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  by LaDonna Hatfield

  Created on: September 13, 2007

  One of the finest universities in the nation recently announced that beginning with the Fall 2008 semester,

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  by Michael Herr

  Created on: August 24, 2011   Last Updated: August 27, 2011

  Politicians and school administrators have made standardized test results their holy grail, but they've

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  by D Thompson

  Created on: January 21, 2008   Last Updated: July 15, 2010

  Standardized tests have been used for years to track student progress. The results as a whole are used

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  by Beth Dobbs

  Created on: July 09, 2007   Last Updated: July 02, 2008

  When teachers are forced to teach how to take standardized tests, students learn one thing: how to take

• 5 of 20

  by Cody Hodge

  Created on: August 23, 2008

  On the surface it would seem as if standardized testing would be a good way to track student progress

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  by Carrie Weitz

  Created on: September 28, 2008

  If we allow ourselves to believe that a proper education is measured by the ability to regurgitate facts,

• 7 of 20

  by Joshua Keyes DVM

  Created on: November 08, 2007   Last Updated: December 06, 2008

  Will a better thermometer make a fever go away? How about evaluating a brain tumor with an MRI instead

• 8 of 20

  by meh

  Created on: August 07, 2007

  Standardized tests are created track the progress of students, yet that is what they seldom actually

• 9 of 20

  by Joan Inong

  Created on: March 23, 2008

  A better education can only be achieved by improving the quality of teachers and the methods of teaching

• 10 of 20

  by Sandra Johnson

  Created on: May 03, 2008

  Will more standardized tests to track student progress lead to better school performance? Absolutely

• 11 of 20

  by Bill Billferson

  Created on: July 09, 2007

  First, it's important to distinguish between tests and standardized tests. Regular tests are created

• 12 of 20

  by GarethT

  Created on: August 23, 2007

  Tests are the predominant method of gauging a student's knowledge or intelligence. This method, while

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  by Lesley Aeschliman

  Created on: February 04, 2008

  I don't believe that standardized tests that track students' progress leads to better school performance.

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  by Beltan

  Created on: August 23, 2007

  More standardized tests will NOT lead to better performance. Better performance from students is built

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  by Jan Castagnaro

  Created on: August 11, 2007

  Will more standardized tests to track student's progress lead to better school performance?

  
  
  

  No, more

• 16 of 20

  by Helen Abbott

  Created on: February 05, 2008

  This depends upon how we define school performance. If it is defined by test scores then students will

• 17 of 20

  by A.E.McGrath

  Created on: July 07, 2010

  State legislators are now grasping for straws.  In order to keep federal funding for public schools,

• 18 of 20

  by Kate Hudson

  Created on: August 08, 2007

  Standardized test are designed to measure how well the students have learned the material they have

• 19 of 20

  by Kenya Evans

  Created on: July 07, 2007

  Students definitely have a lot on their plates in the 21st century compared to students in the past.

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  by Justin Webb

  Created on: July 09, 2007   Last Updated: August 06, 2011

  Absolutely not! Compounding on the number of standardized tests given in high schools nationwide would