... us how kids are learning? There is a great improvement of students with their scores but there is still a big barrier between minority student such as Latinos and blacks with white students. According to a journal in Student Test Scores, a Wider Gap, African-Americans score increased to 6 points in the SAT verbal and 7 points higher in math in the past 10 years. In comparison, white student ... a test that was supposedly designed to even the playing field. Well-off students win thousands of scholarship dollars, despite their financial readiness to attend the most prestigious colleges and...

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... need with "an emphasis on increased funding for poor school districts, higher achievement for poor and minority students, and new measures to hold schools accountable for their students' progress" (PBS 1). Colleges and Universities utilize the ACT's and/or the SAT's as the most reliable and unbiased source to compare applicants. These college entrance exams are highly accurate predictors when it comes ... that they have a fair chance for further education. These standardized test set the standards for all students to reach and break all boundaries; still, those that oppose this testing ...

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... of subjects that educators feel a student of a certain level should know. Standardized tests are used by colleges and university to predict student performance. For whatever reason they are used, they are not the be all and end all. They should not be thought of as such. Standardized tests are only one tool in ... test results. The National Association for the education of young children believes that the "purpose of standardized testing must be to improve the services for children and that children benefit from their educational experience" (311). The NAEYC believes that there are guid...

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