Scores

Standardized tests are the culmination of every school year. Everything taught during the entire year is supposed to be represented in the students’ scores. If they perform poorly, then apparently the school taught poorly. If they perform well, then the school apparently taught well. The goal of these tests are to improve instruction and performance in schools and students. Standardized testing does not improve instruction and performance due to the fact that these tests do not value diversity,…

2 (2005): 331-348. Academic Search Complete. Web.7 Oct. 2015. Summary & Evaluation: The SAT and ACT has become important measurements of students’ academic well-beings, and about 64% of the public universities has rated these standardised test scores as “very important” admissions criteria, because they believe that SAT and ACT are “objective” measures rather than “subjective” measures of student’s well-being in their first year of college. Critics on SAT generally focus on the bias SAT and…

indication for masculinity-femininity (Mf). Ms. Z’s paranoia (Pa) and hypomania (Ma) were within normal limits. Ms. Z’s content scores show high indication for include: Anxiety (ANX), Depression (DEP), Health Concerns (HEA), Low Self Esteem (LSE), Social Discomfort (SOD), Work Interference (WRK), and Negative Treatment Indicators (TRT). The remaining content scales were below a T score of 64, therefore should not be evaluated. As Ms. Z has been receiving mental health services for her…

something you don’t want associated with your finances. Unfortunately, you may have less than stellar credit at some point in your life. Credit scores represents how well you can't pay something back without any setbacks its designed to show a lending institution who is a good investment and who of course is not not so much. Banks believe that credit scores i.e. past financial behavior are a good indication of an individual’s future financial behavior. Whether or not you agree with that…

We will design, implement, and evaluate an interactive score reporting system that infuse formative feedback principles into computer-based testing practices. The objectives and practical outcomes of our research program are threefold: First, we will identify the essential components of formative feedback that…

on the way students are graded. In some cases, students feel as if their final grades do not represent their overall performance in the classroom, but test scores are a major factor in our grades and one slip may cause your grade to drop unfairly. Our final grades in all of our courses are heavily dependent on our midterms and final test scores and that is no secret. Imagine if a student were to fail their midterm or final that is a huge blow to their final grade towards that subject and…

Multiaxial Inventory – III (MCMI-iii) The MCMI-iii is an assessment instrument utilized for measurement of clinical mental health and personality disorders (Grove & Vrieze, 2009). The MCM-iii, states Grove & Vrieze (2009), acquires a base rate score (BR score) and targets the area of differential diagnosis among other patients with correlating psychopathology. The scales used in the outcome of the test are highly relevant to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5).…

as the Department of Educational Psychology, University of Texas at Austin. This assessment was designed to test how one learns, studies, and ones feelings towards learning and studying. The LASSI-HS uses ten scales to provide standardized scores (percentile score equivalents). The scales used are attitude, motivation, time management, concentration, information processing, selecting main ideas, study aids, self-testing, testing strategies and anxiety. The LASSI-HS categorizes these ten scales…

(higher MAS score) represents the people’s preference for a more competitive environment where “achievement, heroism, assertiveness, and material rewards for success” are more valued. On the other hand, a more feminine society (lower MAS score) tends to prefer a more cooperative environment, valuing “cooperation, modesty, caring for the weak, and quality of life”17. Japan has the highest MAS score of 95 whereas Sweden has the lowest score of 5. In countries like Japan where the MAS score is…

My Personality Part Two The Five Factor Model was created by Paul Costa and Robert McCrae, which was originally only a taxonomy until the 1980’s where Costa, McCrae, and fellow researchers found a secure structure of personality that they both were confident in. They were confident with their findings due to being able to answer the main personality question “What is the structure of personality?” From then on Psychology took on a language for describing personality that is continually…