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In seven pages this paper examines such issues as standardized testing preparation criticism, pressure to raise student scoring, a...
In five pages the ERIC database is used in a literature review of various articles on standardized testing. There are more than t...
benefiting from the one-size-fits-all concept of standardized testing is the non-English speaking students. Aimed at testing all ...
science texts were found to be unsatisfactory with little potential for helping students learn important ideas and skills(Stern, R...
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...
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 six pages this paper discusses guardianship, supplemental benefits, social services, social role valorization, normalization, h...
not act as a powerful incentive for improvement" (p. 255). According to Gehring (2000), the overall consensus on standardiz...
with new and higher levels of standards for each grade level, standards that in many cases cause profound anxiety in students and ...
Therefore, the researchers must demonstrate the purpose of their study through arguments that support the use of standardized test...
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...
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...
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...
tests were originally developed because they allowed administrators to measure students results against a national profile (Maki,...
school teachers and 66 percent of high school teachers reporting the same (What the numbers say, 2003, p. 8). Boston College profe...
and emerging trend towards standardization in curriculum, instruction and assessment. Background Contemporary soci...
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...
ask far too much from such a diverse collection of learners. As a direct result, educators are caught in the middle of trying to ...
U.S. District Court Judge Edward C. Prado observed: "The receipt of an education that does...
(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...
students and our African American students to continue to lag academically behind their peers" (Slater, 2008). He notes further th...
(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...