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High-stakes testing is defined as the practice of basing major decisions on individual student performance, school performance and school personnel on a single assessment. High-stakes testing places pressure on schools and teachers to produce high test scores each year or face consequences such as reduced funding, salary restrictions and personnel termination. Administrators and teachers are held accountable for the students' performance in their classrooms and schools. High-stakes testing

For every winner there is a loser, this being very prevalent in gambling no matter the stake. Gambling regulations exist all over the country as there is a basis of set laws that are put forth by the government, such as the ability to not buy a lottery ticket until the age of 18 and not being able to fully access a casino until the age of 21. On the topic of individual state, states have the power to control who gambles and how by setting forth regulations on the topic of gambling, such as recent

High Stakes Testing is not the Answer for Assessing Reading High stakes tests are assessments that are used to make important educational and life decisions based on their results. The main focus of high stakes reading tests are on cognitive skills and approaches that are imperative mechanisms of students reading success. These tests have been the topic of debate due to their use and intention of their consequences, positive and negative (Afflerbach, 2012). Pros and cons of high stakes testing

There are many studies that show that high stakes testing can affect how students learn how they see their schoolwork as less about learning and more for grades and practice for the tests and finals. The reason I think this is happening is because teachers, parents, and schools have such a hard focus on getting good scores on their tests because it is sort of like a trophy or accomplishment for the schools,teachers,or parents if their students or children have good test scores. Schools often have

Aline Porcaro Harjot Kaur Harpreet Kaur Lovedeep Kaur Dhaliwal Instructor- Dr. Brenda Lyshaug 14th March 2016 Fairleigh Dickinson University, Vancouver Table of Contents Unethical conduct and the whistle-blower 3 Core ethical issues and values at stake 7 References 9 Unethical conduct and the whistle-blower Kathryn Bolkovac was a former police officer and she worked as a UN International Police Force monitor. She signed up with DynCorp, the private contractor providing American personnel

across the nation are eliminating programs that enhance creativity or even discussions about the current world events. They all have an identical curriculum and are set up to proceed one type of mind that processes information in one way. Thus, high-stakes testing pressures students to improve their performance. Lisa Collier states, “… So many Michigan students stayed home when their assessment tests were given last year that several high schools were threatened with loss of accreditation. In Illinois

The issue at stake is not population numbers depiction, but concerns for the quality of education for Tanzanians children. Honestly, the growing number of children in Tanzania as (Woods, 2009) alerts, is a clarion call for excessive investment in education, and in other public services. Comparable to other poor countries as Jeffrey Sachs and Easterly (2006) argued, the poor people live entwined in inadequacy, “in which taking to account the global abuse of children, poor wellbeing, learning, and

child was experiencing anxiety that was especially present during high-stakes testing. This instance occurred during my first year of teaching and it has shaped my views on anxiety in children. During the time of this event, I was administering the second round of a standardized test, the STAAR test, to special needs students that did not pass, or meet the ‘satisfactory’ level on the first test. This was considered a high-stakes second chance as passing the test is necessary before students can be

When Life Imitates Art: High Stakes Testing and What It Means to the Dystopian Novel Aristotle is attributed with the question, “Does art imitate life, or life imitate art?” The methods in which we ask students to prove what they have mastered, and ultimately the way they learn, has changed dramatically in the past decade. The new age has ushered in an era of standards and “high stakes testing.” Consequently, anxiety related to school has increased dramatically. In like manner, dystopian novels

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