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  • Are Standardized Tests Just Standard?

    Standardized Tests are the new normal in schools across the country. These tests are designed to make sure that the student is ready for the next grade and if they should be put into a remedial class. However, these tests are damaging our students early on in their educational career due to high stress, the chance of not getting into an elective

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    class, and making students feel insignificant when not doing well on them.

     

    A standardized test is a test that schools do to ensure that the student can comprehend the material that they have learned that school year. To be more specific, it’s a “form of test that (1) requires all test takers to answer the same questions, or a selection of questions from common bank of questions, in the same way, and that (2) is scored in a “standard” or consistent manner, which makes it possible to compare the relative performance of individual students or groups of students” (Liberty).

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  • Learning a Second Language Benefits and Importance

    Learning a second language is beneficial in many ways. Schools of all grades start teaching another language early on to enhance memorability and fun. The number of people learning a second language is increasing. The benefits are there and are proof that everyone should learn a second language.

    Learning a second language, of any kind, at an early age, has major benefits. “Children who grow up learning a foreign language from an early age – starting as early as three years old- benefit tremendously” (Frontiers Academy). Frontier Academy has also listed five benefits of learning another language at an early age. They are: “Better Linguistics, Cognitive Benefits, Higher Academic Achievement, Cultural Enrichment and Societal Contributions” (Frontier Academy).

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