High Failure Rates On Entrance Exams

In the article “Challenging Our Labels: Rejecting the Language of Remediation” by Brisa Galindo, Sonia Castaneda, Esther Gutierrez, Arturo Tejada, and DeShonna Wallace. Each of these people were put in a remedial class. A remedial class is a class in which one is placed in because of their below average scores on the EPT test. Most of them had no idea what a remedial class was until they had gotten placed in it. Finding out that they were so called “below average” was hard for most people to cope with. As you could imagine many were surprised and confused by this. In the next few paragraphs I will be talking about how people were affected by this and how they reacted to being placed in a remedial class.

The authors’ main argument in “Challenging our Labels” is that labels, such as “remedial” shouldn’t be used because they limit and isolate students, and that students shouldn’t let those labels define who they really are. The five authors of this passage, emphasized on the negative connotation that the label created on their lives, and shared how they proved themselves they were worth more than a dumb label. Students from remedial classes in other universities, possibly shared those feelings of embarrassment, inferiority, and not belonging in a campus due to being unfairly discriminated by placement tests. These tests such as the EPT, were not supposed to classify students in campuses like CSUSB, as “not yet proficient” without further ado.

Eric Hoover, in “What Colleges Want in an Applicant (Everything)” explains that the college admissions process is very problematic. Many feel the process isn’t fair, focusing too much on testing, financial concerns, alumni status, and other factors that don’t show the type of person each student really is. In fact, several universities, such as Olin’s College of Engineering, have attempted to improve the problem, but for some it seems nearly impossible, or perhaps unnecessary. The hope is to make changes in higher, Ivy League colleges in order to disperse changes beyond.

In “Assessing College Readiness: Should We Be Satisfied with ACT or other Threshold Scores?”, educational researcher and psychology teacher Geoffrey Maruyama argues that the ACT and other threshold scores do not sufficiently determine college readiness, then suggests different approaches that can be used to assess college readiness.

In To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee chooses to narrate the book from the perspective of Scout, who is a child. One of the themes of the book is growing up, and questioning the ways of the people in Maycomb. Scout always thought that the people in Maycomb were the best until she started to realize that a lot of them were very racist when the trial gets closer. Because she is a kid, her opinions can change more easily than those of an adult. Because she hasn’t known the people in Maycomb for as long as the adults, she can more easily accept that they have bad views, while people who have known them for a while would deny that because they’ve always thought they were a good person.

Yet again, restrict the search to any college of your choice, and witness the variety of study skill resources for a student to absorb. This isn’t just the solicitation of vendors since many of the offerings are gratis. Though that is not to suggest students aren’t willing to pay to address delinquencies in their approach to a huge investment of time, effort, and money. In this genuine struggle, students pull away from losing that investment by redressing the remedial shortfall. Within the classroom, they face a common practice of tying grades, and even course enrollment, to the acknowledgement of introduction materials. This practice signals to student and teacher alike the operant limits in ability to stay on top of assignments. In other words, organization skill deficits preempt and block any further progress to learning. College policy backs these practices, enforceable on all students. This substantiates the importance and necessity of these skills to the individual, the institution, and industry at

Once said by Anonymous “happiness is finishing exams.” This is relavant for the reason some people struggle with exams. I think exams should be optionable depending on your career you plan on taking. The first reason is that kids can stress out during the exams. The second reason is that not everyone is going to need them for the career they choose. Third, does the kid want to go to college or does his job need him to go to college.

First generation students are likely to start in remedial classes upon entering college, due to a lack of academic preparation. When a high school lacks the adequate resources for their students to excel, these same individuals will have a difficult time transitioning into college, if they enter college. For example, a student who took remedial English during high school will take ENC0025 due to this lack of academic preparation. Although, students entering college are also more likely to take a remedial math class than a remedial English

Kanno & Kangas, 2014), rigorous college preparation begins in middle school, when students must take the prerequisite classes to advanced high school courses. By the time students reach high school, advanced placement courses may be out of reach for those who have not taken the preparatory classes (Kanno & Kangas, 2014). Given that a rigorous secondary school curriculum seems to predict college success (Flores et al., 2012), ensuring that former ELLs enroll and succeed in high-level classes is integral to promoting equitable college readiness. Indeed, students who take advanced coursework tend to develop more higher-level thinking skills, analytical abilities, and positive attitudes than students who take basic courses (Kanno & Kangas, 2014). Most recently, Flores et al. (2012) analyzed student data from Texas and found that taking high-level and dual-credit courses is a strong predictor of immediate college enrollment for all students regardless of ELL

There is abundant research on how second-generation college students have an advantage on first-generation college students. For one, according to (Garcia, V. (2015), a second-generation student is more informed about entry exams that include placement tests, ACT, and SAT. Simultaneously, these individuals may be unaware of the preparation required to earn a passing score on such exams.

Response to Intervention was created to intercept the struggling performance of student at the risk of academic and/or behavioral failure. Through early detection of specific skills deficiencies, students are identified and immediate assessments are administered. Diagnosis of these deficient skills allows teachers to structure instruction to meet the specific needs of students. Strategic plans are developed to target skills deficiency and an alternative instructional plan is created.

Pérez, Angel B. "Want to Get Into College? Learn to Fail." Education Week. N.p., 11 May 2016. Web. 16 Sept. 2016.

In 2006, the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights reported that African American students represent 17.13% of the total public school population while they account for more than 26% of the children served in special education classrooms (Banks, J. j., & Hughes, M. S. 2013). Across all ethnic groups, African American students are at the highest risk of being placed in special education (Harry & Klinger, 2006). According to researcher Banks, once labeled as having a learning disability, African American students are less likely to be given the opportunity to be tested out of the remedial classes. (Banks, J. j., & Hughes, M. S. 2013)

Admitting lower caliber students into colleges brings the class down, causing damaging effects in the long term; damages currently experienced by Winthrop and the College of Business. When educational groups are formulated, bringing down the top of the group to improve the bottom hardly ever works. One of Winthrop’s greatest advantages is its class sizes and student-to-faculty ratio. However, this benefit is minimized through the decrease in academic standards. In trying to increase the performance of the bottom students, professors inevitably limit the advancement of their top students. When professors try to make sure everyone is on the same page, top students are not challenged to see how far they can really go. This is one of the biggest problems Winthrop faces.

The United States has had the death penalty as a capital punishment since it first became a country. A lot has changed in this country in order to create a more justified and moral society. The death penalty is one more thing we need to change in our county to become a more just and civilized nation. The death penalty is morally and ethically wrong, and harms more than just those sentenced to death. It is ineffective, unreliable, and should not be continued.