Wonderlic Test

Testing Anyone in school has at least once taken a math timed test, and hasn’t been able to finish, or might not have done very good on it. Well, music may be the answer to that problem. Does the type of music a person listens to affect their accuracy or completeness more on a test? Many people have often thought that no music will help you concentrate, get farther, and increase their accuracy. That it will help you just focus on the test instead of the music. In this case, they are wrong.…

the 'ACT'; which is a test that covers four major subjects, math, english, reading and science. My years of middle and highschool in were suppose to prepare me for the test. My first time taking the test was 11th grade year in the month of April. The highschool i attended was sponsoring the ACT test so all 11th and 12th graders took the test. At this time the test was not a big deal to me because in my mind I thought i knew everthing i needed to know and that the test would be breeze.…

meeting the goals and expectations for their age group. Which leads us to the downsides of federal involvement in education: annual standardized testing has been implemented to ensure that children are at the level that’s expected of their grade. These tests are time consuming, and considered by many education professionals to be above the skill level of the age group required to take them. This leads to many teachers spending a lot of time training students instead of educating them.…

Test taking skills! How are you suppose ,to take a standardized test? There are a lot of steps to take a standardized test but, there is a lot of facts you should know as well. As, you are taking the test it gets harder and harder, you need to rest the night before the test, you need to be focused the day of the test, you should eat a good breakfast all of these tips will help you pass a standardized test! I will explain how to take a standardized test in this essay. As you go through the test…

According to the New York Times article, How Well Do You Think Standardized Tests Measure Your Abilities by Michael Gonchar, “Students have faced an increasing number of standardized tests from the government — at federal, state and local levels.” With the increasing number of these tests, do they really measure the student's abilities? Sad to say, they don’t. Standardized tests…

themselves for the scholastic aptitude test that can alter your life. It may sound dramatic, but in truth it can. The SATs determine if colleges accept a student. Understandably it is a well-known and respectable tool for determining a student’s eligibility. However, judging if a student is a perfect candidate based mainly on their scores is an outrageous concept. In that case the SAT should be completely eliminated since some students are not good test takers and the test is not broad enough to…

standardized test score (Nichols, Glass, & Berliner, 2006).The theory behind this new outlook is that educators and their students will work harder and more effectively to enhance student learning when faced with large incentives and threatening punishments. Many critics fear that the effects of high stakes testing not only will threaten the validity of test scores, but it may also lead to perverse and corrupt educational practices. Others worry that the pressure of doing well on a test will…

into the test early in the morning, hands are sweaty, knees weak, mind is everywhere and thinking that passing this test is never going to happen. Standardized tests have been a big part of comparing students in America over the past couple of years. Although, standardized tests are not as successful as they are thought to be, we need to look more in depth at the negative consequences of standardized tests. American students in public schools should not have to pass standardized tests in order…

validity if used correctly, however it isn’t used correctly because students use test to see if they meet the standard of being “smart” or validity. There shouldn’t be standard testing it creates anxiety for students and can make them feel stressed out over grades at a very young age. For educators, poor student performance may result on a loss of funding and teachers being fired. For students, a bad test scores many mean missing out on admission to the college of their dreams or…

standardized test are not successful. The author states these points: standardized test do not measure the knowledge of a student and is an unreliable way of measuring student performances, it creates a grade conscious mindset and it also pressures educators. This article is about how standardized testing is used in many schools and colleges around the United States. Standardized test requires everyone who is participating in the test to answer the same set of inquiries. The questions on the…