Standardized testing started in 1845, schools adopted the idea from the military in WWI and used them to measure students ability in the classroom. The last several decades standardized testing has been used to compare states, countries and college bound students. With these tests we can analysis where students are excelling and need improvements. These tests have come across as stressful, unreliable, time consuming and encourage cheating. Those arguments are weak though because they do not apply
reason why teachers and administrators cheat these tests is because they are under pressure to meet certain score goals. One of the most recent examples of this is in Atlanta, Georgia. “An Atlanta jury convicted 11 teachers of racketeering and other crimes in a standardized test-cheating scandal believed to be the worst of a wave of test cheating in nearly 40 states and Washington, D.C.”(The Washington Post). This type of behavior is unacceptable, I understand that teacher are under serious stress teaching
1. Problem/Issue discussion Tourism sector is main source of foreign currency exchanges to Malaysia compare to manufacturing sector. In this article study about the last decade several events that represented the potential shocks to multinational tourist arrival to Malaysia. The problem of this article is to study whether shocks have permanent or transitory effect on tourist arrivals in Malaysia. One aspect of tourism in Malaysia that has not been considered is the effect of shocks to the time
but since he called himself a warlord, he became the main culprit when the allies won the war. He was also the Commander-in-Chief of Germany during WWI, but he had relatively no power. But even then, the allies still sought out to punish him for war crimes so he had to live the rest of his life in Holland. Overall, Bismarck, a strong leader who united Germany and created a strong empire, has to share the guilt of the war with Kaiser Wilhelm II, a weak leader whose mistakes cost Germany power in the
Graffiti in New York City has had a local, countrywide, and international influence. Originating in the New York City Subway and spreading beyond it, it was regarded by the city's authorities as an act of vandalism, while some viewed it as an art form (Wikipedia. Graffiti in NY City). It all began in Philadelphia in the 1960s. Later in early 1970s New York City became a center of graffiti culture. In 1971 the article “TAKI 183” Spawns Pen Pals” published by The New York Times draw a lot of attention