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Uses of Standardized Testing in Education

In four pages this research paper examines standardized testing and its uses and considers studies which suggest that a new curric...

Academic Success and Standardized Testing

will be presented the questions in the same manner as other tests given by classroom teachers. The Multiple Choice questions will ...

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...

Standardized State Educational Testing Issues Confronting a High School Principal

In seven pages this paper examines such issues as standardized testing preparation criticism, pressure to raise student scoring, a...

Higher Education and Standardized Testing Biases

In twenty one pages this research study presents an overview of higher education admissions and issues of bias in standardized tes...

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...

The Debate About Standardized Testing

students really learn ("Readers Poll," 2006). The exact statement provided for readers to rate was as follows: "Standardized testi...

School Testing and Bias

are very different from others. Kim Sweet, the executive director for a childrens advocacy group believes that when admission crit...

Academic Testing - All Children Left Behind

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...

Analyzing Social Studies Education New Standards' Proposal

In nine pages this paper explores the state of Michigan's new standards proposal the includes a standardized curriculum and standa...

Alternative Assessment v. Standardized

at answers (Moore, 2003). As this indicates, alternative assessment is more subjective in nature than traditional forms of assessm...

Adjective Checklist for Personality Evaluation

In six pages this paper provides a personality evaluation adjective checklist test which includes a general overview of the text a...

Educators Views on the 2001 NCLB Act

and emerging trend towards standardization in curriculum, instruction and assessment. Background Contemporary soci...

Reviews of Five Book Annotations

are numerous conditions and realities that Gardner (2000) examines and in one section, "The Forces that Will Remake Schools," he n...

Potential Approaches to Statistical Assessment

is limited as the results are inconclusive as they cannot be subjected to an hypothesis test. The statistical test chosen needs ...

The Impact of DNA Testing on Racial/Ethnic Classifications A View of the Native American

10 pages and 10 sources. This paper provides an overview of the use of DNA testing to maintain racial/ethnic classifications, inc...

Coronary Angiography

and Blood Institute, 2007). Zardi and colleagues (2008) referred to this procedure as the "gold standard" (p. 48) for assessing th...

Improving Public Speaking Skills among African American Students within a High School Institution

National Alliance of Black School Educators wrote in the 1984 text Saving the African American Child, "Low income, poor nutrition,...

Educational Psychology

(Darling, 2007). The authoritative parent is demanding but also responsive; this parent is assertive but not restrictive (Darling,...

Testing In Education

or not standardized testing is the best way to obtain information about student performance. As Hughes (1980) points out, there ar...

Instructional Supervision & New Curricula For Raising Academic Standards

by which to address a system whereby at-risk students fall through the cracks because of not being taught in a way they understand...

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...

STANDARDS-BASED EDUCATION

on how well students did on the standardized tests. But is standardization an effective way to measure learning outcomes? O...

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...