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In six pages this paper discusses guardianship, supplemental benefits, social services, social role valorization, normalization, h...
benefiting from the one-size-fits-all concept of standardized testing is the non-English speaking students. Aimed at testing all ...
tests were originally developed because they allowed administrators to measure students results against a national profile (Maki,...
doing things that are developmentally inappropriate with students because they are trying to get through a certain amount of mater...
teachers hold a power that few others employ when it comes to molding young minds. Many within the academic community contend tha...
sciences (Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills, 2003). There are 13 items within the nature of science section; each of the o...
Therefore, the researchers must demonstrate the purpose of their study through arguments that support the use of standardized test...
with new and higher levels of standards for each grade level, standards that in many cases cause profound anxiety in students and ...
ideas concerning education. Rousseaus thoughts were very different. Rather then seeing the mind of the child as a blank slate, Ro...
(Darling, 2007). The authoritative parent is demanding but also responsive; this parent is assertive but not restrictive (Darling,...
or not standardized testing is the best way to obtain information about student performance. As Hughes (1980) points out, there ar...
(ITBS) or the NEWAs (the North West Evaluation Association), individualized assessments that are provided at different times durin...
including the SATs, the scholastic aptitude tests, which produce both math and written language skill subtest assessments (CEOFor...
consequences. In some levels, students cannot advance to the next grade level without passing the exam. From the outset, this pa...
National Alliance of Black School Educators wrote in the 1984 text Saving the African American Child, "Low income, poor nutrition,...
being used in todays state accountability programs-mandated standardized achievement tests-are causing educational harm, perhaps i...
students and our African American students to continue to lag academically behind their peers" (Slater, 2008). He notes further th...
system that divides the student population rather than accurately and fairly evaluates it (Phillips 52). One of the most se...
by which to address a system whereby at-risk students fall through the cracks because of not being taught in a way they understand...
are very different from others. Kim Sweet, the executive director for a childrens advocacy group believes that when admission crit...
up a new job opportunity, for psychometricians, those who think about standardized tests (USA Today, 2004). These are people who d...
examine. Looking at raw data in respect to how well students perform is important, as is interviewing teachers from the states tha...
school teachers and 66 percent of high school teachers reporting the same (What the numbers say, 2003, p. 8). Boston College profe...
district has a very controversial policies about test results that are aimed at reducing social promotions. This article discusses...
not act as a powerful incentive for improvement" (p. 255). According to Gehring (2000), the overall consensus on standardiz...
than in urban schools? If so, what factors account for the difference in standardized test performance between suburban and urban ...
scores continued to decline, which caused politicians to decide that the US required national standards that included measures of...
to say that more and more states are recognizing the value of investing in early childhood education by enacting laws that provide...
testing" as "standardized testing" that is used as "criteria for determining the quality of school, promotion of children to the n...
understood that the education system of the nation is perhaps less than adequate as many children seem to leave high school with a...