Standardized test

Although standardized tests, I believe are essential because they assist educators and parents with identifying the child’s strengths and weaknesses. However, at the same time, these test results are relatively provided to teachers for the up and coming year, and are not available for the current academic year for both parents and educators to provide the necessary support needed to move students forward academically, thus causing students, parents, and educators to fail substantially.…

type of discrimination against them. The most important type to discuss here is the overrepresentation of African Americans students in special education classes as a result of faulty assessment (Roseberry-McKibbin, 2014). Since most of the standardized tests are normed on Anglo children, one must keep in mind that their communication styles are probably different from those students with different ethnic background ad race. For instance, African American students’ narrative style is different…

that it “helps” students further their education, but honestly it does nothing. “ A 2001 study published by the Brookings Institution found that 50-80% of year-over-year test score improvements were temporary and "caused by fluctuations that had nothing to do with long-term changes in learning” (“Is the use of standardized test”). In other words, testing has done nothing to improve student’s learning. In fact, it has decreased student’s outside world learning skills. This is probably why this…

An individual’s potential to succeed has for years been superficially measured by a score on a standardized test, known globally as an Intelligence Quotient Test. The result of this test is a number, an “I.Q.”; a higher I.Q. translates into greater intelligence, and therefore, potential for the success. In Senior Editor, Deborah Perkins-Gough’s article for Educational Leadership Magazine, “The Significance of Grit: A Conversation with Angela Lee Duckworth”, she chronicles her interview with Ms…

highly recommended for college admissions? The Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT), and American College Testing (ACT) began shortly after the 1900s, and is still being used today. The SAT and ACT test were organized to evaluate a students success potential in college. Although it was a good idea to have only one test for college admissions, it disregards the creative and practical skills. Standardized test, such as SAT and ACT test, don’t determine a students full potential of entering college.…

When Bush signed the act, it was known as the era of standardized testing (Garcia and Thorton, 2015). Criticism The No Child Left Behind Act faces a great deal of criticism. Parents tend to complain about the standardized testing and the pressure it places on their children. In the last 10 years, the number of federally mandated tests has tripled (Walker, 2015). Although it is hard to measure the exact impact, the increasing number of tests places an increasing amount of stress on students.…

One of the peer-reviewed academic journals I found useful was “Addressing Test Anxiety in Inner City Schools through Play and Performance.” This particular case study came about because of the seriousness and the increase of accountability being emphasized on standardized tests. The rigorousness of standardized tests has generated test anxiety among many students. The purpose of this study was to explore a new approach to this problem. This case study demonstrates the findings of a program…

detailed opinions, he discusses that through his research, many patterns became apparent, leading him to the four “strongest commonalities.” I greatly enjoy the teacher point of view the reader receives. I do not agree with articles written by standardized test makers, they do not teach. Reading information from teachers is the only beneficial way I feel I can learn about the field I will be entering…

statistical groups. Educational phobia in America has inspired massive arguments over the safest system of schooling. Politicians and administrators have irrationally retreated into a corner filled with No Child Left Behind, absurd amounts of standardized tests, and a direct-instruction curriculum which destroys the social development of children- all in the name of preserving a low-risk, low-reward system.…

attention has paid to math and reading included in standardized tests, and thereby other subjects like science, the arts, and social studies have been taught on less instructional time. More time students, especially, children from low income families, spent more time on practice tests imitated real standardized tests. In the work of Madaus and Clarke (2001), researches made opposite suggestion that teachers focus not only on the content of the test, but also on the form of the questions. Other…