores on standardized achievement tests…

Physical development: Physically, Dayluis’ development has lost momentum compared to his earlier stages such as infancy where he achieved big milestones such as walking and running and adolescence where he had a dramatic growth spurt. Nevertheless, he is getting better at physical activities as is evident by the fact that he made his high school baseball team and became one of the best players on it throughout this period. During this age Dayluis also worries about his physical appearance a lot…

some students to be set apart from others these students do well on multiple choice questions, meaning that those students can see the multiple choice questions and when they see the correct answer it jogs their memory to the question. Test like the SAT and ACT help students that come from smaller high schools to be placed in better colleges where they might not have this opportunity, because bigger high schools have the ability for their students to be recognized just because of the school they…

Standardized tests: SAT, ACT, PSAT, ITBS, and Accuplacer. These tests, plus many more, are required to be taken in high score if higher education is wanted. Most people who take these tests do not find them adequate, but rather disappointing. The students born from 2000 on are not attempting to try as hard in school as those who came before them. As these students try less and less each year, the passing rate for standardized tests lower too. From 2000 to 2009, the United States’ students…

What is intelligence anyway? Intelligence is defined as the ability to learn and develop skills, but when they test for intelligence they only test on an academic level. Along with these biased questions some students are bad test takers which is entirely intensified by the testing environment approved by most states, this along with everything else certainly determines that if students who are renowned in other fields but are not academically up to par will fail this test. There should be a…

Recently, there has been a great deal of controversy about whether or not colleges should abolish reliance on SAT or ACT scores in the admissions process. Many believe that colleges should indeed do away with relying on these scores, and for multiple, valid reasons. The two exam scores play an unjust and inaccurate role in determining the admission of students into a college or university. The scores primarily measure the students ' test-taking abilities. College students are expected to…

States of America is required to give standardized tests. Every student must take the tests: unless, their parents refuse to have their children take the test. The test might be a state test, such as the regents in New York State, or a test like the SATs and ACTs that most high school students take. Most kids get nervous for these tests. The student might not be good at a subject and not like the test. Others might just be terrible at test taking. Teachers must take time out of teaching to…