Science news articles about 'stakes tests'

... hours taking a high-pressure aptitude test may make people feel mentally fatigued, ... fatigued, and, in turn, perform worse. High-stakes tests are typically used for admission to college and to regulated ...

... issuing mandates to public schools, high stakes testing has taken on an increasingly larger role ... indicators of future academic success. High stakes tests being administered at the state level, however ...

... at the expense of teaching to the test, resulting in educators who feel straitjacketed by a high-stakes test, according to a U. of I. education professor who has studied the issue. Sarah J. McCarthey ...

... before they get taken over by the tyranny of high-stakes testing. "I'm certainly not opposed ... early-childhood curriculum reduced to isolated test scores or other measurable pieces of information doesn ...

... soft skills in schools," Lleras said. "In addition to testing, what high-performing schools do ... know employers value," she said. If high-stakes testing is the only remedy for low-performing schools ...

... and the relationship of their reading instruction with literacy achievement. The demands of high-stakes testing with an emphasis on achievement require that researchers define how reading skills are ...

... bottom 25 percent on state standards tests given in the ninth and 10th grades--to work ... minorities and girls from doing as well as they could on the high-stakes test. While white students and boys ...

... from driving cars to cooking. In academics, high-stakes tests, such as college entrance exams, often ... two men while taking a math test can activate the negative gender stereotype. "The activation of ...