1) Standardized testing has expanded dramatically in recent years in the U.S. and plays a much larger role in education than ever before or in other countries.
2) Non-instructional factors like socioeconomic status explain most of the variation in test scores between schools and districts.
3) Norm-referenced tests are designed to spread out scores, not measure learning or teaching quality.
4) Standardized test scores often correlate more with superficial learning approaches than deep understanding.
The study finds that decreasing the size of school districts has a substantial and statistically significant positive effect on graduation rates. Conversely, consolidation of school districts into larger units leads to more students dropping out of high school. The results of the analysis indicate that decreasing the average size of a state's school districts by 200 square miles leads to an increase of about 1.7 percentage points in its graduation rate. This finding is particularly important for states with very large school districts.
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The study finds that decreasing the size of school districts has a substantial and statistically significant positive effect on graduation rates. Conversely, consolidation of school districts into larger units leads to more students dropping out of high school. The results of the analysis indicate that decreasing the average size of a state's school districts by 200 square miles leads to an increase of about 1.7 percentage points in its graduation rate. This finding is particularly important for states with very large school districts.
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Hoagies' Gifted: Testing and assessment of the GiftedCarolyn K.
What do the tests we give students mean? How can you compare scores across different measures? What do we need to know about intelligence, ability, and achievement testing? Find answers here!
Presentation delivered by Prof. Emily Pentzer, PhD, at Northwestern University through a student invited NUBonD seminar in March 2018. The presentation discusses challenges and opportunities for first generation (first gen) college students majoring in STEM fields, drawing from published literature and personal experiences of Prof. Pentzer. Prof. Pentzer is the Frank Hovorka Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH.
The purpose of this study was to determine how parenting contributes to deviancy in school among students at Bokamoso Junior Secondary School. The study was a descriptive survey in which a questionnaire was administered to Form 2 and Form 3 students of Bokamoso Secondary School to collect data. The results were then presented using mean and standard deviation. The results showed that majority of students were male around the age of 16-20 years. The results further revealed that parental involvement has a significant influence on students being deviant, which was given by an average mean of 2.55 which is above the criterion mean of 2.50 and average standard deviation of 0.572. It was concluded that parenting is factor associated with a deviancy amongst students at Bokamoso Secondary School. It was therefore recommended that they should be a joint disciplinary council consisting of parents or guardian, teachers and school management which usually recommends on how to deal or act on certain offences depending on the gravity of offences.
This document is meant to be used as a guide to current and upcoming students at the CXC CSEC level experiencing difficulty in doing their School Bases Assesment (SBA). This document follows the 2010 syllabus which may be subject to change.
Starting Together, Growing Apart:
Gender gaps in learning from preschool to adulthood in four
developing countries
Abhijeet Singh
University College London,
Young Lives
Sofya Krutikova
Institute for Fiscal Studies,
Young Lives
Young Lives conference, Oxford
9 Sept 2016
With growth in enrollment in online courses at the university level, the quality of those courses is coming under increased scrutiny. This study surveyed faculty with experience in online, onsite, and blended courses to identify factors most likely to impede student success in online courses as well as strategies to improve online courses. The most common responses for why students might find online courses more challenging focus in the areas time management, student-teacher interaction, and motivation. The strategies for improving student success in online courses fall into the categories of assignments, teaching strategies, and training for both faculty and students. Steps for students to take before enrolling in an online course and tips for faculty who want to teach online courses for the first time are also included as appendices.
Hoagies' Gifted: Testing and assessment of the GiftedCarolyn K.
What do the tests we give students mean? How can you compare scores across different measures? What do we need to know about intelligence, ability, and achievement testing? Find answers here!
Presentation delivered by Prof. Emily Pentzer, PhD, at Northwestern University through a student invited NUBonD seminar in March 2018. The presentation discusses challenges and opportunities for first generation (first gen) college students majoring in STEM fields, drawing from published literature and personal experiences of Prof. Pentzer. Prof. Pentzer is the Frank Hovorka Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH.
The purpose of this study was to determine how parenting contributes to deviancy in school among students at Bokamoso Junior Secondary School. The study was a descriptive survey in which a questionnaire was administered to Form 2 and Form 3 students of Bokamoso Secondary School to collect data. The results were then presented using mean and standard deviation. The results showed that majority of students were male around the age of 16-20 years. The results further revealed that parental involvement has a significant influence on students being deviant, which was given by an average mean of 2.55 which is above the criterion mean of 2.50 and average standard deviation of 0.572. It was concluded that parenting is factor associated with a deviancy amongst students at Bokamoso Secondary School. It was therefore recommended that they should be a joint disciplinary council consisting of parents or guardian, teachers and school management which usually recommends on how to deal or act on certain offences depending on the gravity of offences.
This document is meant to be used as a guide to current and upcoming students at the CXC CSEC level experiencing difficulty in doing their School Bases Assesment (SBA). This document follows the 2010 syllabus which may be subject to change.
Starting Together, Growing Apart:
Gender gaps in learning from preschool to adulthood in four
developing countries
Abhijeet Singh
University College London,
Young Lives
Sofya Krutikova
Institute for Fiscal Studies,
Young Lives
Young Lives conference, Oxford
9 Sept 2016
With growth in enrollment in online courses at the university level, the quality of those courses is coming under increased scrutiny. This study surveyed faculty with experience in online, onsite, and blended courses to identify factors most likely to impede student success in online courses as well as strategies to improve online courses. The most common responses for why students might find online courses more challenging focus in the areas time management, student-teacher interaction, and motivation. The strategies for improving student success in online courses fall into the categories of assignments, teaching strategies, and training for both faculty and students. Steps for students to take before enrolling in an online course and tips for faculty who want to teach online courses for the first time are also included as appendices.
A summary of Alfie Kohn's book "The Homework Myth" with some reflections and questions about its practicality. In general this power point summarizes the books. It is a highly recommended book.
Motivation is like an accelerator in a vehicle. A vehicle keeps moving at the pace decided by its accelerator. The moment accelerator is reduced, vehicle’s speed reduces and it may come to a standstill if there is no further acceleration. Alternatively, if brakes are applied, there will be an abrupt reduction in the speed of the vehicle and it may come to a standstill.
This is true to human beings as well. As long as they are motivated they keep working and producing extraordinary results. The moment there is a drop in their acceleration (motivation), results start diminishing. Of course, applying brakes (dissatisfaction/demotivation) certainly bring them to a halt. The only difference is that unlike a vehicle, human beings have different types of accelerator and brake.
Therefore, the book, Why My Horse Doesn't Drink' will help readers to identify the ways that may accelerate or slow down the speed of their team members. Chapter ‘How to motivate’ talks about the points that accelerate and chapter ‘How not to demotivate’ explains the factors that may work as brakes to performance. Thereby readers will be able to make best use of their vehicle (Team Members).
Here are three out of six efficient tips on how to increase motivation. To learn three other tips, click the link: http://vkool.com/how-to-increase-motivation/.
1. Being Decisive
Being decisive is one of the most important techniques on how to increase motivation. Being decisive means your determination is big, and you are willing to take action no matter how hard it is.
Performing what you need to do decisively without hesitation can help you overcome fear of failure, as well as, avoid the paralysis of analysis capability. The decisiveness can also help in creating momentum and fanning the flames inside you.
2. Learn Quotes
Learning quotes is another helpful tip on how to increase motivation. The famous quotes are very useful companions in life as they are meaningful, significant, and right. If you want to find an encouragement, read related quotes, and you will be willing to do any challenge. “Who go to the end is the winner” is one of the most typical quotes that help increase motivation at work and in life. If you always keep it in mind, you will be mentally strong enough to cope with any difficulty, and go forward.
“Do it now. Sometimes later becomes never.” is another saying that encourages you to fulfill your work. If you are lazy or not enthusiastic enough about completing your plan, read the quote again and again to remind yourself that ‘later’ may become ‘never’. Don’t leave today’s work until tomorrow.
“Don’t stop when you are tired. Stop when you are done.” is another quote that helps increase motivation. If you have tried hard, feel tired now, but the success has not come, don’t stop. You may have gone three-quarters of the way to success. There is just a quarter of it left. Stopping now means wasting all the time and efforts you have made. Therefore, you should only stop when you are done rather than when you are tired.
3. Look Forward To The Future
Looking forward to the future is also an efficient tip on how to increase motivation. If you care too much about what happened in the past, you will not be able to improve yourselves, including your work in particular, and your life in general. Looking forward to the future and thinking about things you want to have later on will help you be more energetic and enthusiastic about turning your dreams come true.
Moreover, you should also look at everything with positive attitudes so that you will be more willing to go ahead than building hesitation. Do not put yourself under high pressure of success as it may discourage you from trying hard.
Thinking about the future positively is a good way to increase motivation. Imagine what you may have in the future if you try your best now. You may get promoted to a higher position in your company. You may have higher income, and be able to buy things you want. You may have big bonuses that everyone dreams of. Think well and act well.
Motivation PowerPoint Slides include topics such as: understanding needs vs. wants, factors for motivation, employee rewards, offering praise/recognition, types of motivation, job enrichment, the role of money and motivation, incentive programs, motivation ironies, boosting efficiency, 30 ways to motivate, Maslow's hierarchy, how to's and more. Slides can easily be tailored to your specific needs (make handouts, create overheads and use them with an LCD projector) and are available for license. 100+ PowerPoint presentation content slides. Each slide includes slide transitions, clipart and animation. System & Software Requirements: IBM or MAC and PowerPoint 97 or higher. You may use this product over and over again. Royalty Free - Use Them Over and Over Again. Once purchased, download instructions will be sent to you via email. (PC and MAC Compatible).
Running Head: SETTING THE EDUCATION STANDARDS
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SETTING THE EDUCATION STANDARDS
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Setting the Education Standards
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Essay outline
Introduction
Thesis statement
Basic education analysis
Emerging issues in education
Challenges in the learning process.
Possible solutions to the problems
Conclusion.
Thesis Statement
The core objective of both the learners and the teachers is to achieve the best out of the learning and teaching process. Teachers focus on giving their best to the students by providing every bit of relevant information to the learners. The learning process is run by three main parties with the greatest of all the students. Students must show interest in education and this motivates the teachers to put more efforts in teaching the students. Discipline is also vital in the learning institutions hence the teachers must put efforts in maintaining the required leaning environment.
A good learning environment translates to good results in the academics since the learners are able to concentrate in their studies. External interference especially from nonacademic matters is the major cause of poor performance in schools as it reduces the level of concentration in studies. Most of the distracters emanate from home especially in areas with domestic issues and the students extend this to their studies. This takes much of the time allocated for academic matters and students have little to cover by the end of the learning period. This results to poor performance in academics interfering with the academic progress in the learning institutions. A poor leaning environment has effects on the teachers as they spend much of their time in trying to put some order in the school. Indiscipline among the students affects the expected learning atmosphere and the students are also unable to concentrate in their studies. Teachers spend some of their time in solving issues related to indiscipline among the students. This reduces the time allocated for learning resulting to poor performance in the academics (Edward, 1999).
A good learning environment should be maintained especially by observing the school rules. The school administration should work together with the teachers in maintaining the expected smooth learning atmosphere. The students are also expected to observe the set school rules and regulations in order to keep the required discipline for smooth learning.
Reference
Edward L. (1999). Hitting the High Marks in Education Standards. The Best Approach to Academics. New York. University Press.
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION
November 8, 2002 -- vol. 49, no. 11, p. B7
The Dangerous Myth of Grade Inflation
By Alfie Kohn
Grade inflation got started ... in the late '60s and early '70s.... The grades that faculty members now give ... deserve to be a scandal.
--Professor Harvey Mansfield, Harvard University, 2001
Grades A and B are sometimes given too readily -- Grade A for work .
This spreadsheet accompanies Professor Gamoran's February 1 lecture/webcast for the Berman Jewish Policy Archive @ NYU Wagner:
Education researchers have become increasingly aware of the challenges of measuring the impact of educational practices, programs, and policies. Too often what appears to be cause and effect may actually reflect pre-existing differences between program participants and non-participants. A variety of strategies are available to surmount this challenge, but the strategies are often costly and difficult to implement. Examples from general and Jewish education will highlight the challenges, identify strategies that respond to the challenges, and suggest how the difficulties posed by these strategies may be addressed.
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Week 4 Discussion 1
"Employee Testing" Please respond to the following:
· Evaluate the types of employee testing that companies may require that are discussed in the text. Determine the two tests that you consider the most important. Support your reasoning.
· Go to Human Metric’s Websiteand take the Jung Typology Test™ (sample of the Myers Briggs personality test). Next, examine your test results. Determine whether you believe this type of personality test is beneficial to an organization. Support your position
Week 4 Discussion 2
"Employee Selection" Please respond to the following:
· Compare and contrast the structured interview, situational interview, and behavioral interview. Determine which type of interview would be more beneficial when interviewing applicants. Support your selection.
· In the selection of the candidate, determine if the manager should make the final choice or if others should be included in the final decision. Support your position.
Assignment 2: Job Analysis / Job Description
Due Week 4 and worth 100 points
Go to YouTube, located at http://www.youtube.com/, and search for an episode of “Under Cover Boss”. Imagine you are the CEO of the company in the selected episode.
Write a two to three (2-3) page paper in which you:
1. Compare two (2) job positions from the episode and perform a job analysis of each position.
2. Describe your method of collecting the information for the job analysis (i.e., one-on-one, interview, survey, etc.).
3. Create a job description from the job analysis.
4. Justify your belief that the job analysis and job description are in compliance with state and federal regulations.
5. Use at least three (3) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
· Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
· Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
· Formulate HRM strategies and policies to recruit, select, place, and retain the most efficient and effective workforce.
· Develop effective talent management strategies to recruit and select employees.
· Design processes to manage employee performance, retention, and separation.
· Use technology and information resources to research issues in strategic human resource development.
· Write clearly and concisely about strategic human resource development using proper writing mechanics.
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2. Fact 6. Virtually all relevant experts and organizations condemn the practice of basing important
decisions, such as graduation or promotion, on the results of a single test. The National Research Council
takes this position, as do most other professional groups (such as the American Educational Research
Association and the American Psychological Association), the generally pro-testing American Federation
of Teachers, and even the companies that manufacture and sell the exams. Yet just such high-stakes
testing is currently taking place, or scheduled to be introduced soon, in more than half the states.
Fact 7. The time, energy, and money that are being devoted to preparing students for standardized tests
have to come from somewhere. Schools across the country are cutting back or even eliminating
programs in the arts, recess for young children, electives for high schoolers, class meetings (and other
activities intended to promote social and moral learning), discussions about current events (since that
material will not appear on the test), the use of literature in the early grades (if the tests are focused
narrowly on decoding skills), and entire subject areas such as science (if the tests cover only language
arts and math). Anyone who doubts the scope and significance of what is being sacrificed in the
desperate quest to raise scores has not been inside a school lately.
Fact 8. Many educators are leaving the field because of what is being done to schools in the name of
"accountability" and "tougher standards." I have no hard numbers here, but there is more than enough
anecdotal evidence—corroborated by administrators, teacher-educators, and other observers across
the country, and supported by several state surveys that quantify the extent of disenchantment with
testing— to warrant classifying this as a fact. Prospective teachers are rethinking whether they want to
begin a career in which high test scores matter most, and in which they will be pressured to produce
these scores. Similarly, as the New York Times reported in its lead story of Sept. 3, 2000, "a growing
number of schools are rudderless, struggling to replace a graying corps of principals at a time when the
pressure to raise test scores and other new demands have made an already difficult job an increasingly
thankless one." It also seems clear that most of the people who are quitting, or seriously thinking about
doing so, are not mediocre performers who are afraid of being held accountable. Rather, they are
among the very best educators, frustrated by the difficulty of doing high-quality teaching in the current
climate.
Faced with inconvenient facts such as these, the leading fall-back position for defenders of standardized
testing runs as follows: Even if it's true that suburban schools are being dumbed down by the tests,
inner-city schools are often horrendous to begin with. There, at least, standards are finally being raised
as a result of high-stakes testing.
Let's assume this argument is made in good faith, rather than as a cover for pursuing a standards-and-
testing agenda for other reasons. Moreover, let's immediately concede the major premise here, that
low-income minority students have been badly served for years. The problem is that the cure is in many
ways worse than the disease—and not only because of the preceding eight facts, which remain both
stubbornly true and painfully relevant to testing in the inner city. As Sen. Paul Wellstone, D-Minn., put it
in a speech delivered last spring: "Making students accountable for test scores works well on a bumper
sticker, and it allows many politicians to look good by saying that they will not tolerate failure. But it
represents a hollow promise. Far from improving education, high-stakes testing marks a major retreat
from fairness, from accuracy, from quality, and from equity." Here's why.
*The tests may be biased. For decades, critics have complained that many standardized tests are unfair
because the questions require a set of knowledge and skills more likely to be possessed by children from
a privileged background. The discriminatory effect is particularly pronounced with norm-referenced
3. tests, where the imperative to spread out the scores often produces questions that tap knowledge
gained outside of school. This, as W. James Popham argues, provides a powerful advantage to students
whose parents are affluent and well-educated. It's more than a little ironic to rely on biased tests to
"close the gap" between rich and poor.
*Guess who can afford better test preparation. When the stakes rise, people seek help anywhere they
can find it, and companies eager to profit from this desperation by selling test-prep materials and
services have begun to appear on the scene, most recently tailoring their products to state exams.
Naturally, affluent families, schools, and districts are better able to afford such products, and the most
effective versions of such products, thereby exacerbating the inequity of such testing. Moreover, when
poorer schools do manage to scrape together the money to buy these materials, it's often at the
expense of books and other educational resources that they really need.
*The quality of instruction declines most for those who have least. Standardized tests tend to measure
the temporary acquisition of facts and skills, including the skill of test-taking itself, more than genuine
understanding. To that extent, the fact that such tests are more likely to be used and emphasized in
schools with higher percentages of minority students (a fact that has been empirically verified)
predictably results in poorer-quality teaching in such schools. The use of a high-stakes strategy only
underscores the preoccupation with these tests and, as a result, accelerates a reliance on direct-
instruction techniques and endless practice tests. "Skills-based instruction, the type to which most
children of color are subjected, tends to foster low-level uniformity and subvert academic potential," as
Dorothy Strickland, an African-American professor at Rutgers University, has remarked.
Again, there's no denying that many schools serving low-income children of color were second-rate to
begin with. Now, however, some of these schools, in Chicago, Houston, Baltimore, and elsewhere, are
arguably becoming third-rate as testing pressures lead to a more systematic use of low-level, drill-and-
skill teaching, often in the context of packaged programs purchased by school districts. Thus, when
someone emphasizes the importance of "higher expectations" for minority children, we might reply,
"Higher expectations to do what? Bubble-in more ovals correctly on a bad test—or pursue engaging
projects that promote sophisticated thinking?" The movement driven by "tougher standards,"
"accountability," and similar slogans arguably lowers meaningful expectations insofar as it relies on
standardized testing as the primary measure of achievement. The more that poor children fill in
worksheets on command (in an effort to raise their test scores), the further they fall behind affluent kids
who are more likely to get lessons that help them understand ideas. If the drilling does result in higher
scores, the proper response is not celebration, but outrage: The test results may well have improved at
the expense of real learning.
*Standards aren't the main ingredient that's in low supply. Anyone who is serious about addressing the
inequities of American education would naturally want to investigate differences in available resources.
A good argument could be made that the fairest allocation strategy, which is only common sense in
some countries, is to provide not merely equal amounts across schools and districts, but more for the
most challenging student populations. This does happen in some states—by no means all—but, even
when it does, the money is commonly offered as a short-term grant (hardly sufficient to compensate for
years of inadequate funding) and is often earmarked for test preparation rather than for higher-quality
teaching. Worse, high-stakes testing systems may provide more money to those already successful (for
example, in the form of bonuses for good scores) and less to those whose need is greatest.
Many public officials, along with like-minded journalists and other observers, are apt to minimize the
matter of resources and assume that everything deficient about education for poor and minority