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The image of equality doesn’t stem from a group as a whole, but how each individual themselves affect the group. The United States has been focused for many years on making the people in this country equal, although over the years they have tended to leave one group out – the students. Students nationwide have been made to take standardized tests to see if they are intellectually ready for the next step in their life. In the state of Florida over the past few years, the debate on whether or not the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) is actually helping the students, this debate also includes whether or not college aptitude tests similar to the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) should be included in the enrollment/acceptance process for universities. If this country is actually striving for equality throughout, then these tests should not be administered or not weighed as heavily as they are now.
Everyone has a different style of learning, from visual learners to auditory learners to kinesthetic learners. Inside each sub-group of learners, there are difficulties and strong suits. This means not everyone will succeed in the same topics as another, so how does the state create a standardized test to test the students? In Thorndike’s Law of Effect he concludes “responses that lead to satisfying consequences are more likely to be repeated and responses followed by negative outcomes are less likely to be repeated” (Feldman, 2011). Within Thorndike’s conclusion, it supports the fact if a student fails in one category in school, he/she is most likely not to better themselves in that category, but they will better themselves in a category that they do well in, all due to the fact of satisfying consequences and negative outcomes....
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