already in existence that addresses these problems with education?” The answers for these questions can be used to make necessary changes in the education system of Washington, D.C. Mayor Gray, like many others, believes education has to do with higher test scores and preparing students for college. His mission statement outlines offering quality education, holding educators accountable for students’ success, and informing parents on what is being done (Gray, 2013). However it doesn’t address the need
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NAPLAN testing was introduced into Australian schools in 2008, as an annual test for students in years 3,5,7 and 9 ("Home | NAP," n.d.). The testing was introduced to ensure students are up to required curricular standards and to also increase student standards, however it is highly debated whether it has done so, despite having government approval. It is a relatively new concept in Australian schools and there is not a large quantity of statistical evidence. However, with evidence that exists, this
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The title of the article “What do test scores really tell us?” explains it all as to what Gary Gutting is going to focus on in the artifact I found. It goes on to address a variety of people, the main targets however are school board officials, parents, and even students. Gutting’s main thesis explains how we should be finding a reason as to why students do bad on standardized tests and how schools shouldn’t be so hasty to make changes because every students test differently from each other and one
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Standardized Testing Standardized tests are very common throughout the United States. They are used to measure students’ academic performances in school. These tests vary from state to state in all grade levels. However, these tests are believed to be biased towards those students who come from higher-class neighborhoods, simply because they have more educational resources. I don’t believe that standardized testing is a good idea for many reasons. Standardized testing assesses students, teachers
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funding have gotten out of hand. One federal initiative is the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) passed by President George W. Bush in 2002. NCLB was meant to serve three main goals. First, an accountability system was put into place using state standardized tests, graduation rates as well as other indicators to judge how a school performed. The second goal of NCLB was to have schools produce an annual report with all of the required statistics of school performance for each school year. The third goal
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university in the southwest United States. The primary determining factors for this special admission program are lowerthan-average high school GPA and/or standardized test scores. Pre-college variables that most significantly predicted college GPA were high school GPA, gender of student, and leadership experience prior to applying. Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) scores failed to predict success as measured by college GPA. Beyond Admission Seventy-five percent of students who drop out of college do so
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------------------------------------------------- Causation and Correlation ------------------------------------------------- Courtney Clark July 19, 2015 psy/285 Taryn Stevenson July 19, 2015 psy/285 Taryn Stevenson 1. 2. 3. Home > 4. Health & Medicine > 5. Disease 6. > 7. Causation and Correlation 1. < Back to Health & Medicine Causation and Correlation Correlation does not imply causation * By missweetie * May 11
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based on the economics of the surrounding area. Funding for sports programs are the first to go when a school has difficulty meeting financial obligations despite it being proven that participation in schools sports increases both academic success and test scores. Americans continue to allow programs that assist in closing the economic gap between students and schools be removed under the guise of cost. Why are only certain sports offered in affluent school systems? Children attending school in impoverished
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Instruction and Standardized Testing Outcomes” Tiffany R. Williams Argosy University June 14, 2012 Theoretical Framework Once the literature review was engineered, it was determined that there was sufficient research provided on differentiated instruction and standardized test outcomes. The theoretical framework consisted of different philosophies and theories on differentiation instruction, meeting the individual needs, and how differentiating instruction and standardized testing outcomes
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the researcher analyzed the effects of socioeconomic status on the academic performance by retrieving data on the state mandated Missouri Assessment Program. The researcher analyzed fifty school districts on the communication arts portion of the MAP test. This data was used in determining the academic performance of these students. The percent of free and reduced lunch students in these districts was used in determining their socioeconomic status. The correlation between the two variables was determined
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