Free Essay

Test

In:

Submitted By inoize
Words 1053
Pages 5
Anak Kambing dan Serigala
Seekor anak kambing yang sangat lincah telah ditinggalkan oleh penggembalanya di atas atap jerami kandang untuk menghindari anak kambing itu dari bahaya. Anak kambing itu mencari rumput di pinggir atap, dan saat itu dia melihat seekor serigala dan memandang serigala itu dengan raut muka yang penuh dengan ejekan dan dengan perasaan yang penuh kemenangan, dia mulai mengejek serigala tersebut, walaupun pada saat itu dia tidak ingin mengejek sang Serigala, tetapi karena dia merasa serigala tersebut tidak akan dapat naik ke atas atap dan menangkapnya, timbullah keberaniannya untuk mengejek.

Serigala itupun menatap anak kambing itu dari bawah, "Saya mendengarmu," kata sang Serigala, "dan saya tidak mendendam pada apa yang kamu katakan atau kamu lakukan ketika kamu diatas sana, karena itu adalah atap yang berbicara dan bukan kamu."

Janganlah kamu mengatakan sesuatu yang tidak sesuai dengan keinginanmu secara terus menerus

Anak Laki-laki dan Setoples Kacang
Seorang anak laki-laki diijinkan oleh ibunya untuk memasukkan tangannya ke dalam sebuah toples dan mengambil kacang yang ada di dalamnya. Dan anak laki-laki itu memasukkan tangannya ke dalam toples untuk mengambil kacang, tetapi karena anak laki-laki itu mengambil kacang tersebut dengan genggaman yang sangat besar, dia tidak dapat menarik tangannya keluar, dan disana dia berdiri terus, tidak rela untuk melepaskan sebiji kacangpun dari genggamannya karena dia ingin mengambil semuanya sekaligus. Karena rasa penasaran dan kecewa dia mulai menangis.
"Putraku," kata ibunya ,"Ambillah kacang tersebut setengah genggam saja, sehingga kamu akan lebih mudah mengeluarkan tanganmu dari toples tersebut, dan mungkin kamu akan bisa memiliki lebih banyak kacang lagi jika kamu mengambilnya berulang-ulang."

Jangan mengerjakan sesuatu yang terlalu banyak sekaligus

Anak Penggembala dan Serigala
Seorang anak gembala selalu menggembalakan domba milik tuannya dekat suatu hutan yang gelap dan tidak jauh dari kampungnya. Karena mulai merasa bosan tinggal di daerah peternakan, dia selalu menghibur dirinya sendiri dengan cara bermain-main dengan anjingnya dan memainkan serulingnya.
Suatu hari ketika dia menggembalakan dombanya di dekat hutan, dia mulai berpikir apa yang harus dilakukannya apabila dia melihat serigala, dia merasa terhibur dengan memikirkan berbagai macam rencana.
Tuannya pernah berkata bahwa apabila dia melihat serigala menyerang kawanan dombanya, dia harus berteriak memanggil bantuan, dan orang-orang sekampung akan datang membantunya. Anak gembala itu berpikir bahwa akan terasa lucu apabila dia pura-pura melihat serigala dan berteriak memanggil orang sekampungnya datang untuk membantunya. Dan anak gembala itu sekarang walaupun tidak melihat seekor serigala pun, dia berpura-pura lari ke arah kampungnya dan berteriak sekeras-kerasnya, "Serigala, serigala!"
Seperti yang dia duga, orang-orang kampung yang mendengarnya berteriak, cepat-cepat meninggalkan pekerjaan mereka dan berlari ke arah anak gembala tersebut untuk membantunya. Tetapi yang mereka temukan adalah anak gembala yang tertawa terbahak-bahak karena berhasil menipu orang-orang sekampung.
Beberapa hari kemudian, anak gembala itu kembali berteriak, "Serigala! serigala!", kembali orang-orang kampung yang berlari datang untuk menolongnya, hanya menemukan anak gembala yang tertawa terbahak-bahak kembali.
Pada suatu sore ketika matahari mulai terbenam, seekor serigala benar-benar datang dan menyambar domba yang digembalakan oleh anak gembala tersebut.
Dalam ketakutannya, anak gembala itu berlari ke arah kampung dan berteriak, "Serigala! serigala!" Tetapi walaupun orang-orang sekampung mendengarnya berteriak, mereka tidak datang untuk membantunya. "Dia tidak akan bisa menipu kita lagi," kata mereka.
Serigala itu akhirnya berhasil menerkam dan memakan banyak domba yang digembalakan oleh sang anak gembala, lalu berlari masuk ke dalam hutan kembali.
Pembohong tidak akan pernah di percayai lagi, walaupun saat itu mereka berkata benar

Anak-anak dan katak di kolam
Pada suatu hari, beberapa orang anak laki-laki bermain-main di pinggiran sebuah kolam di mana pada kolam tersebut hiduplah beberapa keluarga katak. Anak laki-laki tersebut bermain-main dengan cara melemparkan batu-batu ke atas permukaan kolam.
Batu-batu yang beterbangan dengan cepat di atas permukaan kolam membuat anak-anak tersebut tertawa terbahak-bahak; sedangkan katak-katak yang menghuni kolam tersebut gemetar ketakutan.
Lalu seekor katak yang paling tua dan paling berani, mengeluarkan kepalanya dari dalam air dan berkata, "Oh, anak-anak, mohon hentikanlah permainan kalian! walaupun permainan kalian merupakan hiburan bagi kalian, permainan itu bisa menyebabkan kematian bagi kami!"
Pertimbangkan dengan baik sebelum melakukan sesuatu, apakah yang anda anggap sebagai hiburan, tidak akan menyebabkan orang lain menderita.
Angin Utara dan Matahari
Angin Utara dan Matahari berdebat tentang siapa diantara mereka yang lebih kuat. Sementara mereka berdebat dengan hebat, seorang pengembara berjalan melewati suatu jalan dengan badan terbungkus jubah.
"Mari kita buktikan" kata Matahari, "bahwa yang terkuat diantara kita adalah siapa saja yang bisa membuat pengembara itu membuka jubahnya. "
"Baiklah," kata Angin Utara , dan seketika itu juga meniupkan angin kencang yang dingin kepada pengembara itu.
Dengan hembusan angin yang kencang, ujung jubah yang dipakai pengembara, tertiup ke belakang. Tetapi ia segera membungkus erat jubah itu ke tubuhnya, dan semakin kuat angin bertiup, semakin erat ia membungkus tubuhnya. Angin utara berusaha merobek jubah pengembara itu dengan tiupan anginnya, namun semua usahanya sia-sia.
Tibalah giliran matahari. Matahari mulai memancarkan sinarnya. Pada awalnya sinar yang dikeluarkan cukup lembut , dan dalam sekejap, kehangatan menggantikan rasa dingin dari Angin Utara. Sang Pengembara kemudian melonggarkan jubahnya dan membiarkannya tergantung dari bahunya. Sinar matahari kemudian bersinar lebih terik dan makin terik. Pria itu melepaskan topinya dan mengusap alisnya yang basah oleh keringat. Akhirnya ia menjadi kepanasan sehingga ia melepaskan jubahnya, dan untuk menghindari sinar matahari yang terik, ia berteduh di bawah naungan bayangan pohon di pinggir jalan.
Kelembutan lebih unggul dibandingkan kekerasan

Angsa dan Telur Emas
Dahulu kala, ada seorang petani yang memiliki seekor angsa yang sangatlah cantik, dimana setiap hari ketika petani tersebut mendatangi kandang angsa, sang Angsa telah menelurkan sebuah telur emas yang berkilauan.
Petani tersebut mengambil dan membawa telur-telur emas tersebut ke pasar dan menjualnya sehingga dalam waktu yang singkat petani tersebut mulai menjadi kaya. Tetapi tidak lama kemudian keserakahan dan ketidak-sabaran petani itu terhadap sang Angsa muncul karena sang Angsa hanya memberikan sebuah telur setiap hari. Sang Petani merasa dia tidak akan cepat menjadi kaya dengan cara begitu.
Suatu hari, setelah menghitung uangnya, sebuah gagasan muncul di kepala petani, gagasan bahwa dia akan mendapatkan semua telur emas sang Angsa sekaligus dengan cara memotong sang Angsa. Tetapi ketika gagasan tersebut dilaksanakan, tidak ada sebuah telur yang dapat dia temukan, dan angsanya yang sangat berharga terlanjur mati dipotong.
Barang siapa yang telah memiliki sesuatu dengan berlimpah, tetapi serakah dan menginginkan yang lebih lagi, akan kehilangan semua yang dimilikinya

Similar Documents

Free Essay

Test Taking

...you feel about tests in general? I don’t like taking test because I always get of feeling of nervousness. My stomach gets all tied up in knots. The problem with taking test is a feeling of not remembering. It gets uncomfortable every time I have to take a test whether I study or not. 2. What are your first memories of being in a testing situation? What were your feeling, and why? My first memory of being in a testing situation is in high school. It was finals and I needed to pass this one course to graduate. It was a course that I detested, and I was horrible at it. This course was Trigonometry. I am not good in math period, but this course was a requirement. I felt that I was going to fail the course, and it was going to be a setback. It was a depressing feeling. 3. What make a test “good” and “bad” from your perspective? What make a test good is knowing what kind of test it, what is covered and how much a percentage is geared toward that test. How do I know that the test is good is when the instructor lets you know what is going to be on the test. A test is good when much preparation and work goes into it. The format or the structure of the test also make it good. When I think of a bad test, it mean no preparation, no work or study when into taking the test. A bad test is a test that is not put together well. The organization is not good and the test is very confusing. It can be a bad test when the person taking the test is ill-prepared...

Words: 528 - Pages: 3

Premium Essay

Test

...For • Practicality-This is probably by far, the biggest argument in favor of standardized tests. Aspects include: o Standardized tests are less time-consuming than more complicated assessments that need personal time with every student. o Standardized tests are easier to administer. There are explicit directions given and each student is given the same directions in the same way. o They are easier to grade, machines do it for us. o Very easy to use a computer to track progress and levels of achievement for different groups of students in different subjects. (Holloway) • Objectivity-It is very easy for a test to be objective, it doesn't have emotion or moods or biases. When giving more personal assessments, it is very possible that the teacher or person assessing the student can let their emotions or biases affect how they score that student. • Instigator of change-Standardized tests can be a powerful tool to change classroom and school practices (Gardner). We can use testing to tell us whether we have a problem (Gerstner). When we identify a problem in a classroom, school, or district we can then take active steps in correcting that problem. In addition, achievement data from tests provide teachers with valuable information to improve classroom and student learning (Gardner) • Accountability-Setting high expectations for students and holding them accountable for the same standards, leads to achievement gains. High-stakes testing forces students to take education...

Words: 1000 - Pages: 4

Free Essay

Test

...Quantitative research methods in educational planning Series editor: Kenneth N.Ross Module John Izard 6 Overview of test construction UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning Quantitative research methods in educational planning These modules were prepared by IIEP staff and consultants to be used in training workshops presented for the National Research Coordinators who are responsible for the educational policy research programme conducted by the Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality (SACMEQ). The publication is available from the following two Internet Websites: http://www.sacmeq.org and http://www.unesco.org/iiep. International Institute for Educational Planning/UNESCO 7-9 rue Eugène-Delacroix, 75116 Paris, France Tel: (33 1) 45 03 77 00 Fax: (33 1 ) 40 72 83 66 e-mail: information@iiep.unesco.org IIEP web site: http://www.unesco.org/iiep September 2005 © UNESCO The designations employed and the presentation of material throughout the publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of UNESCO concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning its frontiers or boundaries. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means: electronic, magnetic tape, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without permission ...

Words: 13966 - Pages: 56

Free Essay

Test

...Category test User Category test User Category test User Category test User Category test User Category test User Category test User Category test User Category test User Category test User Category test User Category test User Category test User Category test User Category test User Category test User Category test User Category test User Category test User Category test User Category test User Category test User Category test User Category test User Category test User Category test User Category test User Category test User Category test User Category test User Category test User Category test User Category test User Category test User Category test User Category test User Category test User Category test User Category test User Category test User Category test User Category test User Category test User Category test User Category test User Category test User Category test User Category test User Category test User Category test User Category test User Category test User Category test User Category test User Category test User Category test User Category test User Category test User Category test User Category test User Category test User Category test User Category test User Category test User Category test User Category test User Category test User Category test User Category test User Category test User Category test User Category test User Category test User Category test User Category test User Category...

Words: 588 - Pages: 3

Free Essay

Test

...Test Automation Criteria Benefit * How often do you believe the test should be run? * How many minutes are required for one tester to execute the test manually? * Will human intervention still be required to execute the test after automation? * Does the execution of the test require the tester to input a large amount of data (e.g. populating many fields or populating the same fields many times) via the gui interface? * Does the test require an inordinate amount of user interface actions (e.g. mouse clicks, validations)? * Will automating the test increase the productivity of the team? * Will automating the test allow us to increase test coverage? * Will automating the test allow us to increase the accuracy (exactness) and precision ( reproducibility or repeatability) of the test? * Is the execution of this test prerequisite to the execution of multiple other tests? Cost * How many hours of data preparation (e.g. querying data, setup within the application, etc.) is required for this test? * Is the test documented in such a way that someone other than the author can execute it, and is it stored in Quality Center? * What is the average number of times the test needs to be updated (e.g to reflect development changes) within a six month span? * Are the manual test steps currently up to date? * Are the systems and environments in which the test is run stable and consistently available? * Are third party systems involved...

Words: 276 - Pages: 2

Free Essay

Standardized Tests

...Standardized Testing Standardized testing has been a key part in education for awhile now, but how effective is it really? Does it truly grasp the students’ individualities to highlight their unique abilities? Of course it does not, how can it? If this is true, however, why are they still vital to earn a high school diploma? Education was once about the students, not about the score. It was about enjoying the time in the classroom, creating a desire to want to know more. Standardized tests have taken this away from classrooms, they have caused many pupils to not enjoy the material they are taught while also taking the individualism, the one on one individual experiences, out of the classrooms. Education is no longer about the individual student. It is about the student body, making everyone the same or “equal”. Education should be fun. It should make the student desire to learn more. Francine Prose discusses this in her essay, I Know Why the Caged Bird Cannot Read. She talks of how each September she is more and more depressed when she receives her sons’ reading lists for the upcoming school year. Not only have the books they are forced to read not the best choices, but the information from the books is forced down the student’s throats. Students are not given the opportunity to read the books and enjoy them. Upon receiving the their assignments, they are also given worksheets and other assignments,outlining the information and key points they are expected understand...

Words: 1053 - Pages: 5

Free Essay

Test

...academic scores and to include the family’s social, culture and educational background. Sandel states that the A 700 score for a student who attended poor public schools in the South Bronx has more meaning than that of a student from an Upper East Side of Manhattan. 2. What is the essence of Richard Dworkin's argument in support of affirmative action university admissions policies? b. Dworkin’s idea of the supporting argument on affirmative action in relations to the universities admission policies is stated that possibly the right at stake should be based according to academic criteria alone. The fact of being good at football, or coming from Idaho, or having volunteered in a soup kitchen. Dworkin views the facts of grades, test scores, and other measures of academic promise land me in the top group of applicants, therefore I should be admitted. One should be considered based on academic merit alone. 3. What does it mean to sever the idea of "moral desert" from our notions of what constitutes justice?  Would this be helpful? c. Severing the idea of “moral desert” signifies that our nation should reject the talents that one has that enable them to compete more successfully than others in not entirely one’s own doing. He also states an equally decisive contingency where the quality of societal values at any given time...

Words: 504 - Pages: 3

Free Essay

Standardized Tests

...Standardized Tests Sections I and II Sammy North DeVry University Standardized Tests Sections I and II Brittany, an honors student in Atlanta, Georgia, had worked hard her entire academic career to celebrate what would be her proudest moment in high school: commencement. She wanted to walk across the stage to the flash of cameras and the smiles of her family just like her classmates, and then journey off to a college in South Carolina where she had already been accepted. So she gathered her proud family members from Chicago and Washington, D.C., to come to share in her joy. Brittany watched as her classmates put on their caps and gowns and walked across the stage to receive their diplomas. But she did not, and instead waited all during the day to get a last-minute waiver signed. She continued to wait through the night, but it never came. She began to realize that if she graduated, it would not be quick or easy. Her problem was that she had not passed one of four subject areas in the state’s graduation test, which students must pass to earn a regular diploma. She is not alone. Thousands of students, such as Brittany, every year do not make it across the stage at graduation due to failing these state tests. And many of them, such as Brittany, were honors students who had fulfilled all the other requirements of graduation except this one (Torres, 2010). Stories such as this one are far too common and should not happen. We have the power to change the status quo, so that...

Words: 2702 - Pages: 11

Premium Essay

Standardized Test

...’ve always thought about attending a school where students don’t have to take tests mandated by the government. I just realized that it is possible. In the article “What Schools Could Use Instead of Standardized Test”, by Anya Kamenetz, it recommends that it might come true in future years. As of right now, attorneys and legislators have been trying to draft a bill that could get rid of the desire for a federal bubble test and dismiss the renewal of the rule that states no child left behind, but switching it with fast state wide evaluations. The debate over the elimination of the federal testing comes in conclusion of the increasing concern of the time amount of these students use to take this test and the increasing number of parents deciding to withdraw their children from these tests. The council of chief state school officers and broad and big school districts were in support of decreasing the number of standardized tests students take. Plenty democratic groups have come out and backed this idea. If Schools do drop the mandated government tests, Kamenetz advice of three different choices measuring national students The first choice that Kamenetz...

Words: 631 - Pages: 3

Free Essay

Test

...P a g e |1 BackTrack 5 guide 4: How to perform stealth actions Karthik R, Contributor You can read the original story here, on SearchSecurity.in. In previous installments of this BackTrack 5 how to tutorial, we have discussed information gathering and vulnerability assessment of the target system; explored network assessment, scanning and gaining access into the target; and, delved into privilege escalation tools. In this installment of the tutorial on BackTrack 5, how to perform stealth actions will be discussed. Why stealth? The objective of penetration testing is to replicate the actions of a malicious attacker. No attacker desires discovery of surreptitious entry into the network, and hence employs stealth techniques to remain unnoticed. The penetration tester needs to adopt the same stealth methods, in order to honestly assess the target network. http://searchsecurity.techtarget.in/tip/BackTrack-5-guide-4-How-to-perform-stealth-actions P a g e |2 Figure 1. The ‘maintaining access’ category in BackTrack 5, with a focus on OS backdoors. This installment of the BackTrack 5 how to tutorial deals with the “Maintaining Access” feature, within which are options for OS backdoors, tunneling and Web backdoors, as shown in Figure 1. OS backdoors > Cymothoa: Cymothoa is a stealth backdooring tool on BackTrack 5 that injects backdoor shell code into an existing process. This tool has been developed by codewizard and crossbower from ElectronicSouls. The general...

Words: 1111 - Pages: 5

Premium Essay

Eco 410 Test Bank

...A++PAPER;http://www.homeworkproviders.com/shop/eco-410-test-bank/ ECO 410 TEST BANK ECO 410 Test Bank, All Possible Questions With Answers ECO 410 Week 2 Quiz 1: Chapters 1 and 2 ECO 410 Week 3 Quiz 2: Chapters 3 and 4 ECO 410 Week 4 Quiz 3: Chapters 5 and 6 ECO 410 Week 5 Quiz 4: Chapters 7 and 8 ECO 410 Week 6 Quiz 5: Chapters 9 and 10 ECO 410 Week 7 Quiz 6: Chapters 11 and 12 ECO 410 Week 8 Quiz 7: Chapters 13 and 14 ECO 410 Week 9 Quiz 8: Chapters 15 and 16 ECO 410 Week 10 Quiz 9: Chapter 17 and 18 ECO 410 Week 11 Quiz 10: Chapter 19 and 20 ECO 410 Quizzes and Exam Week 1 - 11 All Possible Questions With Answers ECO 410 Week 2 Quiz 1: Chapters 1 and 2 ECO 410 Week 3 Quiz 2: Chapters 3 and 4 ECO 410 Week 4 Quiz 3: Chapters 5 and 6 ECO 410 Week 5 Quiz 4: Chapters 7 and 8 ECO 410 Week 6 Quiz 5: Chapters 9 and 10 ECO 410 Week 7 Quiz 6: Chapters 11 and 12 ECO 410 Week 8 Quiz 7: Chapters 13 and 14 ECO 410 Week 9 Quiz 8: Chapters 15 and 16 ECO 410 Week 10 Quiz 9: Chapter 17 and 18 ECO 410 Week 11 Quiz 10: Chapter 19 and 20 ECO 410 Quizzes and Exam Week 1 - 11 All Possible Questions With Answers ECO 410 Week 2 Quiz 1: Chapters 1 and 2 ECO 410 Week 3 Quiz 2: Chapters 3 and 4 ECO 410 Week 4 Quiz 3: Chapters 5 and 6 ECO 410 Week 5 Quiz 4: Chapters 7 and 8 ECO 410 Week 6 Quiz 5: Chapters 9 and 10 ECO 410 Week 7 Quiz 6: Chapters 11 and 12 ECO 410 Week 8 Quiz 7: Chapters 13 and 14 ...

Words: 471 - Pages: 2

Free Essay

Eco 410 Test Bank

...ECO 410 TEST BANK A+ Graded Tutorial Available At: http://hwsoloutions.com/?product=eco-410-test-bank Visit Our website: http://hwsoloutions.com/ Product Description PRODUCT DESCRIPTION ECO 410 Test Bank, All Possible Questions With Answers ECO 410 Week 2 Quiz 1: Chapters 1 and 2 ECO 410 Week 3 Quiz 2: Chapters 3 and 4 ECO 410 Week 4 Quiz 3: Chapters 5 and 6 ECO 410 Week 5 Quiz 4: Chapters 7 and 8 ECO 410 Week 6 Quiz 5: Chapters 9 and 10 ECO 410 Week 7 Quiz 6: Chapters 11 and 12 ECO 410 Week 8 Quiz 7: Chapters 13 and 14 ECO 410 Week 9 Quiz 8: Chapters 15 and 16 ECO 410 Week 10 Quiz 9: Chapter 17 and 18 ECO 410 Week 11 Quiz 10: Chapter 19 and 20 ECO 410 Quizzes and Exam Week 1 – 11 All Possible Questions With Answers ECO 410 Week 2 Quiz 1: Chapters 1 and 2 ECO 410 Week 3 Quiz 2: Chapters 3 and 4 ECO 410 Week 4 Quiz 3: Chapters 5 and 6 ECO 410 Week 5 Quiz 4: Chapters 7 and 8 ECO 410 Week 6 Quiz 5: Chapters 9 and 10 ECO 410 Week 7 Quiz 6: Chapters 11 and 12 ECO 410 Week 8 Quiz 7: Chapters 13 and 14 ECO 410 Week 9 Quiz 8: Chapters 15 and 16 ECO 410 Week 10 Quiz 9: Chapter 17 and 18 ECO 410 Week 11 Quiz 10: Chapter 19 and 20 ECO 410 Quizzes and Exam Week 1 – 11 All Possible Questions With Answers ECO 410 Week 2 Quiz 1: Chapters 1 and 2 ECO 410 Week 3 Quiz 2: Chapters 3 and 4 ECO 410 Week 4 Quiz 3: Chapters 5 and 6 ECO 410 Week 5 Quiz 4: Chapters 7 and 8 ECO 410 Week 6 Quiz 5: Chapters 9 and 10 ECO 410 Week 7 Quiz 6: Chapters 11 and 12 ECO...

Words: 484 - Pages: 2

Premium Essay

Standardized Test Outline

...I. Standardized test give an unfair advantage to some groups, with the contrast only widening throughout the decades. A. The wealthier class are more prepared than the poor class. 1. Since the 1960s, the contrast of standardized test results between those with wealth and those in poverty have widened by 60%. 2. Students in wealthier environments have greater access to methods and classes that help them prepare specifically for standardized tests. B. Whites and Asians have an advantage over Latinos and African Americans. 1. Although the African American and Latino students make up about 70% of the total student body, they are consistent in scoring lower on standardized tests in New York. 2. Schools in Virginia require a smaller percent...

Words: 615 - Pages: 3

Premium Essay

Standardization Test

...these test has become important for teachers since a student may take a least one standardized test per year. And therein lies the problem; relying heavily on standardized test, whether or not these test actually have reliable scores and are worth the extensive focus. Standardized test negatively affect student learning because they focus on certain topics and generate unreliable test scores due to certain factors. These factors include limitation of creativity, narrowing of curriculum, use of outdated methods, repetition, race and gender. In my research I have found significant data supporting my views. But first it is important to understand what standardized tests are. Standardized tests are different from other testing because they have uniform procedure. This means that they have the same time limits, fixed set of questions, and the scoring is also carefully outlined and uniform. Standardized test are usually scored objectively but there can be some questions such as a short answer question or personality questions which can be scored differently. Almost all test can be classified as informal or formal; a test given and create by a teacher is informal, but a standardized test is classified as formal (Mehrens and Lehmannn). There are certain characteristics a test must have to be a standardized test. The first characteristic is that the test must be designed by a specialist. These specialists have been trained in measurement and principles of test development...

Words: 1511 - Pages: 7

Free Essay

Standardized Tests

...Running head: STANDARDIZED TESTS ARE KILLING SOCIETY                  1                Standardized Tests Are Killing Society  Alyssa Masula  Jonathan Alder High School            STANDARDIZED TESTS ARE KILLING SOCIETY                                                            2      ABSTRACT    STANDARDIZED TESTS ARE KILLING SOCIETY     Alyssa Masula          This essay provides an exploration of the harm done to individuals and societies by standardized  testing.  In her studies, the author discovered mixed results, containing both support and rejection  for her original hypothesis. She includes evidence to prove her point true. She provides  information gathered from various sources including published works and studies by Peter  Sacks, Nicholas Lemann, and Jacques Steinberg. As well as these, she has added the support of a  political cartoon and an article from the distinguished newspaper “The Columbus Dispatch”.          STANDARDIZED TESTS ARE KILLING SOCIETY                                                            3  Standardized Tests Are Killing Society  A student sits down at a desk and is given a #2 pencil, a test, and a time limit. Upon him  rests the expectation that his future will will depend on the result of said test.  Overwhelmed by  the idea of failure and a consequential meaningless life, he cannot concentrate and has a panic  attack.  Too much pressure is placed on young people to succeed on tests that are supposed to be  objective, yet in re...

Words: 838 - Pages: 4