... teacher. The focus of this paper is on high-stakes standardized testing in order to receive teacher certification, either provisional or permanent, and more specifically the implications of these tests on non-native English speakers. We argue that any standardized exam inherently holds cultural and language biases, which adversely affect the success rate of minority students and pre-service ... for sale" (24). The correct answer according to the test preparation materials is providing inaccurate information. Lastly, immigrant or minority students who may be more familiar with the histor...

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... dates only to recite them on a standardized or multiple-choice test. These authors share the thought that education should not be about aptitude tests or "measurements of learning." However, they do not agree about how this system should be improved. The belief that education should be ... and testing methods, however, great majorities of professors use multiple-choice tests simply because it is the easiest way to test a student's knowledge. In most classes, especially large general education classes, such as a health or a history lecture class, professors teach classes as large as one ...

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... put into classes based on our IQ scores then I guess we wouldn't get the education we needed. As Ravitch says in her essay, "this history reminds us that tests should be used to improve education, not ration it."(25). In the past, students weren't able to get extra help in after school or ... their IQ scores. Ravitch states, " based on IQ scores, millions of children were assigned to dumbed-down programs instead of solid courses in science, math, history, literature, and foreign language."(24). I disagree with this placement of the children because some may be smarter than what their IQs...

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... everyday lives. They need to take into account the diversity of how different cultures use history to educate the next generation of children. The other side of the argument is that teachers, at least in New York State, are forced to prepare students for the Regents tests that all students must take. Unfortunately, as I remember the regents, most of the material was ... from the perspective of the white "winners" from American history. If the teacher does take time to teach the multicultural version of American history, he or she is taking that much time away from preparing the students...

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... values of the dominant culture can be passed on to another generation. School materials, such as textbooks, are largely based on a Eurocentric view. Minorities are often excluded from U.S. history. When included, minorities are offered a stereotypical view of their position in society. Native Americans are described as "filthy,"" "murderers,"" and "savages;- Chicanos are presented as lawbreakers ... Unfortunately, the public often takes these statements as truth, reinforcing racist ideology by arguing that genetic inferiority is scientifically proven. However, cultural specific content ...

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... enlighten children about the good values - in this case justice in the society - so they will not be contaminated with lies and injustice. For example, children should learn about the history of America, the biography of American founding fathers, and the values that the United States of America is based upon, such as patriotism, freedom, and justice. Considering Plato's suggestion, we ... to the Chinese community's demand, government allows Confucian to be taught at elementary schools in the Chinese-populated area. Plato believes that education is not for every child. A series of tests...

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... good point Goodman does do is that he tries to answer any common questions in his essay that the reader might have. He even gives the reader a small history lesson on testing in the past. This is a good example that he uses to show the reader what testing was originally used for to compare to what testing ... students and the students" parents. As a student I would have to agree with that statement. If I would have gone to school and know that there would be no tests, and that only I was responsible for what I would have learned, then I believe I would not have made it very far. Also my ...

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... . When someone becomes a teacher there are many parts to their everyday job. First the duties would depend on what subject the person is going to teach. A secondary history teacher's duties would involve mainly teaching and disciplining children. Secondary teachers help students to look more deeply into subjects that were introduced in elementary school. They also expose their students ... to more information about the world. There are many types of history classes I could teach. For example, plain History, American History, American Problems, World Geology, and 20th Century History are ...

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... textbooks cannot compete with the Library of Congress which is now at every students" fingertips. Teachers also report that technology is "helping kids do history, not just learn the facts" (Symonds, 2000, p. 126). One 17-year-old from Seattle has recently become much more interested in learning ... be run. This is why our response to demands for school improvement rarely include ideas other than more time in school, more homework, and more tests (Warlick, 2001). Jason Ohler, director of the University of Alaska's Educational Technology Program, sees three major shifts necessary for lead...

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... by University of Maryland statistician Lawrence M. Rudner, examined some 20,000 home-schooled students from 50 states. These students scored higher on standardized tests than public and private school students in every subject and at every grade level. The longer their parents had home schooled them, the ... results shocked Rudner himself, who initially believed that home schoolers were a bunch of "conservative nuts." He has since changed his mind. On national tests of skills and achievement, Rudner found, home-schooled kids score better than 70 to 80 percent of all test-takers. Even mo...

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... be taught more diversely now, since the economy is more diverse; to teach on a basis of supplying a demand for industrial jobs, the demand is no longer there. Subjects like: science, history, literature, and even art and music should be held at the same level of importance as math and literacy. The government should allow teachers and professors the scope and freedom ... -old students who come from low income families are seven times more likely to drop out than those from families with higher incomes" (wolk 19). Giving students high-stakes tests is extremely unfair; especially for those...

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... else. In my opinion this uniqueness needs to be more recognized if our schools are going to produce better results. Looking back over all of my years of United Stated History, I can not recount the number of times our class would focus on the very subject of equality. We must have read the beginning of the Declaration of Independence fifty times ... , and therefore we are unequal. He is not a better or worse person than I am, we are simple different. This leads me to the subject of testing. Our country uses standardized tests as means to measure the achievement or level of students. The ...

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What higher education reforms have taken place in Russia since the fall of Soviet Union? 1991 was one of the most talked about points in history. It was the fall of the Soviet Union, the fall of communism. It was a time when Russia went through economic, religious, social and educational changes. The people of Russia were ... system had employees that could not handle the situation with the current education standards. These standards were falling dangerously, as students began to fail science, math, and literature tests (Britannica on-line). These tests were common and routine for Soviet-er...

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... well as the quality of the child's individual interests. In order to make the diagnosis complete, time would need to be spent with the parents to obtain information regarding the history of the child, the development or appearance of the syndrome and the child's behaviour in specific situations. Since the child spends many hours of hisher week at school, another valuable ... early, accurate diagnosis is to the psychological development of the child. Although it may not be within a teachers' spectrum of expertise to conduct diagnostic tests, it should be within a teacher's expertise to r...

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... have a bank account with a good amount of money in it? Are you an organized person and can handle a real life situation? Kids spend too much time in school learning about history, they learn how to do algebra, measure a circle, they learn about galaxies and how to create explosions,but is that what's really going to get them far in life? Are ... to re-do the semester. In life you can't just do that. School really shouldn't be giving kids chances to re-do tests school should let the children learn from their mistakes. Do kids need to know about the history of Canada? Do they need to know...

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... be reached by channeling their unique interests in the classroom. By the same token, their activities are assessed both formally and informally through discussions, presentations, quizzes, sit-down tests and the like. Pros and Cons Literary study is a broad field that can be linked to an assorted range of subjects including psychology, sociology, anthropology, ethnography, science, and ... history-an interdisciplinary approach corresponding to a 'zone of contact' in literature. Literature can be the vehicle through which the students learn about ideas prevalent through different hi...

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... education, art education has played a rather insignificant role in the schools of the United States. According to Jenifer Milner, the history of art education shows that in the last thirty years there have been cycles of "boom and bust," periods of promise and great productivity followed by long periods of withdrawn ... hurt the most are the art and music departments. Most schools cut out the art departments because the materials that are taught in those classes are not on the standardized tests. A lot of the time schools are more worried about the accreditation they receive on the sta...

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... of the main reason for difference academically and focus is still on minority ethnic groups and social classes. The National Curriculum included ten core subjects, which were; English, Maths, Science, History, Geography, Technology, Physical Education, Art & Design, Music and Modern Foreign Languages in secondary Schools (Ward & Eden, 2009) which meant that since the development of the National Curriculum, all pupils were ... learning and assessed in a way that suited them. It would also benefit Government and teaching staff as they would be receiving more accurate information about the...

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... thrown into school districts every year, sometimes every quarter (or semester). The common core standards have not been around for very long, so in order for a proper investigation of the history of the common core standards to take place, we need to dive in to the current research and data very carefully. Between myths vs. facts and pros vs. cons, there ... putting pressure on not only the students, but the teachers and administration as well. The students' role with the common core curriculum standards are to absorb new material, pass standardized tests, and achieve knowledge in basic...

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... is only one method of education, and that is public schooling. Most think of this as their only option because that is the customary path of education. Looking back in history, the current method of schooling has only been around a hundred years since many students went to a schoolhouse. Then before schoolhouses, children were educated in their homes by their parents or ... in some case more advance then public school. Studies have shown over the last few years, students that go through the online public school option test higher on state mandated tests then many of their public school ...

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... "17). Another point is that especially in the primary governmental schools, the educational system ignores students` hobbies completely. Most of the classes are restricted to the academic subjects, such as History, Arabic, Mathematics and Science. Those schools ignore the classes of music, play and painting which pushes students to be unsatisfied with studying at schools. In addition to the ineffective ways ... Egypt because they are not well qualified and poorly paid. One of the remarkable events occurred in 2008 was when the Egyptian Ministry of Education decided to give the teachers t...

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... Spanish speakers did through 13 years of bilingual instruction. The professors discovered that students in six years of well-designed bilingual classes did much better on 11th grade standardized English tests, despite the fact that children are removed from such programs after three years in Massachusetts and Illinois (Hornblower). This is but one of the myriad studies that prove a fairly simple ... more to profit by banning bilingual education. Just as magnets have both North and South poles, there is a very different view to this matter. The holders of this viewpoint cite history, the...

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... be given a national test annually to provide to each student. This test will consist of information that every student is expected to know and comprehended up to that level. These tests will make the schools accountable for the performance of every student and the improvement of the school as a whole. This will also help to provide insight into which schools are ... educators. Also the results of the testing must be broken down into certain categories: poverty, race and ethnicity, disability, and limited English proficiency so that no group is left behind. History The demand for educati...

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... Jonathan Kozols' "Savage Inequalities". In the passage from the book regarding East St. Louis the author describes how there lives in East St. Louis are very much poverty stricken. The history of East St. Louis at the turn of the century was one of the largest railroad centers in the United States. It also led the nation in sales of horses ... for neighborhoods because a greater private investment will improve their community. Critics of the voucher program state that they would like to see these students having to take the same mandated tests as students in public schools. Also they st...

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... children's "needs", "interests", and some "adult insight concerning their future life". In this type of school that Rugg and Shumaker call "The New School", there is no room for standardized tests. Instead self expression is emphasized greatly. Self expression in every sense of the word. The New School emphasizes self expression through dance, music, words (spoken or written), visual arts, and ... immediately followed by the possible questions children may come up with, questions concerning different aspects of the same interest. Then follows the section that specifies what subject matt...

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