Standardized test

ingenuity they seek. Most of the potential employees in the United States were trained to think logistically and creativity was not a big part of the curriculum. The current public education system hinders creativity in its students through standardized tests, favoring STEM majors over art majors, and disparaging wrong answers. Creativity is an important factor in the new generations’ education. Who is going to come up with the innovations of the future if not today’s kindergarteners? Therefore,…

Changing Our School Gold Beach High School has some good to it being in a small town, but because it’s in a small town it also has some issues that could be changed to make a huge difference. If I could change three things about GBHS and how things were run the first thing would be adding more classes for students to take. Doing this would help add classes that are more relevant to students and they could learn what they wanted to. The next thing I would change is how long the school day was and…

found that there is a definite correlation between the two. Studies have shown that a low-income student tends to not perform well on standardized test. Low income families tend to have low wage jobs so the parents will not be able to provide the perfect resources or environment for their children to learn and grow and due to the No Child Left Behind Act, standardized test scores are used to determine how much funding the school gets from the government. Therefore, the schools that low-income…

A year end test that would determine whether or not a student graduates to the next grade could be an overall improvement to education. As of now, every state has some sort of year-end assessment to decide their classes for the next year, as well as give an Verviers of how well the have progressed. This test has practical reasons, but one that requires you to pass could have numerous other benefits. These include better test scores, higher attendance rates, and an overall increase in class…

government, standardized test scores, and the mission of the school. In general, private schools have a safer, more filtered environment than the public schools' have. Private schools can grant denial of admission and are costly; this leads to a small, somewhat wealthy, and reasonably smart student body. Conversely,…

Another year has come and the past and yet again Nevada has made its presence known; but not in the way it wants. Nevada, as keeping in tradition, has for the third year in the row ranked last among all states and Washington DC in education. Now this won 't come as a surprise to many, with the lackluster funding, and scandal that continuously define Nevada 's education system. Yet nevertheless, this isn 't the kind of news Nevadans want to hear. And with the current debate over Core Curriculum,…

The Importance of Fine Arts and Music Education in Schools From learning how to play the recorder in elementary school, to starring in the school play in high school, kids around the country participate in music classes and fine arts. However, in other areas of the United States, some students don’t get that oppertunity. Their school either can’t afford these classes, don’t think they’re important, or just don’t fund them. The students that have these music programs and are involved in them have…

I distributed the school culture survey to ten of my co-workers. After collecting the survey I analyzed the data for each item and averaged the responses for each. Then I determined the mean of means for each subcategory. I was surprised to learn that for our school the mean for each of the subcategories was rather low. The data from our school indicated the mean for morale was the highest at 2.9. Our lowest mean was in collegiality with a 2.6 and knowledge base use was a 2.7. After analyzing…

education system should have prepared your children in case of him or she decided to take a higher level education, do you agree? Unfortunately the standardization of test in lower level classes are setting the foundation for the higher level classes, and with the NCLB Act. Therefore I agree with Paulson. Amanda. “Standardized test backlash: More parents pull…

students in rural schools obtain more credits than those in urban settings. Thus, it is logical as to why School B has increasing results. School B also has the incentive of continuing to perform well to remain the most exceptional school in terms of test scores. Conversely, School A appears to be maintaining constant results. This may be due to its location near a sporting center, indicating that it prioritizes athletics. Athletic schools tend to…