Test preparation

recent years, statistics has shown that not only is the test unproductive, but also wastes time. Can you honestly tell me that those tests are fair to everyone? Are they really objective and bias-free? Even though standardized tests are meant to be a tool to compare the test takers in an objective manner, they have been criticized based on numerous factors. For one, many standardized tests are criticized for…

bank of questions, while high-stakes assessments deals with a test used to make important decisions about students, educators, school, or districts (basically if you don’t score high enough on the test, you will get “punishments” such as…

essential to seeing what kids know, others say that it is inaccurate and more stressful than anything else. These tests have been around since the 1920s and are currently used in high schools, colleges, and even elementary schools across the states. I believe that Standardized testing should be abolished from schools and be replaced with a series of tests throughout the year. These tests are stressful, inaccurate, and unfair. Some people may say that standardized testing is needed to properly…

greetings and reminiscent small talk. One by one the weeks pass by and “BAM” the hectic preparations for testing has everyone to their knees. Teachers are cramming every ounce of knowledge possible before the big day while students juggled their studies and their own personal lives. The test finally passes and the stress blows over, like a firm weight being lifted off everyone’s shoulders--until the next test of course. From the start of elementary school, I slowly came to realize the purpose of…

overwhelms them, and teachers can’t teach what they want because, they have to prepare their students for the corporate issued tests. School corporations aren’t using standardized testing correctly. Standardized tests have historically been used as measures of how students compare with each other or how much of a particular curriculum they have learned. Increasingly, standardized tests are being used to make major decisions about students, such as grade promotion or high school graduation.…

attendance in college is important because students who attend class have better grades, have better relationships with their peers as well as professors and develop responsible habits and behaviors. Students who attend class often receive better grades on tests for they are present the day the material was taught. A student is also more likely to be on their professor’s good side if they are able to show respect for attending their class. It is a proven fact that those who attend school have…

Participants were selected through P.S. 97 third grade students who are currently attending to the summer camp program. Initially, 41 participants participated in this study, including 20 boys, 20 girls, and 1 female teacher. The consent forms of this experiment were signed by the 40 third grade students’ parents or guardians. Two classroom setting existed: The first group of students received direct-instruction teaching on Day 1’s English Language Art lesson and the second group students…

parents. It can manifest in many different ways. Test anxiety if left untreated can be debilitating for the student. As a teacher, we should foster a safe environment for students to learn. If a teacher could change simple teaching techniques could it lower student test anxiety? Are there coping mechanisms that can be taught to a student that can be used successfully during high anxiety testing situations? The purpose of this study is to test various teaching techniques and coping…

When ideas are created, they are just thoughts; yet no one ever knows just how extreme those thoughts can become. In the book Divergent, written by Veronica Roth, there are many ideas that cross the line of good and bad. A good idea has become extreme when the outcome has a negative influence on people or a civilization. Paragraph 1: The main idea that went to the extreme and created a rubber band effect is the idea of having factions. There are five factions; Abnegation, Amity, Candor,…

caused by his ADD, not his purposeful negative conduct, yet, the two items could not be separated. Furthermore, it was found that the IEP was not appropriate in servicing him with a proper learning environment and did not satisfy part of the Rowley Test to determine FAPE. As a result, Capistrano Unified was ordered to pay Jeremy’s parents for tuition and transportation expenses to the Mardan Center. Lastly, the court ruled that the school district pay for the Wartenberg’s legal fees because the…