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Education – Standardized Testing
In an effort to improve education, especially in the United States, standardized testing has been instituted. But does it really work? This overview is not intended to answer the question of whether or not standardized testing works but to present both sides of the argument both for an against it.
The theory behind standardized testing is very simple. Every student is taught the same material in each subject so that a standardized test can be created and given to each of them. This will serve as a good barometer as to the student’s progress.
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Quality in Education: What’s Next?
Last summer, I started a conversation with The Journal for Quality and Participation staff about publishing an issue in collaboration with the Education Division, focused on quality issues in higher education. This special issue on “Quality in Education” is the culmination of our joint effort. It has been a great experience, and on behalf of me Education Division, I wish to thank the editorial and production staff for the effort that made this issue possible.
We wanted to present articles that address the systematic issues of higher education and further the dialogue on improving the quality of higher education. For instance, Dr. Dew’s article discussed the many issues surrounding quality in higher education and reviewed what we can learn from the Baldrige Education Criteria for Performance Excellence. Dr. Padró’s paper reminded us of the importance of Dr. W. Edwards Deming’s System of Profound Knowledge in today’s education climate and discussed an extension that furthers its usefulness. Additionally, he focused on how this framework is useful for addressing accountability and accreditation issues. The article by Scott Martens and Alisa Salewski discussed the systematic approach to continuous improvement at the University of Minnesota. Significantly, all three articles emphasized the importance of leadership in fostering a journey of continuous improvement in our colleges and universities.
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Education Specialist Degree Online
To most homeschoolers, the decline of academic quality in America’s public school is not news. However, many parents still remain unaware of this far-reaching problem. According to a the College Board, the organization responsible for creating and administering the SAT standardized test, the scores of 2006 high school students are the lowest they’ve seen in 31 years. This decline is surprising considering that schools are spending more taxpayer money than ever before on providing their students with high-paid teachers, new gymnasiums, computer labs, and cafeterias.
As a National Review article points out, the public school has no legitimate competition. As such, they have no economic incentive to increase the quality of their educational program. As long as parents don’t have a choice in their child’s education, the situation will continue to worsen. Homeschooling, although not truly competition due to public school’s government subsidization, is an alternative that many parents have found to work for them. As public school administrators spend more and more on ensuring that their students have a state of the art facility in which to learn, they forget that homeschool parents are doing it better with only a few hundred dollars a year. Homeschool students are proven to score higher on standardized tests than their public school peers.
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