Standardized Testing

✍ Scribed by Ivy Hearne

• Publisher: Belgate Press
• Year: 2019
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 36 KB
• Category: Fiction
• ASIN: B07PX4XWZ9

✦ Synopsis

Several articles discuss the issues surrounding standardized testing.;Does standardized testing increase learning? Standardized testing helps identify student needs / Karen Tankersley ; Standardized testing restricts student learning / Helen Cole, Kathy Hulley, and Peggy Quarles ; Standardized testing has improved education for poor and minority students / Education Equality Project ; Standardized testing has harmed poor and minority students / Monty Neill ; Standardized testing is improving education for disabled students / Advocacy Institute ; High-stakes testing can create obstacles for disabled students / Candace Cortiella -- Are standardized tests beneficial to teachers? Good teachers "teach to the test" / Walt Gardner ; Teaching to the test weakens education / Judy Willis ; Teachers should be evaluated according to their students' test scores / Arne Duncan ; Present tests are not a good measurement of a teacher's effectiveness / W. James Popham ; A national test would support rigorous proficiency standards / Michael K. Smith ; Standardized tests do not accurately measure proficiency / Chester E. Finn Jr. and Michael J. Petrilli -- Are standardized tests valuable for college admissions? Achievement tests are good tools for college admissions / Richard C. Atkinson and Saul Geiser ; Standardized tests are overemphasized in college admissions / Elizabeth Landau ; The SAT is a good predictor of college success / Peter Salins ; The SAT is a poor predictor of college success / National Center for Fair and Open Testing ; Test prep courses are a good investment / Scott Jaschik ; Test prep courses are overrated / Derek C. Briggs.