It was from Britain that standardized testing originated, not only throughout the commons of Britain, but to Europe and then America. A big contributing factor to the growth of standardized testing in the United States was immigration. Standardized tests were used in immigration when people first came over to test social roles and find social power and status. EOI tests have the same purpose as competency tests. It assesses a student’s abilities and knowledge of objectives and concepts (FACTS End-Of-Instruction).
The purpose of the Alegebra II EOI test is to measure the proficiency at the end of instruction in Algebra II. According to Oklahoma C³ Standards (“Okla. Core Curriculum Tests”), Students are tested on a variety of concepts, like number sense and algebratic operations, relations and functions, data analysis, probability, and statistics. (as showed in figure 1) Students are also tested on major concepts that are recommended to be taught in depth using a varity of methods. Among these concepts are skills such as identifying graphs and writing equations of the conic selection...
Michele Obama once stated, “If my future were determined just by my performance on a standardized test, I wouldn 't be here. I guarantee you that.” The First Lady is, in other words, to say that standardized testing was a major factor into her life’s outcome and her scores could have potentially not put her in her position of power that she is highly recognized in today’s society. Although standardized tests do play a large role in any college application, standardized testing may not count as much toward one’s college admissions or success because standardized tests are not the only factor toward college applications, these tests only benefit a specific target group of people, and standardized tests are better used for giving insight on one’s
A scholarly journal written by an anonymous author sheds light on the importance of standardized testing by showing its efficiency in higher level education. This article provides a solid counterargument for the use of standardized tests which is standardized tests being a good source of predicting grades throughout college as well as whether students will stay long enough to graduate. It is also able to establish that the SAT is effective in forecasting a grade-point average through the fourth year as well as predicting students study habits. The
Some students simply do not test well, others try their hardest and still cannot reach the impracticable standards set for them. The individuals who create these tests do not understand the pressures of being a student, or the struggle to answer thirty-five questions in a compressed time period. One test cannot accurately measure the intelligence of a student.
According to the website, I have an IQ of 113. I feel as though a site like www.iqtest.com could produce a “g” score because they make you pay too see an analysis of your results, which indicates to me that they put some effort into producing fairly accurate scores. General intelligence, also known as “g”, describes an individual’s specific mental ability, which is measured by tasks on an IQ test (Myers p. 405). The site breaks down your overall IQ results into different categories of intelligence and gives you an IQ score for how well you tested in a given area. For example, there is a category for “spatial intelligence” which is ones ability to predict what actions will happen based on varied conditions (Website). By looking at the broken down results you can compare areas you have strengths in, versus the areas you might struggle in. This is in accordance to what Charles Sherman found when he discovered that people who score high in one area tend to score high in similar categories (Myers p. 405). For a person to see what their “g” score would be they would simply have to look at which category they scored highest in and from that they would see in which area they have the highest intelligence in.
By definition, a test is a given short written or oral examination to determine a person’s proficiency or knowledge in a specific subject, and it seems that recently standardized tests have been lacking in regards to the true definition. Standardized testing is speculated to have its roots in seventh century China, where they would administer a test on Confucian era philosophy and poetry as a selection process for civil service, this form of testing has evolved into the tests we know today as the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) and the American College Testing (ACT). Today too many students are depressed and anxious from education related stress, the added mental strain of a mandatory test that sometimes even determines whether or not that student goes to college seems cynical and over the top. Standardized tests should be reformed to judge a students ability to retain knowledge and skills long term and steer educators away from solely teaching students how to pass the test.
Throughout my educational career, I remember taking standardized exams since I was in second grade. My experience with the standardized test was never a pleasant one. At a certain point, I thought that it would hinder me from going on to the next grade, graduating high school and going to a college of my choice. I always felt that standardized test did not measure my actual intelligence and was frustrated with the concept that comparing students to others, by giving all students a basic multiple choice test, is enough to measure how well each child would do throughout the school. After I had started understanding the ranking system, I started doubting my ability to keep up with my peers, not just in my school but the state. The first exam that
After completing the Clifton strength finders test, I learned my dominant strengths and it gave me a sense on what areas I am strong in. It allows you to work in the areas that you are good in and not in the ones you might not be as strong in. My top five strengths were learner, connectedness, belief, positivity, and includer. A lot of these I figured I would have because I am an athlete and I love to be positive. That is good because I practice these strengths every day which in turn will make me better at them and will allow me to use them in my career.
The reasons why we have standardized testing today is because of many reasons. The States use it to compare abilities and skills of a student. We also give standardized testing...
Standardized testing is occuring more often in a year than it should be. The tests stress out students and give kids anxiety. On top of that, standardized testing is not for the purpose of working towards a higher education. Standardized testing also takes away creative thinking from students.
Standardized test are tests given to all test-takers under the same conditions. They are perceived to be a more fair form of judgment to students applying for a higher level of education rather than assessment that use different questions or different conditions of students according to their socioeconomic status, race among other considerations. They are designed in such a way that the questions, scoring procedures, interpretations and their conditions for administering are administered in the best manner they could provide.
Standardized testing can be a very controversial topic. The usage of standardized tests has increased since the 2001 No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) required yearly standardized tests in all 50 states. Standardized tests were made to hold both teachers and students accountable, but in recent years, the U.S has fallen behind in various subjects educational wise. Most students in todays’ society are pressured by their school districts to excel on standardized tests. Standardized tests have been around for many years. Standardized testing has many effects on the mental and physical health of students and limits students from learning how to do lifelong skills.
In today’s highly competitive job market it is extremely challenging and important for businesses to fill a vacancy with the right candidate (Cann, 2013). Due to high demand of potential candidates, developing a portfolio of employability skills which include psychometric testing is considered important in every workplace (Mills et al., 2011). Thus, I recently took three practice psychometric tests on verbal, numerical and inductive/logical reasoning. This essay is a reflection of my personal experience of psychometric testing. First, I will talk about what the literature comments on in relation to the strengths and weaknesses of psychometric testing. Then, I will assess whether literature reflects
Standardized testing in the United States is not always a common practice. In the Mid-1800s, Horace Mann, an education reformist, developed a test to administer to a group of students. Its purpose was to determine how students were performing at their current level and whether they were capable of proceeding to a higher level of education, although the student’s success on the test had no negative repercussions. These tests were a necessity at that time because the idea of public education was still being molded and these tests were the only means by which student progress could be measured. Within 35 years of the first recorded examination in 1845, testing became the factor which determined whether students were able to be promoted to the next grade.
Standardized, wich means, the same for everyone. However, are all students the same? Do we learn the same?Do we interpret things the same way? The answer is no. Give a poem to a group of students and you will find many different interpretations. Unles the teacher prompt the students to think in a certain way, every mind see things differently. A single test does not provide the flexibility for the student to show
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