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    Standardized tests may not be sufficient to determine whether a student should be admitted to a college or university or not. Having a bad day on the exam day or being responsible from irrelevant subject may result in failing the test. Moreover, those test cannot assess personal strengths and skills. First of all, students may have a bad day on the exam day. They may be ill on that day or nervous because of the exam stress. They may also be almost late for the exam and that may affect their mode

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    How was I prepared to take standardized tests? How would I have done it differently? What are some steps you can take to assist parents in interpreting standardized test scores? What potential effects could standardized testing have on student motivation? Before answering those questions, you should know what standardized tests are. Standardized tests are school exams that are published, they are “administered, scored, and interpreted in a standard manner- same directions, time limits, and scoring

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    that person gets into college and for most standardized exam there aren’t dates to postpone, this person is most likely not going to do as well as if he/she were in a better condition Not every student is a good test taker, not every student feels well the day of the exam, so it is not fair that a student should have to take a test to determine their future and everyone wants to go to college to better their lives. Another problem with standardized tests is that they are limited in subjects. When

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    In our generation, standardized test is a serious issue for all students in schools. Standardized test is considered as a way of identifying whether a student is applicable to pass through the next level of education or not, it also affects the performance of the teacher; either way it affects both schools and students. A test, like the National achievement test in the Philippines wherein the main purpose is not to deal with the formation of a person, but rather the development of memory and mental

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    program where the many uses that school counselors recognize by utilizing standardized test results to analyzing measures that include the following: academic placement, promotion/graduation, and retention because these standardized test results are very important measures that help determine if a school district will receive state or local funding whether it be reduced, increased, or eliminated. In addition, standardized tests help determine if curriculums need to be revised to help those troubled

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    Standardized Testing Argument Do standardized tests stress you out? Many students feel this way, including me! Hopefully after reading this, you won’t feel so stressed out as you take your standardized tests. Some people believe that standardized testing needs to change. Others think they’re fine the way they are, and they shouldn’t change. I think that they should change. In the following paragraphs, I’ll share my opinion as to why I think the testing should change. The first thing we need to

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    get accepted, and one of those things colleges look for is your standardized test score. The standardized test is a test administered and scored in a consistent, or “standard”, way (edglossary.org). Seeing that you must get a high enough score on the test in order for your dream college to accept you, the tests are difficult, but are very worth it at the end. Colleges have been accepting students into their school with standardized test scores for more than 50 years, and with that being said, it has

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    Standardize test aren't as complicated at all. I think this because they are kind of easy to do and they are not hard well for some parts. I think i consider myself an in between a bad and good tester because it all depends on how much I study and how well I know the material. I have always been this way because I used to always have trouble trying to keep the material stuck in my head and also I have trouble learning complicated material. What I always do to do my best in the standardize test is I will

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    article “What do standardized tests actually test?” (2014) in the name of Marion Brady as quoted by Valerie Strauss, the topic of: are standardized tests accurately testing is discussed. As a whole, Strauss’s article seems to be debating whether the Piagetian or the Vygotskyian approach is the correct way of teaching; do students learn by being taught from a teacher or do they learn from hands on experience and mental readiness!? and how that relates back to whether standardized testing is an

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    Standardized Test Scores and their use in College Admissions Decisions PURPOSE The purpose of this proposal is to examine current and future Iowa State University admissions decisions processes. At the present time most colleges, including Iowa State use a combination of standardized test scores, high school class rank, high school grade point average, and essays to make decisions on admissions. All of the above are good determinants of a student’s possible success in college, except standardized

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