Standardized Test In College

First and foremost writing has always been a bit of a challenge for me. My writing in high school was mostly regarding essays about a book I was assigned to read and analyze. I've noticed that there's a difference between my writing in high school and the essays i've wrote so far in college. My writing in college seems to be far more formal and includes complex wording. My writing in college tends to be longer than most essays i wrote in high school and far more detailed.

Standardized testing in the United States started in the mid- 1800’s (Standardized Tests - ProCon.org). This kind of testing was originally created to measure students’ performance and progress in school (Standardized Tests - ProCon.org). In recent years, the public school system has relied heavily on the information this test provides, in doing so creating controversy. Other than being a student myself, and participating in multiple standardized exams such as, CSAP, ACT, and SAT, I do not have much background knowledge on this debate. The debate over standardized testing has raised this inquiry question: What are the effects of standardized testing on the United States public education system?

Thoughts about the ACT or SAT give most students sleepless nights. Well, it is an important test but getting overwhelmed by it is not going to help. These few fun facts about the ACT/SAT are just what you need when you are looking for a short, refreshing distraction from the intense studying. The ACT/SAT should be the main factor in college acceptance because it gives minorities an equal chance of admission, it provides a standard for all students of all high school backgrounds to achieve, and test you on the basic skills you need to know after leaving high school anyway.

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Living in the United States the emphasis on testing is extremely high. Testing has been around for years , however has increased to an all-time high since 2002 when the Bush administration brought about the No Child Left Behind Act and mandated standardized testing in all 50 states. Since initiation of these annual tests, the degree of student success the US has shown compared to other countries has declined. With the No Child Left Behind Act all students, as in 100% of students, were supposed to be at or above grade level in testing as of 2014. However, the US is two years out and its students are nowhere close to that 100% goal.

Standardized testing scores help us grow as students. That’s why they shouldn’t be taken away because they provide teachers information on what we need to work on and push us to work harder to get a better grade. Standardized tests also help us with college.

Imagine a sunny day where students should be playing outside but yet they are stuck in a boring classroom filling in bubble after bubble. Do you think students should have to take standardized tests? Students should not have to take standardized tests. They take up too much class time, it stresses kids out, and it costs the government too much money. This should be recognized by somebody.

In conclusion the school counselor plays many roles in testing and assessment of students. They can administer the test, share the results of the test etc. Standardized testing are now of a norm in today's schools. Children start testing as young as four years of age. The NCLB act was put in place so that the school could be accountable for a student passing or failing. Standardized testing is a way for the school to see where the students academic levels are. There are benefits and repercussion for the school depending on how well the students did on the test. School counselors do not like to make a major decision about a student's education based off of one test. The like to look at the students projects, work assignments, and class performance

For over 100 years, high school students from all across the United States have been experiencing standardized testing of all kinds. College Board has been the organization that conducted and designed these tests. According to a PBS article, the first College Board’s college entrance examinations were held the week of June 17, 1901 at 69 different locations; the test consisted of materials from these subjects: English, French, German, Latin, Greek, History, Mathematics, Chemistry and Physics. Throughout the years, the formality of the test has been changed many times: in 1926, 1936, the 1960s, 1994, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2012 and the latest was this year, 2016. According to a recent report by College Board, over 1.69 million highs school

I hope to prove that standardized testing is not the way to learn about the child's capability of learning or comprehension. I believe that too many tests are standardizing because it's only beneficial to the schools for their gain in state funding. Being a teacher myself, I see often day in; day out. Students have different learning styles and different teaching techniques that one must apply to reach them, and to do so we must go outside the box. So although, standardized testing may be good for some of students we cannot place others on the same plateau. Some of them that lack that basic concentration for a normalized test, and can be missed judged because if the test would be administered in a way to achieve full

Should high school students be forced to take Standardized test before awarded their high school diploma. In my opinion students should not be tested from a Standardized test that will affect their in negative way. I feel very strongly about this subject and don't believe the Standardized test should even be aloud. The test are privately own and are all profit for private companies, which is morally wrong in my opinion. People should be given their diploma solely on their grades and progression through schooling. There's a lot of mental tare on students who overstudy and still get a bad/ low score on the test especially since the test cost a good amount of money and then if you have to take them over multiple times it affects you mentally

With forty four states adopting Common Core state standards, standardized tests have adapted to align to these standards. However, the tools teachers must use to prepare students for them have not. Another issue with standardized testing is that curriculum is poorly aligned to the tested standards. When Common Core was adopted, a new generation of standardized tests were developed. The Secretary of Education during this time of adoption, Arne Duncan, stated that this would “help drive the development of a rich curriculum, instruction that is tailored to student’s needs” (Hess & McShane, 2013, p.62). Now several years in, the reality has proven to be much more complicated. Publishers were quick to supply the market with Common Core aligned

Standardized test scores have been such a huge stressor for me, especially in my college application essay process. I understand that colleges need some kind of general test to gage and compare students with, however, if a college looks at only my scores on those tests, they won’t see all of me or my academic success potential. I prioritize studying because I wasn’t, and still am not one of those “lucky guessers”. I have worked effortlessly and endlessly in every course to show all that I know and have learned throughout the years. Standardized tests show a person in moment, not their academic momentum or potential. I have always given every assignment and test my very best because I want to be successful, as well as to be proud of my efforts.

Standardized tests are annoying little things that students in schools all across the nation have to take every year. Though, if all the facts are taken into consideration, they do not really seem worth it, do they? Many people speculate whether or not they are actually measuring a student’s intelligence or anything like that. It seems that students do not necessarily have to learn the material, only memorize it for a short period of time. The question has to be raised, though-- what exactly qualifies a test to be a standardized test? Well, as described by The Glossary of Education Reform, there are two main things that make a test standardized. The first being that the test “...requires all test takers to answer the same questions, or

Some may think that high school and college reading and writing are similar and that it’s just the next level up but it 's not, they differentiate in many ways. College reading and writing is more than that, it’s a completely different world when compared to high school. It’s much more advanced and complexed. Some ideas that can be compared are the way we annotate, understand text, assignment topics, the depth of research, and so on. This is important to understanding how much more you can get out of college vs. just getting a high school reading and writing education.