Persuasive Speech On Standardized Testing

States have been removing or hiding history from students. In Denver, students are protesting about a school board review which wants to “[ensure] that teaching materials present positive aspects of the U.S history” and promote citizenship” (Wallace n. pag.).Tulsa Race Riot history is an important U.S. history event which hasn’t been incorporated into many textbooks, even though there were “dozens of deaths [and] hundreds of injuries” and also the destruction of Greenwood which later results in students poor knowledge of where they came from (Hoberock n. pag.). In Texas, it is being taught that slavery was just a side issue of the Civil War because guidelines for teaching American history do not include the teaching of the Ku Klux Klan or Jim Crow Laws. This gives a false impression to students.

Furthermore, one similarity Gatto and Robinson shared is the effect of schooling on students’ morals. Gatto referred to Prussian system in his discussion, an old idea of compulsory schooling as a system that can influence the morals, and make children fulfill their potentials. Likewise, Robinson pronounced that kids are not successful under the current system of education in our country because education is being reformed. For example, cases of ADHD are on the increase. Our children are living in the most intensely stimulating period in the history of the earth because these kids ended up being medicated as routinely as we have our tonsils taken out.

Standardized Testing Argumentative Essay The United States’ education system sets kids up for failure. This is due to mandatory tests called standardized testing, which attempts to see where a child’s current cognitive abilities lie. However, standardized testing fails to do so, and is a detriment to student education, failing to prepare students for post-education life. These fallacies in the US education system are due to the avocation for teachers to ‘Teach to the Test’ and testing material not being suited to properly gauge student progress and knowledge.

Another reason books are often challenged is because of offensive themes. Themes can range anywhere from honesty to kindness to loyalty. However, a major theme of Killing Mr. Griffin is peer pressure. In the beginning of the book Mark decides he wants to kidnap his teacher for making him fail the class twice. “I 'm taking the stupid course over again because I have to have an English credit to graduate, and that idiot Mr.Griffin keeps failing me.”

A Lie Learned For Next Time One theme demonstrated in Kurt Vonnegut Jr’s. short story, “The Lie” is procrastination can lead to worse and more serious situations. Eli, a young boy, is pressured by his parents to get into Whitehill, a school for academically surpassing boys. Unfortunately, Eli finds out he failed the exam when his results come back in the mail.

This is an obvious flaw because any statistics taken from the results of these tests can be unreliable and not representative of the students’ actual academic abilities. It was found that, in some states, No Child Left Behind testing led to a higher number of students with disabilities dropping out of school due to the inability to perform at what the school considered “normal” academically. Another flaw in the program would be “teaching to the test”. Since AYP is solely based on the results of standardized testing, it encourages teachers to only teach a handful of basic skills rather than creating a detailed and in-depth understanding of the curriculum. For example, if basic math questions are asked on a standardized test, the student will only be taught basic math skills.

Standardized Testing ; Are they so bad? Standardized testing can come with huge consequences for students and even teachers. A student who was a junior from Arlington, Texas got suspended because he took a picture of a STAAR exam.

What Is the Real Cause of Educational Achievement Gap? Summary of article:(TS)In the article“ The Facts about the Achievement Gap” originally published in the book Reign of Error: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America’s Public Schools in 2013, Diane Ravitch claims that there are many reasons causing educational achievement gaps and only focusing on improve school systems will not help us to solve it completely. According to the article,the educational achievement gap means different degrees of achievements that students receive from their schools.(MP#1) As Ravitch says,“what we call achievement gaps are in fact opportunity gaps.

No Child Left Behind obligated school districts in all states to ensure that all students are proficient. “After New York City’s reading and math scores plunged in 2010, many schools imposed extra measures to avoid being shut down, including daily two and a half hour prep sessions and test practice on vacation days.” (Is the Use”). Standardized tests measure only a small portion of what makes education meaningful, as recent studies have shown. Standardized testing creates disadvantages for students who do not perform well on tests, or do not have the background knowledge to complete questions effectively.

The debate of whether Huck Finn should be banned from high schools is a matter  of teaching future generations what is right and what is wrong. Few people will read Huck Finn on their own for the fun of it – especially high school students. It is paramount that these students be taught the history of injustice and hate through responsible teachers. After all, those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat

Many people don’t know about the Holocaust or only know that it happened during the time of WW2. The Holocaust was the mass massacre 6 million of Jews and other minorities in Europe by the Nazi regime. Some people might not want their kids to be taught this in 8th grade because they believe that their children’s minds will be polluted by thoughts of killing and extended torture. Students in 8th grade should definitely be taught about the Holocaust because it is necessary to teach them to learn from history and never judge anyone by their race, and finally explain to them that being silent towards others suffering can lead to mass destruction over a period of time.

On New Year 's Day, she found out that she had brain cancer. After multiple procedures to remove part of the tumor, Maynard learned that it had come back and was more aggressive. Doctors said she had fewer than six months to live. Brittany Maynard 's true legacy "I do not want to die. But I am dying," she wrote in an emotional essay for CNN in October 2014.

Opt Out is a movement that is addressing the option of not having a child participate in standardized testing. This is part of the No Child Left Behind program and addresses the way standardized testing distorts and corrupts K-12 classrooms perception. A growing numbers of parents, teachers and students are questioning the value of federal, state and district testing. Opt Out is stating that standardized testing results have shown that it is not having a positive effect on preparing students for college. This subject is important not only because our group is comprised of a soon to be mother and a mother of a teenager but the overall effect on the educational system.

By now you have probably seen my test scores, which are pretty low. However, my test scores do not define how knowledgable I am. Instead, these tests highlight how unsuccessful I am when taking timed tests. For me, when I am in an ACT or SAT testing session, my mind is running wild with formulas and strategies that I may use, yet I still

The school board tried to talk the incident out of what really happened, so that they can win the school budget election, but it failed. Both Philip and Miss Narwin faces major issues, Miss Narwin was asked to take a leave of absences even when a lot of people are giving her hate mails and Philip becomes stressed with his peers disapproving him. In the end, Miss Narwin resigns teaching and Philip switches to a new school where singing the anthem was allowed and in his response he said he didn’t know the