Gauging Education Through Standardized Testing
It has long been a debate in any realm on how you measure performance in order to categorize potential of an individual. For instance, the NFL combine measures tangible evidence, but yet it is only an indicator and not a true prediction of a player’s ability. Similarly, public education struggles to accurately predict the potential of student achievement. Although it is extremely rigorous to identify, the process to assess performance in public education has drawn wide skepticism on a national level, both politically and publicly, as substantiated by ProCon.org (2015).
There are a variety of reasons we can substantiate statistically why students are failing to achieve the mark on standardized tests. Interestingly, you will be hard pressed to come across valid solutions on promoting prosperity and growth in public education. In either case, the real question is not are we failing students, but rather are we failing to assess them appropriately on what we really want them to be capable of performing.
Process of Rocket Science Compared to Public Education American public education is increasingly being contested on measures of performance and effectiveness. Although we all cannot agree on the perfect processes or …show more content…
When placing an object in motion, we can mathematically isolate all the things that remain constant, such as the weight and shape of the object. Systematically, we can account for all the changing variables, such as air density and wind speed and direction, as well as other atmospherics. Those involved in the process of rocket science justifiably agree upon that we can account for all these variables. Sounds complex and enigmatic; however, compared to public education it is simple and
It has long been a debate in any realm on how you measure performance in order to categorize potential of an individual. For instance, the NFL combine measures tangible evidence, but yet it is only an indicator and not a true prediction of a player’s ability. Similarly, public education struggles to accurately predict the potential of student achievement. Although it is extremely rigorous to identify, the process to assess performance in public education has drawn wide skepticism on a national level, both politically and publicly, as substantiated by ProCon.org (2015).
There are a variety of reasons we can substantiate statistically why students are failing to achieve the mark on standardized tests. Interestingly, you will be hard pressed to come across valid solutions on promoting prosperity and growth in public education. In either case, the real question is not are we failing students, but rather are we failing to assess them appropriately on what we really want them to be capable of performing.
Process of Rocket Science Compared to Public Education American public education is increasingly being contested on measures of performance and effectiveness. Although we all cannot agree on the perfect processes or …show more content…
When placing an object in motion, we can mathematically isolate all the things that remain constant, such as the weight and shape of the object. Systematically, we can account for all the changing variables, such as air density and wind speed and direction, as well as other atmospherics. Those involved in the process of rocket science justifiably agree upon that we can account for all these variables. Sounds complex and enigmatic; however, compared to public education it is simple and