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Standardized Testing and the Learning Disabled
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A 5 page paper which examines the subject of standardized testing as it involves students with learning disabilities. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: RAlrtst.rtf

Standardized Testing Annotated Bibliography For PGstst.rtf
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This is a 5 page annotated bibliography for a paper in the files (PGstst.rtf). 14 sources are included in the document.
Filename: PGanbib.rtf

Standardized Testing In Kindergarten
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A 19 page paper. This paper discusses the trend to use standardized tests with younger and younger children. The paper reports nine articles, six of which report empirical data related to kindergarten children's achievement. The focus assessment instrument is the Stanford Early School Achievement-2 (SESAT-2) test. However, the paper discusses the general issue of gender differences in terms of brain development as a reason for boys and girls do perform differently on different tests and in learning different subjects. The paper includes a discussion that comments and analyzes the articles reported. Bibliography lists 11 sources. Additional annotated bibliography is part of the page count.
Filename: PGsesat.rtf

Standardized Testing, Immigrants And ESL
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This 5 page paper discusses nine journal articles/book chapters with a focus on standardized testing. The essay is not a summary of the articles/book chapters but rather discusses issues that are cross-referenced, such as the issue of using standardized tests with new immigrants, the disadvantages and English language learners. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: PGsts9.RTF

STANDARDIZED TESTING: A LITERATURE REVIEW
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This 4-page paper provides a literature review about the topic of standardized testing and its disadvantages. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: MTstante.rtf

Standardized Testing: Article Overviews
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3 pages in length. Pigeon-holing students by virtue of the one-size-fits-all approach of standardized testing has become more of a detriment to encouraging academic growth than the beneficial outcome school administrators originally anticipated. John Gehring's "Mass. Teachers Blast State Tests in New TV Ads" and Anne C. Lewis's "Special Needs" illustrate the extent to which the entire concept of sink-or-swim scholastic evaluation is not only wholly inequitable to several different populations but also an extremely inaccurate barometer of progress with regard to such vast generalizations. No additional sources cited.
Filename: TLCStandTest.rtf

Standardized Tests
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A 10 page research paper that examines the topic of high-stakes, standardized testing, which was implemented by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. The writer looks the effect of such testing on teaching practices and the teaching profession in general. This literature review reveals that educators have found the effect of this testing to be highly detrimental to the goals of good teaching practice. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: khhsstts.rtf

Standardized Tests - Suburban Vs Urban
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This 9 page paper presents part of a research proposal to study the factors that contribute to the difference in achievement levels between suburban and urban students. The introduction provides a basic overview of standardized tests, the purpose of the study and the hypothesis for the study. The literature review reports studies that confirm the gap between suburban and urban but also identifies other variables affecting achievement, such as poverty. The methodology section describes the types of data to be collected. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
Filename: PGstndt.rtf

Standardized Tests: Research Proposal
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A 8 Page Paper. Controversy has surrounded the practice of using standardized tests to measure student performance for many years. This controversy is especially heated when young elementary age students are concerned. This paper represents a research proposal to determine if the format of standardized tests has an effect on the 3rd and 4th grade student scores. The investigator provides an introduction to the problem, hypothesis, methodology, literature review and discussion. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: PGtest5.wps

Standards as an Educational Reform Tool
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This 3 page paper considers some of the educational standards that have been suggested, and whether standards are useful in the first place. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: HVEdRef.rtf