The Final Test

Nearly every student in America has taken a standardized test, considering these exams are required for almost any college admission or for evaluating a child’s proficiency at a particular grade level. However, this method of analyzing a child’s true intelligence poses the question of whether this is truly an accurate way to assess a child’s understanding as well as being an accurate tool for predicting a student’s future success. Standardized testing creates great controversy over its…

Students nationwide take standardized tests which are supposed to measure their competencies compared to other students. Standardized tests feature the same questions for everyone who is taking them. Popular standardized tests in America feature the CRT’s, the SAT’s and the ACT’s. Standardized testing is taking over the grading system when it comes to university acceptance as well as global rankings. Standardized tests are categorized as being of “high-stakes” which presents the idea that their…

As you observe my test scores, you will notice that I have low SAT Scores. The reason for this is that I may have an unidentified disability when it comes to testing. I have anxiety and it is really hard for me to concentrate on standardized tests because my mind wanders a lot too much with a room full of people. I can barely tolerate low sounds in the room like coughing, sneezing, and pages being turned. I am also very slow in timing when it comes to critical reading. I am able to read and…

material. For this reason many teachers have been forced to change their lesson plans to accommodate for the tests. These tests are not necessary and only inflict stress upon the children. My potential thesis statement would be that standardized testing is harmful to students because the students don't get to learn as much as they should, all kids learn at a different pace, and the test is biased. A question my argument will answer is, “What makes standard testing a bad thing?” Each…

us back, gradewise, several years. Common core promised a harder curriculum, and raising tests scores. Out of this we have seen no improvement. Our government thought, when compared to other nations, our education system was the lowest in scores. So, in order to fix the education system and bring up test scores they implemented a new educational standard, one that promised a harder curriculum and higher test scores. Now with most of the nation, having implemented the common core standards, are…

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 school and the worth of myself through numbers and figures. I remembered feeling a sense of innocence and intrigue when it came to learning for the very first time. As I climbed up one grade at a time as a young pupil, I would always be faced with the “big test”…

Many people have been affected by the injustice in the educational system. However, this injustice has been set in place because people think they are better than others. In the book BLOWOUT! by Mario T. Garcia and Sal Castro it talks about many young students dealing with this, and a man trying to make a difference. Sal Castro is the man fighting to make a difference for latino’s. He experienced the injustice from a very young age, to the point where when he became an educator, he saw his own…

Textbooks do not have to rely on Wi-Fi to be able to function properly. This is a positive factor to having textbooks in classrooms. Classwork can be completed without having to depend on the Wi-Fi to operate correctly. There are downfalls to relying on Wi-Fi to finish documents, research, and homework assignments for classes such as students may not have Wi-Fi connections at home, “one-third of Americans do not have internet access at their households” (ProCon 3). According to Kajeet, 30% of…

Correct posture is essential for correct body movement. Without correct posture, muscle imbalances and non-contact injuries may occur. One of the most used screening tests to find these imbalances within an individual is the Functional Movement System (FMS) according to McCall, Carling, Davison, Nedelec, Le Gall, Berthoin, and Dupont (2015). The Functional Movement System is designed to recognize potential weaknesses and risk of injury (Cook, 2010). Therefore, it will be vital for health…

Published in September of 2015 by The Atlantic, “The Coddling of the American Mind” by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt describes how the overuse of trigger warnings is ruining students’ education and their ways of thinking, while also addressing steps to counteract this crisis. The authors’ main argument states that students are starting to implement an ideology that erases any mention of words or ideas that could potentially offend them or students around them. Lukianoff and Haidt argue that…