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Are standardized tests fair and helpful evaluation tools? ... Don't test-makers remove bias from tests?; Most test-makers review items for obvious biases, such as offensive words. But this is inadequate, since many forms of bias are not superficial. Some test-makers also use statistical bias-reduction techniques.
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The following is only a partial list of concerns that have been raised about standardized tests. While such concerns and criticisms apply particularly to multiple-choice tests, many of these observations apply to other large-scale tests as well:
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The tests taken by millions of schoolchildren are scrubbed clean of topics that might reflect ethnic, cultural or regional biases. Florida 10-year-olds shouldn't ... In the world of standardized tests, Christmas never comes. No one celebrates Halloween or birthdays. Kids rarely encounter a French fry. And no one dies. Ever...
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Major conflict has been stirring in every school system across the country questioning standardized testing. Is this method of evaluation truly successful in determining the success of every child? There are innumerable problems with standardized tests.
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Our topic surrounded institutionalized racism as it is demonstrated in the composition of standardized tests. These tests have been under scrutiny recently for leaning towards certain sexes, classes and racial groups. ... Our ultimate problem is that the biases of these tests are preventing a lot of students with potential,
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We are studying the bias of standardized tests and how they came to be. We will be determining how dependable theses studies are and if they can be included into our research ... Hopefully these questions will be answered in the future, and people will be more proactive in reforming systems that have racial and gender biases.
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Martin Shapiro, a testing specialist and psychology professor at Emory University in Atlanta, testified that using race as one of many factors in admissions is the only way colleges can offset biases in standardized tests.
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Fact 5. Virtually all specialists condemn the practice of giving standardized tests to children younger than 8 or 9 years old. I say "virtually" to cover myself here, but, in fact, I have yet to find a single reputable scholar in the field of early-childhood education who endorses such testing for young children.
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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The federal government plans to propose guidelines that would ban widely used standardized tests -- from college entrance exams to elementary school assessments -- if they are found to be racially discriminatory and, thus, ... Educators in Montgomery County doubt those biases can be eliminated.
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On Standardized Tests: ... “Every question is reviewed by trained sensitivity reviewers to ensure that questions do not contain any materials that might contain racial, gender, geographic, or other obvious biases,” said Thomas Ewing, who directs media relations for the testing service.
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