Despite the benefits teachers and schools obtain, standardized testing like the FCAT is not effective in evaluating student’s performance because not all students learn at the same level, they fall under pressure, and they are being taught just for the test which prevents from learning skills that are yet to be learned. Admittedly, the FCAT brings benefits to
Instead of learning some actual useful information, teachers fret over the test rather than about how much that student is actually absorbing into their head. It has become a practice to ‘teach the test’ in today’s teaching world. Tests like SAT, ACT and AP have you pay quite a bit and don’t even show you what you did wrong, blocking out the possibility of even trying to learn from your mistakes. It is believed to be a clever tactic used to gain more profit, students keep coming back to prove they are worth more with those silly numbers. They stress day and night over these overrated tests, like previously stated channeling out the imagination, curiosity and good will.
To express this in other words, if you are working on a hard problem, you are going to make mistakes. It’s easy to expect perfection from ourselves and/or the fear the judgment that comes with “messing up”. Even at its worse, we learn from those errors to really dive into the problem for a successful result. That is not a new concept, but it is one that is often forgotten. Mistakes are actually indicators that you are actually trying to succeed, so without them you are not doing much at all.
NCLB set forth a certain criteria to be met, but allowed the states to determine how they would accomplish it. Therefore, each state handles assessment and accountability differently. This makes it hard to show success or failure of the programs. Supporters and critics alike can cite research that supports their opinion. My opinion of NCLB is it is flawed, developmentally inappropriate, ill funded, ←and→ leaving more students, teachers, ←and→ schools behind than ever before because The tests have turned into the objective of classroom instruction rather than the measure of teaching ←and→ learning.
Erica Goldson Valedictorian Speech Response Erica Goldson brought up a very controversial and very interesting topic about our current education system in the US. She states that students are so focused at memorizing data and getting good grades, that they miss out on the whole idea of learning and being educated. I agree with her, students should be learning and absorbing the material, instead of memorizing for the next big test and just forgetting about it later on. Graduating seems like the top priority in students nowadays, and to me that is just upsetting. And the students who are very talented and are very motivated to learn and be driven in a non-academic subject seem to have a more negative image than the people who are driven by academics.
Activity and work means that you have to work to survive and by working hard you are more important then some else. This value stood out because Jurgis was always working, working to provide for his family, working because that was all there was to do. This becomes evident when Jurgis first comes to the Packingtown. “‘Tomorrow,’ Jurgis said when they were left alone, ‘tomorrow I will get a job… and then we can get a place of our own’ ” (27). The first thing Jurgis realizes is that he needed a job.
Teachers are tested annually to make sure they are and can be effective teachers. Knowing that I will be tested every year lets me know that the state cares about the student’s education just as much as I do. Knowing that each year when I am tested that it determines if I continue to have a job or lose my job makes me want to be the best teacher that I can be. Teachers that are let go are not up to standards, so it makes me know and feel secure that the teachers teaching the students care about the student’s futures as much as I
An educational facility that is given adequate resources has a much better chance of pushing the boundaries of education and developing new and effective methods of learning. Currently, many teachers are required to pull money out of their own pocket just to acquire the materials needed for their class to finish the curriculum. These teachers are being barred from a right to think freely about how their students think because of budgeting. The only way to improve education standards in the U.S. is to show the proper respect to it, both socially and out of our
These tests are introduced as early as 2nd grade. Few know, however, that these tests actually are very inaccurate in comparing students’ intelligences. Standardized tests have a horrible history and still remain a problem in today’s society; furthermore, there are more beneficial solutions out there to encourage knowledge growth. The history of standardized testing has been rocky since the start. In 1912, Henry Goddard, who
363) as stated by Peter Nicholson. Media outlets are readily accessible and can provide the specific information needed at such a rapid pace; however this is largely responsible for a decreasing aptitude to discern any meaningful knowledge from a written body of text despite being able to read it. There is differing degrees of illiteracy but all can have a multitude of adverse effects – the very worst being preventing an individual from making decisions regarding their well-being and more mild effects which would involve impeding an individual from maximizing their potential contribution to society. Post-secondary school offers many examples of illiteracy and some of the motivating causes of it. “Sentence-paragraph prose