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testing" as "standardized testing" that is used as "criteria for determining the quality of school, promotion of children to the n...
and emerging trend towards standardization in curriculum, instruction and assessment. Background Contemporary soci...
National Alliance of Black School Educators wrote in the 1984 text Saving the African American Child, "Low income, poor nutrition,...
a factor that makes this assessment method "objective" (Crighton, 2012). However, standardized testing is no longer believed to be...
allow a teacher to see how much material the students retain. A second point in favor of the testing is that students have to lear...
yearly progress (AYP) goals, they could face corrective action on the part of the federal government, including lost federal fundi...
The call for accountability on a state and national level has been reflected in the increasing concentration on standardized testi...
Leithwood, Louis, Anderson and Wahlstrom (2004) reviewed literature focusing on public school principals to identify the traits of...
a high school diploma, as well as promotion from grade to grade (Alexander and Alexander 361). However, the US Supreme Court has b...
3. If true, what is the worth of the programs, such as CTE, being dropped? Chapter 2 : Literature Review Various educational data...
In four pages this research paper examines standardized testing and its uses and considers studies which suggest that a new curric...
structures, are differentially activated when a story is interpreted. A students racial background and culture are particularly ...
other authors do not seem to consider in their discussions. In terms of language, for instance, a proficiency test measures the st...
In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at standardized testing. Program evaluation is used to examine the efficacy of standar...
was signed into law on January 8, 2002 by President Bush. The bill was initiated by the president and written as a bi-partisan act...
(orange, red, sky-blue pink, whatever); the day Palast is discussing was an "orange alert" day, meaning it was "low threat" (Palas...
for example, is properly analyzed by first looking at and defining the word "authentic" and then looking at and defining the word ...
under similar conditions and when responses are scored in the same way (FairTest, n.d.). Standardized tests include those devised ...
In thirty pages this paper considers elementary schools' use of standardized testing such as the Iowa Test of Basic Skills in an e...
In nine pages this paper explores the state of Michigan's new standards proposal the includes a standardized curriculum and standa...
at answers (Moore, 2003). As this indicates, alternative assessment is more subjective in nature than traditional forms of assessm...
being used in todays state accountability programs-mandated standardized achievement tests-are causing educational harm, perhaps i...
to say that more and more states are recognizing the value of investing in early childhood education by enacting laws that provide...
firsthand input when programs are ripe for change. "Parents, armed with data, are the best forces of accountability in education"...
This 4 page paper provides an overview of the issue of the No Child Left Behind Act and relates the major factors influencing thos...
implications that definitely go against the grain of some long-established educational practices. Given the problematic n...
black-white achievement gap in fifth-grade mathematics narrowed by seven percentage points" among others (NCLB making a difference...
the ability to provide other opportunities, other than those dictated, to the teachers in their pursuit of becoming more qualified...
standardized testing in high schools" (Frampton, 2006). In relationship to the Partnership for Reading, the website indicates it...
to use this opportunity to strengthen and streamline their certification requirements to make sure that talented individuals are n...