Statistical tests

article, “Standardized Tests: Purpose is the Point,” was written by W. James Popham, a graduate school professor at the University of California in Los Angeles. In his article, Popham described the current prevailing issues concerning standardized tests. He explained that the reason why these tests are controversial is that they are oftentimes used incorrectly and for the wrong motives. According to Popham’s article, there are three primary purposes of tests: (1) comparisons among test takers,…

“The USADA bans sprinter Justin Gatlin for eight years after he tests positive for banned substances a second time. Gatlin is also forced to forfeit his 100-meter world record.” He had used performance-enhancing drugs. Student-athletes that start doing drugs at a young age, and get counseling, have a good chance of not becoming involved again. The athletes that are already getting help will not have to be worried about their teammates pressuring them to start using drugs again. There should be…

“Hey dad, I got a B- on my math test.” “Hmm, not bad, but you can do better.” This is just one of the reasons why I don’t voluntarily tell my parents when I have a test or quiz, or how I did on it. Kids today are under too much pressure to succeed in school from their parents. It is a changing the way kids view school. Parents are putting too much pressure on their children to do well in school. Kids already know they need to do well and don’t need parents putting more pressure on them.…

schools suffer from high stress levels when their futures rest on the outcome of these tests. The parents who have the know-how, and can afford it, will find some way to get their kids into a better school while parents who do not have the will or the way to get their kids into better schools are stuck with what they got. Emphasis on high stakes testing has pressured teachers into teaching curriculum to pass the test rather than exposing students to new ideas and experiences. When a teacher’s…

Illinois) nation mandated standardized test. Number two pencils are being sharpened, erasers collected, teachers are passing out booklets and answer keys, anxiety is a built up emotion that surges throughout the air. The teachers are beginning to read the instructions in the booklet that they are provided, stating “you may not open the answer booklet until I say so.” Kids are feeling anxious and tapping their pencils on their desks as they await the beginning of the test. The teachers write the…

The other is for the market to take advantage of the many money opportunities the standardized test offer to big business’. Common Cores slogan which is “to prepare students for career and college readiness” is doing nothing but the opposite, students who are never to embrace what they're good at will never know what to go to college for because…

believe that these particular tests help our children advance their education and stay more focused in school. The No Child Left Behind Act became law in 2002. Among other things, it required standardized testing of students, beginning in 2003. (Watkins1) Many researches have been done to prove various amounts of ideas about this certain situation. This particular tests are given to students at the nearly end of their school year. The supposal reason for this exam is to test many students…

Standardized test are used to measure student against student from everywhere in the country that is the same grade level as the student (Slavin, 2009). Standardized testing started in the United States in 1845 this was put into place by Horace Mann (Gale, 2015). Mann called for standardized testing of math, spelling and geography in the public education system (Gale, 2015). In the 1900’s the United States started the college entrance board exam (Gale, 2015). In 1983 the United States was called…

for these students. They believe all they will need to do to pass is “consume information and regurgitate it at appropriate moments” (Hooks, Teaching Critical Thinking). They feel as if their voice has been silenced in order to produce the perfect test score. These ideas form a dangerous stigma that must be removed from the educational system. In order for the educational system to encourage the development of critical thinking and inquisitiveness beginning during one’s childhood, the system…

of mild anticipation before. My parents were never people who cared about my test scores. But I cared a whole lot. Her powerful hand dropped my graded test on my desk, the front facing down. As soon as the edge of the paper…