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This essay argues, using the Toulmin format, that standardized testing is a mistake, and provides sources that support this positi...
National Alliance of Black School Educators wrote in the 1984 text Saving the African American Child, "Low income, poor nutrition,...
students and our African American students to continue to lag academically behind their peers" (Slater, 2008). He notes further th...
or not standardized testing is the best way to obtain information about student performance. As Hughes (1980) points out, there ar...
(Darling, 2007). The authoritative parent is demanding but also responsive; this parent is assertive but not restrictive (Darling,...
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...
scores continued to decline, which caused politicians to decide that the US required national standards that included measures of...
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...
and emerging trend towards standardization in curriculum, instruction and assessment. Background Contemporary soci...
In five pages this paper examines the continuing controversy that surrounds the practice of standardized IQ testing. Four sources...
In five pages this paper discusses decision making, problem solving, and reading score decreasing as measured by the CTBS standard...
In a paper consisting of 5 pages this paper examines public school vouchers and this program's social impact with standardized tes...
In eight pages this research proposal studies the impact of standardized testing upon students in third and fourth grades with pro...
In seven pages this paper examines such issues as standardized testing preparation criticism, pressure to raise student scoring, a...
will be presented the questions in the same manner as other tests given by classroom teachers. The Multiple Choice questions will ...
In five pages the ERIC database is used in a literature review of various articles on standardized testing. There are more than t...
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...
are more characterized by segregation than by integration in their natural state. It is only when we introduce the formal organiz...
schools from grades K-12 was about 1.1 million during the school year 1998-1999, with these students attending 1,815 elementary, j...
to derive what is known as a full-scale IQ. Six sections will provide the verbal IQ. This is done by measuring word understandin...
teachers hold a power that few others employ when it comes to molding young minds. Many within the academic community contend tha...
doing things that are developmentally inappropriate with students because they are trying to get through a certain amount of mater...
sciences (Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills, 2003). There are 13 items within the nature of science section; each of the o...
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 ...