This month and the next have now become some of the biggest weeks for students in 3-12 grade because this set of weeks are the weeks that they will participate in standardized testing to see not only where they stand but the school stands as well. does the school get more money? this test is the deciding factor. some school district are haven’t he problem that their elementary schools are passing the test but on the other hand the high-schools are failing. some are arguing that the high-school test are to hard for the students to pass others are saying that the test should Be hard so that the students are getting prepared for what hey will encounter after high school and that this makes the schools push harder for the classes to succeed. but even int he test that the students take in 8th grade these succeed but then they have to take remedial classes to get the students where they should be for high school level work. So what are we saying about these test that we either need to make the 8th grade test harder or to make the high school easier. for theh people that say the test is to prepare the students for what xcomes after high school why is it preparing them for this time in there life it is not preparin them to think at all they are to fill in bubbles that are not entirely thought provoking i know that for me and other students as freshman in college i was not ready for what i needed to do to succeed in school i learned pretty fast not to take things a face level. it is hard to get use to when you were not taught to thinjk and i dont think any standardized test helps you prepare for the rest of your life.
Testing Months
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I think that an act like No Child Left Behind, which focuses soley on standardized test scores cannot be successful unless it works to improve teaching styles and increase student interest. One of the biggest problems in our schools is a lack of interest among students. If more effort was concentrated on making accomodations for the various learning styles of students, more kids would find learning enjoyable, leading to better comprehension of learning material and, ultimately, higher test scores.
that is exactly what i think i personally dont think this Act has helped much. i know plenty of people that are not good test takers and unfortunately that is not taken into acount or that people learn at diffent levels and at their own paces. it is hard to show the progress a student has made by a standardized test. for example a student who is in first grace but at the beginnibng of the year could not read necessary words or small boks half way through the year cant show the success of that student because they wont be at grade level for that student they really did weel theat year they over came obsticles a test given by the government is not going to show that.