Testing Accountability Has Got Its Limitation And For Test Score Growth

Standardized testing has become the main component in determining a student’s capability. A test should not determine if the student has a mind that is above average. In the article titled “Standardized Testing: Undermining Equity in Education”, it states, “Qualities such as a student’s sense of citizenship, ethics, confidence/self-esteem,...respect for others, self-discipline,...are not seen in standardized tests.” Every student is unique and has

One of the most important components of the social development of students, increase their accountability. Accountability means the obligation of a person to perform optimally within all activities that have been put upon him. The commitment Meaning obligation or guarantee against someone or something and know it is bound to do something. Therefore the purpose of this study was to compare the levels of accountability male and female high school student-athletes and non-athletes is the second city of Sari. The study population included all male and female students in secondary schools the public schools in Sari (11227 people) formed in 95-94 school year that their responsibility was assessed based on their point of view. The sample

These tests will provide teachers and administrators a diagnosis of how the school is performing and in which areas the school needs to improve on. This will also inform policymakers which schools are doing well and why. Then that technique can be applied to schools in which the scores were not meeting standards. President Bush and the U.S. Congress have challenged educators to set high standards and hold students, schools and districts accountable for results. (Dept. of Ed, 2004)

Accountability makes no sense when it undermines the larger goals of education.” - Diane Ravitch

In this age of high-stakes standardized testing the idea of creativity in the classroom has become less and less popular. Susan W. Cress and Daniel T. Holm present a compelling case study for keeping creativity in the classroom in “Creative Endeavors: Inspiring Creativity in a First Grade Classroom” published online April 1, 2015 in the Early Childhood Education Journal.

In society, today education plays a vital role for many individuals and teachers play an even more influential role for a student’s future. The 21st century is bringing many new and innovated ways for teachers to communicate and educate in more effective ways than ever before. Despite the multitude advancements, there has been an issue still in the spotlight: teacher accountability. In recent years the United States has significantly fallen behind many of its superpower competitors in education bringing the government quick to impend a change by ranking teachers to improve their accountability however ranking teachers will not improve their accountability because teaching is a craft that cannot be summed up into a rank or grade letter with

Downing, S., & Haladyna, T. (1996). A model for evaluation of high-stakes testing programs: Why the fox should not guard the chicken coop. Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 5(1), 5–12.

Accountability, according to the authors, is about the collective effort of policy and institutions to meet student needs and the needs of the public, but it is not about assessing institutional effectiveness in contributing to student success. In their view, accountability to peers is accomplished through peer review in processes such as accreditation. As such while accountability and assessment are related, assessment tends to be conducted in order to demonstrate accountability to stakeholders.

Competition is everywhere, whether it be survival among animals, winning a sports match, or getting admitted into the most prestigious university. Standardized test scores allow one individual to distinguish themself from another. In addition to serving as a benchmark of where one stands academically, many believe that these assessments can improve public education. Although standardized testing can benefit public education by minimizing the amounts of cheating and providing statistics on how individuals compare among each other, such assessments are flawed and ineffective since they are not as consistent as they claim, do not accurately measure one’s intelligence and capability, and do not intend to improve one’s ability.

The educational system in the United States has gone through many changes over the last century. These changes are a part of a constant movement toward educational excellence for every child in this nation. One of the most recent acts placed on public school systems by the government is to create more accountability for schools in order to ensure that all children are receiving the proper education. Part of this mandate is that public schools will require students to take tests in order to gather information about their academic achievement. Although educators and administrators claim that the mandatory ability testing programs being initiated in America’s public schools will hold students and teachers accountable for academic

If someone was to ask you “how do you define student achievement?” what would your answer be? Would you say student achievement is measured by state achievement tests? Or would you say that student achievement is too complex a subject to be objectively measured? There are many important skills students must be taught, and we need a way to effectively measure if they are in fact learning those skills. However, standardized tests cannot effectively show the learning of all students, especially those that are not good test takers. And of those skills that are tested, there are an endless number of arguably more important skills that aren’t being valued because they cannot be calculated. Furthermore,

In the cartoon with the teacher telling the student to get back to work or she will be left behind used exaggeration to show how that the author feels about testing in schools. Students are at their desks with blinders and tubes connecting to their head feeding them information and keeping them focused. Although, everything in the classroom is black and white outside the window it is luminous. As the girl looks outside there is a P.E sign and a mountain that says science along with the bright sun shining. Then, the teacher is telling the girl to go back to work or she will be left behind ,and the kids says “sounds good to me.” Exaggeration is used to indicate that schools are solely focused on testing. The tubes that are connected to the kids

system─ is on results. And while this focus on results is understandable (see, e.g., Schmoker, 1999, 2001), it is also important to consider the means by which the ends are achieved. The questions emerged: What was the effect of a political decision─ to demand public school accountability─ on pedagogical decision making? How might the demands of a new testing program affect how teacher teach and how children are expected to learn?

Standardized tests were created during the First World War as a tool to measure the “intellect, ability, and potential” of the soldiers in the army (Turgut 64-65). From World War I to the launch of Sputnik I by the Soviet Union, standardized tests were used to enable development and have aided in progress of a country. Standardized tests have also been introduced into the education system to measure the student’s intelligence in a subject.

Is there an efficient and effective way of measuring ability? Throughout history, mankind has strived to find a feasible manner of tracking and comparing, their achievements and achievements in knowledge. Recently, this pursuit has led to the popularized use of standardized tests. However, standardized tests are not an effective way of measuring the knowledge of humanity. Although, if used properly, they can reflect the gathered information, it is not always correct.