Standardized test

work in a system without many options. Curriculums are policed by policy makers; most of which have never taught a day in their life. Hence they are obsessed with standardized tests to determine success. As pathetic as it sounds some may counterclaim such topic, but take J Kelly’s words the inventor of standardized tests: I quote “These tests are too crude and should be abandoned.” Some may declare a solution that students should compete against each other for better grades, but to counterclaim…

2014. As per the act’s mandate, standardized tests are administered as the mechanism to measure the performance of the students, teachers and the schools. The primary purpose of these tests was to raise teachers’ accountability and improve students’ achievement. This raises an important question: Is standardized testing the greatest medium to accomplish these goals? The fairness and the reliability of the standardized tests is questionable. Moreover, standardized tests evaluate only a few…

intellectually, and this inferiority complex can be proven with standardized testing. In a traditional standardized test, the test-takers mark down their gender prior to the exam. In this setting, the mean scores for boys are higher than they are for girls despite the fact that the genders received the “same” education. However, when gender is not emphasized, females perform just as well or even better than their male counterparts on standardized tests. Another study done by AP discovered that…

immense tests, although it seems as of lately educational systems make little to no strides to do so, as standardized tests continually find themselves embraced by elected officials in the past decades. Presently, with computer technology, it enables schools to easily grade substantial amounts of students at one time, through virtually taking the tests online. But, that’s the issue right there. A school system has become complacent and unwilling to make these efforts. Strides need forming to…

argument of how school curriculums are being destroyed by the impossible standards of standardized testing. Schools are focusing on meeting the desired outcome of these tests in order to maintain a high reputation as being a “better school”. The consequences are the removal of subjects that cannot be tested on like the fine arts. Both Gatto and Ravitch believe that children are trapped by this endless cycle of tests, not being able to create competent citizens or mature adults. Diane Ravitch and…

Reactions to testing students Standardized testing is something that can different reactions from kids that are; disregard the test, take too seriously, or loves to be tested on what they know. Testing is used to show that kids are learning what they needed on a district level and state level. In theory students who take these test on mentality stable and find ambition to take these test for the enjoyment and purpose to see where they will be, but that is not true for every student state wide…

The US has designed programs that test the academic skills of a student by measuring their characteristics such as: family type, environment, school, and the student themselves to predict test scores on standardized exams. There are numerous amounts of research that has presented us with what impacts the academic success of a student. Previously conducted research suggest that’s measuring such factors show better chances at educational attainment (Kyllonan, 2012). Extracurricular activities…

The United States has made standardized testing a major concern across the country. Teachers are now required to prepare students for tests such as the ACT, SAT, KCCT, etc. Students are taught how to take these tests rather than being taught important curriculum that could help them in their futures. Most people don’t see the damage done when students and teachers are preparing for these tests. Students are not becoming more knowledgeable, through these tests, they are learning how to read…

Post, author and teacher Marion Brady issued an unexpected and judicious message: “Schools need a complete transformation in what and how students learn.” Not soon after, Brady speaks discusses the flawed exercise of standardized testing and claims, “Using the scores on standardized tests to shape the life chances of kids, determine the pay and reputations of teachers, gauge the quality of school administrators, establish the worth of neighborhood schools, or as an excuse to hand public schools…

in other spheres of life and learning. In a frequently referenced study conducted by researchers from the University of California at Los Angeles, it was found that students with moderate to high arts engagements, generally excelled on standardized achievement tests when compared with their peers who had low arts involvement. The nationwide longitudinal study retrieved at random, data for 25,000 middle and high school students from the United States Department of Education, a federal database.…