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A 3 page paper reviewing some of the uses of standardized testing. The testing instruments and procedures we currently have are far from being perfect, but they do have value in that they can identify individual students testing well outside median range. Those testing far above and far below the average may have needs that would not be recognized in other ways. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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File: CC6_KSeduTestPur.rtf
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There are few either within the educational system or outside of it who truly like the testing systems we use today or absolutely trust the results. The SAT
has been rewritten - many say "dumbed down" - several times over the years, not because some sections needed to reflect social or technological changes, but so that test designers
could stem the downward spiral of test scores. There is no question that standardized testing has its weaknesses, but it still is useful.
Whether it is able to reflect students true levels of mastery of content and concepts is debatable, but it does provide a common ground from which to assess general
trends. It also is useful in counseling students. Schools Use National results of standardized testing results from combining the results of thousands
of individual classes. Schools can use the results gained from individual classes to assess how their students compare to similar students, either in other schools within the same district
or on a national level. Many complain that over-reliance on standardized test results leads only to mediocrity (Greene, Winters and Forster, 2003). Whether that is true or not
is debatable of course, but the tests do enable schools to identify those areas in which their students do not perform as well as others, signaling the need to give
those areas additional attention. Alternatives to Testing Journaling Calderon (1991) addresses the use of journal writing as an exercise in cooperative learning among
Hispanic students for whom English is a second language. The author states that "cooperative learning has been found to be effective for promoting the academic achievement, language acquisition, and
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