Standardized tests

junior’s nightmare, but now juniors seem to have more to worry about. Another standardized test is creeping up: the SAT. The good news is that colleges will accept either test. After researching and reviewing both tests, it is hard to say which test high school students will choose. According to the SAT vs. ACT article by The Princeton Review, seven key items are listed that students can focus on to help choose the right test. SAT vs. ACT states that the ACT has more straightforward questions; the ACT

efficient than close reading, it is better to skim read in situations in which one has a limited time to read something. One such situation is standardized testing. These tests require the student read and answer questions under strict time limits making skim reading a better option in this situation. Although skim reading works best while taking a standardized test, it is not always the best option. For example, if one is reading a short story or any other literary text for a class, it is better to close

article follows one school through standardized testing and how they were able to prepare their students that were on an IEP. Often a student with an IEP is not tested to the same standard as their peers, in Delaware the test is called the DCAS Alt (Delaware Comprehensive Assessment System Alternative). The article was written based on one district in New York and is referred to in the article as PS 172. PS 172 has been able to successfully test their students and has test scores that are eight times higher

also tests students by having them do benchmarks, so they can show the teachers that they are where they need to be. Many claim that these standards will improve the education, career, and life of the students that are in the program, but is it truly the case? With three main flaws in the system, such as how cursive writing

increased efforts being made to meet AYP, educators are feeling the pressure and they are becoming very stressed about their jobs. An article by Alvin Granowsky (2008), explains that “schools that have low scores and/or do not show needed improvements in test results, receive negative labels, such as unacceptable, and their teachers and administrators threatened with loss of jobs” (p. 1). Unfortunately, this No Child Left Behind 6 causes teachers to be afraid that if their schools

Ample research has been done on the correlation between homework and academic success with many opposing views. Research has shown that homework can be linked to better grades, improved standardized test scores, and more prepared students entering the post-secondary arena; however, this correlation is weak and the opposition has equal ammunition to support that there is no correlation between homework and academic success. There have been movements to abolish homework as well as movements to increase

accommodations on tests can still receive them; however, states must limit to only 1 percent those students allowed to take the alternative tests typically reserved for students with cognitive deficits within the special education program. In the matter of opting out, the new law continues to remain silent, forcing the states to set guidelines in this area if they desire. Although assessments continue to be required as a way to monitor student progress, states can choose from a wider variety of tests, including

Nikki Hoffman-Schepers Language and Standardized Testing In today's society, we continually see an influx in immigrants on an annual basis. The majority of these immigrant students are subsequently placed in English as a Second Language (ESL) courses due to their low skill level in the English language. Have ESL students in the classroom certainly raises more questions than it does answers, as teachers are faced with various new situations in helping ESL students better understand not only the

This research study examines the effects of a developmental “boot-camp” on the standardized placement test scores of students enrolling in a community college. A developmental boot-camp is described as an online learning environment in which participants work at their own pace to refresh and enhance their skills in math, English, and writing in order to increase their placement scores and possibly place out of developmental community college classes. A community college in North Carolina implemented

increasing educational equality. The differences in the achievement gap is to be measured yearly through the use of standardized testing. As each student is unique, the use of standardized tests to measure whether students reach 100% proficiency is unrealistic. Teachers, principals, and school boards are so worried about being “proficient” that teachers are now teaching for the test, not teaching a rounded curriculum. With schools afraid that they may possibly receive sanctions, schools are now cheating