High-Stakes Testing In Public Schools: A Case Study

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Statistics tend to show a success gap between "hearing students" (students without hearing loss) and deaf students in public schools. Why do hearing students often achieve more in school than students with hearing loss? What can be done about this? There are many answers to these questions and many ways to improve this inequity. It is important to first look at the situation, identify the problem, and then discuss how to help students who are struggling with hearing loss. Special accommodations may be needed to ensure that test scores are valid for students with disabilities. Test developers should include students with disabilities in field testing and document the impact of particular modifications for test users. Has this ever been…show more content…
High-stakes testing begins in elementary school, where the results determine promotion from one grade to another. “High-stakes test them determines graduation from high school; admission to undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools,; and professional licenses, and employment credentials.” (Spring, 16th Edition, 2013 American Education P.63) It should be self-evident, that mass produced, mass administered English language and reading tests would not be sensitive enough to bring to light the serious difficulties with English grammar, vocabulary and reading and writing that many students in school face. It’s a problem that to self-evident to those who crack the whip of standardized…show more content…
IEP (Individualized Education Plan) usually has the obstacles addressed as to what standard expectation and based on the goals of their objectives to be met. The issue is financial situations in some districts where they don’t want to spend the dollars on a student. No matter how severe a hearing loss the students may have, they deserve the right to perform the best of their abilities. These children need proper accommodations and support from their families and teachers. “In the high-stakes testing model, everyone is given an equal chance to learn, and they take the same tests to determine what they have learned.” (Spring, 16th Edition, 2013, American Education, P. 63) Regardless of deaf and hard of hearing students mainstream in public schools, we are able to focus on solutions to help these students succeed. It is important that students have an equal opportunity to succeed and achieve academic excellence. The deaf people have every right to equal communication access through sign language
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