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ERIC Based Literature Review on Standardized Testing

In five pages the ERIC database is used in a literature review of various articles on standardized testing. There are more than t...

Research Proposal on Standardized Testing of Third and Fourth Graders

In eight pages this research proposal studies the impact of standardized testing upon students in third and fourth grades with pro...

Public School Education and Vouchers

In a paper consisting of 5 pages this paper examines public school vouchers and this program's social impact with standardized tes...

Developmental Disabilities' Issues Examined

In six pages this paper discusses guardianship, supplemental benefits, social services, social role valorization, normalization, h...

Educational Reform and 4 Relevant Issues

benefiting from the one-size-fits-all concept of standardized testing is the non-English speaking students. Aimed at testing all ...

Shortcomings of Math and Science Textbooks

science texts were found to be unsatisfactory with little potential for helping students learn important ideas and skills(Stern, R...

Racial Inferiority Concept

are more characterized by segregation than by integration in their natural state. It is only when we introduce the formal organiz...

Public Schools in the State of Virginia

schools from grades K-12 was about 1.1 million during the school year 1998-1999, with these students attending 1,815 elementary, j...

Literature Review on Standardized Testing

to derive what is known as a full-scale IQ. Six sections will provide the verbal IQ. This is done by measuring word understandin...

Standardized Testing and its History

tests were originally developed because they allowed administrators to measure students results against a national profile (Maki,...

U.S. and its Dysfunctional System of Education

not act as a powerful incentive for improvement" (p. 255). According to Gehring (2000), the overall consensus on standardiz...

Standardized Testing Advantages

scores continued to decline, which caused politicians to decide that the US required national standards that included measures of...

Minority Students and Higher Accountability In Standardized Reading Tests

doing things that are developmentally inappropriate with students because they are trying to get through a certain amount of mater...

Primary and Secondary Reading Instruction Changes, Testing, and Higher Accountability

teachers hold a power that few others employ when it comes to molding young minds. Many within the academic community contend tha...

Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills Tests and Science Portion of LEAP 21 Compared

sciences (Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills, 2003). There are 13 items within the nature of science section; each of the o...

High Stakes Tests and Their Effects

with new and higher levels of standards for each grade level, standards that in many cases cause profound anxiety in students and ...

Classrooms That Are Graded versus Nongraded

ideas concerning education. Rousseaus thoughts were very different. Rather then seeing the mind of the child as a blank slate, Ro...

Education Assessment

and can be used by pupils up to the age of eighteen years of age (Elwell, 1997). It is also useful for pupils that suffer from dys...

Article Critique/Suspected LD

the pre-test due to differences in cultural background make significant improvement, but children with "true language impairment" ...

Negotiating a Contract

also be present, if possible the company should research Y Company to see if there are any personal issues between those who may u...

Educational Assessment Course Examination Assessed

kinds of adaptations can you make for students with special needs? You may select the special needs group, such as special educati...

The Value of NPV

it can also be utilised to increase the value by adjusting the discount factor to allow for other costs or factors. For example, i...

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Standardized Assessment Performance and Student Motivation

overall test scores; enforcement for the requirement comes in the form of threat of loss of federal funds or permission for famili...

A New Standard for Social Studies Education Analyzed

and the rebellious forces of Cromwells parliament, and these tensions exploded into a violent and bloody civil war in England in 1...

GAAP and Expenses of Standardized Recording Software

This paper addresses CPAs SOP 98-1 and two issues relating to it, standardized accounting practices for insurance related issues, ...

History of Intelligence Assessment

IQ testing has a very long and complex history. Dozens of theorists have offered their opinions; many conducted research on these ...

Using T-Tests and Excel

The paper presents results based on data supplied by the student. Two hypothesis tests are presented, with the excel output, to sh...

The Basics of Hypothesis Testing

level the null hypothesis is rejected, so the hypothesis can be said as proven that they level of significance. There are a numb...

French Revolution and the Application of Principles from The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli

In six pages this essay seeks to better understand the French Revolution through an application of the theories contained in Machi...