America's dependency on standardized tests 19 Articles

by E.M.Robinson

The United States has become dependent on standardized tests to assess students. Using writing across the curriculum can be an effective way for teachers in any subject to determine levels of student understanding and to u...read more

by Jules Willis

Standardized tests are tests that have been standardized in terms of their administration and scoring. Standardized tests are often multiple choice tests, although they may be true or false tests and some may have short a...read more

by Ernie Quatrani

As I watch my students' eyes glaze over once again at the mere mention of the PSSA (Pennsylvania System of School Assessment) test, I think of the space shuttle. The shuttle was supposed to be a PART of the space program, ...read more

by L. D. Faison

I remember taking standardized tests in grade school, but I don't remember there being an entire year devoted to practice tests and such. When I was coming up, kids could actually be kids, and teachers could be creative i...read more

by Jaclyn Crawford

America is so dependent on standardized tests that it isn't funny anymore. When I was in high school standardized tests didn't mean anything really. You took them, they wasted time from class and that was then end of the...read more

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by Blair Kuntz

It was mid-January and it was my turn to sit down with my stepdaughter's teacher's to discuss her strengths, weaknesses and progress for the first half of the year. I was actually quite excited about the process because s...read more

by Tim Driver

Please describe for me a "standard student". Even those most buried in the minutia of education, so far removed from kids that they never come in contact with them, get a little nervous when asked that question. Why? Becau...read more

by M. Halyard

A widespread belief that externally imposed tests can somehow produce higher student achievement and restore public trust in schools has permeated our American educational system during the last decade. As a result, every ...read more

by Cynthia Christiansen

STANDARDS-BASED SCHOOLS VS. PORTFOLIOS & HANDS-ON AND/OR VOCATIONAL LEARNING INTRODUCTION In an age of endless proposals for educational reform, the solutions to educational problems all too often tend to rely on an...read more

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by Tuan Le

Every students in high school in USA are familiar with the unavoidable test as a pass to go through university: SAT. Since many famous universities in US care so much about SAT score of applicants , they accidentally chang...read more

by Laura Hasson

High school can commemorate varied occasions for students and graduates alike: the big football game, the forming of a band, senior Prom, a first love. There is one aspect of this time in everyone's life that seems to neve...read more

by Jason Berzow

Since the inception of No Child Left Behind, American Public Education has focused too much attention and resources on one type of assessment: testing. While it is an important step in the right direction for American publ...read more

by Julie Respress

Last lap, the scores are in, standardized tests score first place over learning and "froo-froo". As a teacher in a public school, I see firsthand how teaching and learning is being trumped by standardized testing. In a rec...read more

by Jameson Brewer

In the wake of No Child Left Behind (NCLB), standardized testing has become the focus of compulsory education in the United States. This constitutes a problem on many different levels. The notion is that if we test our s...read more

by Verum Dico

Over the past few decades, America has slowly but surely been relying more and more on standardized testing. It's dependency has often been a topic touched upon by educational reformers. Is such a dependency on standardize...read more

by Brian Daluiso

Fighting Standardization: Aligning Writing Assessment to Standards Perhaps nowhere is the relationship between standards and assessment more difficult to reconcile than it is in Language Arts, particularly in terms of ...read more

by CJ

I have one question? Has America today become way too dependent on the scores of tests, to prove if their child is learning well in school and whether they pass the course. Can one test really prove how much yo...read more

by Samuel Grace

Standardized tests: Less standards for colleges It is finally here. The moment has arrived. After almost twelve years of public schooling, your mother decided to test everything you have ever learned on a simple four-ho...read more

by Timothy Ruth

The standardized tests such as the ACT and SAT are useless for real life situations for Americans. Unfortunately, the tests have a dominoe affect on how people's lives are played out. Low score=below average college=be...read more