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I¡¦ve said several times that to change our lives we need both to change the way that we think about the world and to change those parts of the world that help make us think that way.

Quite a lot of information has been written on the negative affects of standardized testing on students, one must only type the phrase ¡§standardized testing¡¨ into an Internet search and thousands of hits occur. There have been books written on the subject such as, Standardized Minds by Peter Sacks or Alfie Kohn¡¦s The Case Against Standardized Testing: Raising the Scores, Ruining the Schools. Some of the adverse affects of testing can include: lowered expectations of student performance; negative attitudes toward low performing students; lowered self-esteem and expectations by students; inappropriate placement in special education and speech/therapy programs, lowered probability of placement in talented and gifted programs; and increased drop-out rates. {find more examples and citations} Although there seems to be relatively active debates regarding high-stakes standardized testing for students there are less conversations s

3. Has demonstrated subject area competence in each of the core academic subjects in which the teacher teaches.

It is important to know how immigrants struggle to pass the New York State Certification Exams due to many factors. The language barrier is the most influence factor according to Magdiel:

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