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Tuesday, April 28, 2015

I'd like some help with assignment 4

I'm at a point were I'm certain my essay won't be done on time, so I'd like to get some help from you guys for the personal source. My essay is on standardized testing and I'd like to hear/read you opinions about it.
I'm going to give the description from my essay I give standardized testing to give you an idea of what it is. I'd also like to know if you guys think if its a good description or not.

 "Standardized test start off with roughly 40~70 multiple choice questions, followed by an essay question."

(Examples are the regents exams, the S.A.T.s, the G.E.D test ect..)

My questions are "Do you think we should be using standardized tests? why/why not?"

one last thing what do you guys think about my current working thesis statement?

 "Standardized tests are an unreliable means of measuring student progress, and shouldn't be used as such because they can not measure a persons potential, or ascertain what support a student might need, or even accurately measure what a student knows. While these test can be used to help get a general idea of what person might know, they can't get the full picture without the context of who the person is."
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  1. Prof. John TalbirdMay 3, 2015 at 10:54 AM

    Hi Jack: I think your working thesis statement is a good one. One issue that I'd like you to think about: Since everyone--students, teachers, parents--seems to have problems w/ standardized testings, why do they exist? Who WANTS them? Who think they're a good idea and why?

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  2. JackMay 3, 2015 at 5:47 PM

    I'll look into it.

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