Students Are Key Contributors With Their Standardized Tests Score

The author further discusses some schools similar to Anne Fox Elementary School, that have transformed and really became the academic haven for children, paving newer paths of success for their students. It gives an overview of the other chapters and lists some great changes that had taken place when these schools really adopted the principle, and the results they had received from making a change in their system. It goes to show that when our systems aren't working in terms of helping children meet their goal it is very important for us to become open to change and really believing that change and success in any child are possible as long as we believe in them. Becoming a supportive adult can make the biggest difference in a child. From this chapter I learned that being open-minded, researching new ways to improve, accepting our mistakes can really change our effectiveness in the lives of the children around

Eight hours a day, five days a week, four years that is how long I have been subject to the high school education system. A system meant to teach the fundamentals, the fundamentals of reading and math. Yet, there are many subjects that are forgotten such as humanities and histories. So, as I sit in this stiff and at times cold desk staring at my computer screen typing these words it is hard not to ponder the reasoning behind these decisions. Why executive board members have allowed public education to be ruled by numbers. The answer it appears is simple, funding. Standardized test scores are all too important to state and federal governments who allocate school funding. Which is why these subjects such as math or reading take priority from

As students were forced into their growth of knowledge in elementary school and middle school by continuously being taught basics, in order to prepare them for high school and beyond, they get to gain their freedom and decide whether or not they want to meet their teachers’ marks in high school. Throughout the school year, there comes a time where students have to sign up for classes. By having this choice, students can decide on how they want to challenge themselves in the next school year. During my two and a half years of high school that I have conquered so far, I learned that in a classroom setting there are students who take advanced courses, enjoy the subjects that they chose to take, and try their best to get the best grades that they can receive, in order to prepare them for their future in adulthood. However, there are also students who do not try or realize the importance of the free education given to them because they do not have an interest in the subjects that teachers are teaching them or are just being forced by their students to attend school. Some teachers try their best to bring out the motivation in these students who do not yet see that education is power and freedom, but there are also teachers who ignore these helpless students that are blinded by the present things that affect them like popularity or living with the motto that “you only live once”, because these teachers do not have the inspiration in the

In chapter 5, Reforming America’s Schools, I learned many things that affect me as an educator. An important fact that interests me was that there are four goals that schools should follow. The first one is academic, including a broad array of knowledge and intellectual skills. The second one is vocational, aimed at readiness for the world of work and economic responsibilities. The third one is social and civic, including skills and behavior for participating in a complex democratic society. The fourth one is personal, including the development of individual talent and self-expression. This will affect me as an educator so that I can follow and do my best to complete these goals. Now I am aware of what should be done in a classroom.

The school is testing ground for the brain. I believe that the student should be exposed to new ideas, experiences, techniques and methods so as to further develop their own capacities to adapt, change, learn, and grow as people. One of the most important goals of the school, if not the most significant, is to develop literate and productive members of society, who are able to converse with a variety of issues using varied methods of communication and media. All students should be encouraged to make thoughtful contributions to society, no matter how large or small they may be. Also, the school is not confined to a

                For many students, going to school is more than just a part of the daily routine. A lot of students see their role in school as an importance to their life, but as well to their future success. Many of us have gotten told by parents or teacher that school is an important

Why do we take so many standardized testing each year? That is a question that students at my school ask all the time. The end of the school year is the best and the worst time. Summer is right around the corner, but we still have all our standardized testing to take. It causes so much pressure and stress for all students, teachers and even some of the parents. It is one test for your subject to prove everything you know and have been learning the whole year. I do understand how there is pros and cons of standardized testing, But I believe that the cons overpower the pros. Standardized testing has not improved student achievement (Is the use of standardized testing improving education in America?)

School has been a part of the lives of billions of people for millennia. Educational systems are constantly evolving and taking on different forms throughout the world, yet schools across the globe seem to have held on to one similar purpose throughout the centuries. This purpose is to prepare young minds for success in the real world by building a foundation of knowledge in their student’s minds. While this is certainly a noble purpose, not all schools achieve this goal as successfully as they ought to. The high school in Little River, KS is just one example of how pure intentions can still lead to poor methods and thus a hampering of students potential. Put simply, the Little River school district should allow their high school students to

“ What better way to prove you’ve learned something than to perform a task based on that learning.” Students should take standardized testing, to prove what they already know. Taking standardized testing gets student ready for all the exams and finals that they would have in college, It shows them what they need to work better on, and to help separate the students into accelerated classes and classes they need to improve in.

In the words of the famous theologian Plato, “Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge. Common knowledge tells us that the Earth is round. The Majority of humanity understands this simple fact as truth. This piece of information has played crucial roles in history, despite that the information persists as not vital for human existence. It has changed the actions of many individual's lives. As a result of this idea many believed that if an individual sailed too far ‘over yonder’ that the individual would fall off the face of the Earth. Ultimately the thought process of falling off the face of the earth,at that era in time led the average person's behavior into not striving to reach out towards the horizon,

According to a recent study on high school student ACT scores, only about 25 percent of students performed well enough to be considered ready for college (O’Shaughnessy). In our country today, education has been limited to the test taking abilities and time management skills needed to perform well on standardized tests. Our educators are told to teach in a way that increases a student’s ability to take tests well, instead of improving creativity or focusing on a student’s strengths in the classroom. Students then perceive that, because they are being educated solely to do well on this one test, they must make a good-score on the ACT or SAT for them to be successful in college and future careers. This situation causes anxiety for both students,

“Our educational goal [is] the production of caring, competent, loving, lovable people” . The students found in the schools across the United State are the future of America. They are the doctors, teachers, business people, lawyers and many other roles, that will be out in the workforce in the years to come. What they learn in school will impact them immensely; it is the responsibility of a teacher to give students the best education in order to ensure the common good of the future. It is essential for students to not only learn content matter, but also the skills to enable them to participate in a democracy. Due to standardized testing, the emphasis of education has become on score and rankings rather than learning. A standardized test does not look at the whole student, the scores provided are on a very narrow aspect of education. In the classroom, there are countless ways for teachers to assess the student as a whole person not as just a score. Standardized tests scores should not be the sole criteria for determining a student’s academic achievement.

It is standard in all school systems, students are to learn from their teachers and know when to apply certain skills and to recall information. Standardized test are used to measure and this their knowledge. These results are used to compare students to other students as well as school to school. Standardized test should not be the only determining factor that measures student success and ability. More emphasis should be in developing critical thinking, problem solving skills as a process along with creativity.

All in all, people who argue in favor of state mandated testing claim these two points are the most practical way of having some scale to grade student and teacher performance. “Proponents say these tests measure student achievement, ensure teachers and schools are accountable to taxpayers and provide consistency” (Concordia). However, there are other ways to measure this consistency besides standardized tests. “Test scores attract most of the attention because they are quantifiable and allow comparisons. But other measures can show how well schools are performing. These indicators include:

Education reform is a topic that every student, parent and teacher should be interested in because it effects everyone in the community. Many different approaches to education reform have been tried, and even though they seem to work for the time being, there are always more improvements that need to be made. One of the best ideas that has been discussed in the most recent years is getting the parents and students more involved in the actual reform process. Many school administrators see a problem with involving students, even though they are the ones most affected by the changes within schools. Student’s opinions should be taken into consideration because they are the ones who see what happens inside the school and within the classroom, and are the most affected by it. Involving parents and students in the reform of their schools will improve the quality of education, improve parent and teacher relationships and reduce parent and student complaints.