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    Each education class that I have taken has further changed my notion of what a teacher actually does. Strangely, the painstaking hours of taking standardized tests in elementary and middle school slipped my mind. I attended the private high school, Lee Academy, so that could be another reason as to why I do not remember the standardized tests. Since 9th grade I have only had to take the PSAT’s and SAT’s. The presentation by the RSU #34 members freshened my memory however. A teacher does not simply

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    Why students should take the Parcc standardized test Introduction If you want to be successful and you want to do well in you high school and college class well then you should take the PARCC standardized test. Standardized testing is also known as PARCC is a great material for you to be successful. PARCC testing happens all over the country. PARCC stands for Partnership for assessment of readiness for college and careers. Students should take Parcc standardized test because 1. it compares you to other

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    Should the Standardized Test be the only Measurement for Students’ Ability in Learning? Part of our future is determined by how good we are in a test. Over the past decade, schools use standardized test for several purposes. For example, to pass students from the schools, to know their learning progress in schools, to place them in a class suited their abilities, or to measure their worthiness to enroll to a university. “A standardized test is a test that is administered and scored in a consistent

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    that Standardized Tests needs to be changed. Students take 112 tests from preK to 12th. My hook is trying to say that students take to much tests from the start of our school years to the end of our school years. Standardized tests needs to be changed because. This essay explained that standardized tests needs to be changed because it is to 1.stressful, 2.standardized tests need to be modified, and tests are 3.low quality. 1st this paragraph will explain that they should modify tests because

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    Standardized Test Scores

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    (O’Shaughnessy). In our country today, education has been limited to the test taking abilities and time management skills needed to perform well on standardized tests. Our educators are told to teach in a way that increases a student’s ability to take tests well, instead of improving creativity or focusing on a student’s strengths in the classroom. Students then perceive that, because they are being educated solely to do well on this one test, they must make a good-score on the ACT or SAT for them to be successful

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    The Stress of Standardized Tests Many know the stressful feeling of having to take the ACT. The exam room fills slowly with worried faces and remains quiet until the test stars. Students grasp their pencils tightly, their palms sweating with the thought of their future at stake with this single test. In order to get into any college, an ACT or SAT score is required. These required scores for admission vary from school to school which can make it difficult for every student to attend their dream school

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    “Why More Standardized Tests Won’t Improve Education”, in this article, it states that the federal government requires every student to test annually in math, English, science and social studies in their state. Those test scores are mainly used to bar students to move a grade to another. Parents all across America oppose current efforts to enlarge the use of standardized tests. The effort to create tests that measure higher-level thinking have greatly resulted in far more longer tests with more limited

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    The Pass Fail System of Standardized Tests 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, and schools. More and more often, they also are intended to shape the curriculum and instruction. Students across America have had to repeat classes

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    Faults of Standardized Tests Essay

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    Faults of Standardized Tests Throughout the United States, students are being held accountable for the scores they receive after taking a standardized test. These tests, many would argue, appear to be bias toward minorities, and especially Hispanic students. More specifically though, the SAT is apparently under great scrutiny since it has long lasting, controversial effects on these students. History The SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test), created by Carl Brigham of Princeton University

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    Should Standardized Tests Change? Every year students all over the united states endure the pain that is standardized tests. Tests such as ISTEP as issues each year for students in grade three to eight. And every year strikes up controversy on this topic because it affects the majority of people (students, parents, and administrators). There are people that say that the tests are useful and accurate. Then others that say that the whole system is corrupt and needs to be taken down. Although there

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