As a scientist with a B.S. and M.S. degree, Phi Beta Kappa, and a 33 year career working as an environmental biologist, I have concluded that standardized tests are written by two types of people -- idiots who know little or nothing about the subject they are writing test questions for, or PhD candidates who never learned how to think.
One element not present in the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of 2001 was a focus on teacher evaluations based on student test scores. The NCLB emphasized standardized testing, accountability, and school improvement, but did not include specific provisions for evaluating teachers in this way.
SAT and PSAT, different types of I.Q. tests.
Students take standardized tests to make sure they are learning at the right pace in school. In some states, standardized test scores dictate the funding that the school receives from the state.
Over 14000 Americans take these types of tests
No! they can't aford it....
College applications depended more on standardized tests
A physiometric test is any standardized procedure for measuring sensitivity or memory
There are unlikely to be questions about creationism in standardized tests, unless the subject for the tests is religion.For more information about creationism and its relationship to traditional religion and to the teaching of science, please visit: http://christianity.answers.com/theology/the-story-of-creation
Teacher-made tests are created by individual teachers to assess specific content taught in their classroom, allowing for flexibility and customization. Standardized tests are developed by testing organizations and have a fixed format and scoring system to measure students' performance against a standardized benchmark. Teacher-made tests can focus on more specific learning objectives, while standardized tests are designed to provide a broader assessment across different schools or regions.
Word relationships that often appear in standardized tests and ask you to find relationships and often pairs are known as analogies.
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Here are some good links for standardized exams!