Essays on Standardized Testing

As society has undergone certain changes including globalization and digitalization, education must keep up with such developments to prepare citizens to meet the new market demands (European Council, 2006; World Bank, 2019). Issues of sustainability such as climate change, inequalities, social cohesion are more relevant…

Moore Randy, author or cooperator of many academic journal articles, explains how standardized tests are unfair and discriminatory towards underprepared students who lower a school’s ranking by providing many realistic examples and scholarly sources. She argues that most colleges and universities do not help develop…

Although standardized testing shows where students are in school and their knowledge in school. I believe students should not have to pass the test to pass the test to be promoted to the next grade. Well, different people have different motivations. For some, a demand…

A Doctor is always supposed to give the best care necessary and to be putting the patients wants and needs first. The patient always wants to receive the best care necessary and have doctors show them their different options of what is available to them….

I strongly believe that exams are not the only way a student’s ability can be assessed, there are certain other factors that have to be looked into before making a judgement about someone’s ability. I think that examinations are just a way of demonstrating the…

IT, a Constantly Developing Subject IT exam certification has been modified a lot in the previous times. It becomes more practical than just good grades and getting a tag of an IT professional on a resume. As the time is passing, IT is developing so…

The Issue of Standardized Testing Standardized testing has been used in the American education system for years, and has been used as a source to detect students’ learning abilities and teachers’ teaching abilities. In 2002, President Bush passed the No Child Left Behind Act, which…

Standardized testing in America has not improved student achievement. Studies show that after No Child Left Behind (NCLB) passed in 2002, the U.S. slipped from 18th in the world in math on the Progamme for the International Student Assessment to the 31st place in 2009…

Standardized testing has brought about a plethora of negative effects since the amount of testing was increased due to the national act, No Child Left Behind. This government program was brought into effect in 2002 and has seen many amendments and improvements to the system….

‘What is cosine of π/2? I asked quietly in mathematics to my peers to save the embarrassment of asking this simple trigonometry question to my teacher. ‘0’ everyone yelled. And so I continued the worksheet, with the thought of ‘Why does is equal 0’ circling…