Flaws In The American Education System
Educational Flaws in America’s System The United States has always been known for its high political status and producing exceedingly educated political leaders. Just a couple decades ago the United States classified first in the world in percent of students completing school and maintaining a steady career. But, according to data from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development that no longer stands accurately for the United States. Back then, America was the unchallenged education leader in the world, but now, in present day America, the graduation rate has plummeted. Thus, creating a problem that other countries are surpassing American scholastic performance, eminently among their younger students. In America too many high
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This can happen by selecting limited grade levels for liability tests. These tests ought to be associated to high standards and understood as reasons for student’s acceptance the next stage of the education system, such as from lower- to upper- subordinate schooling. All three countries stated earlier have ‘matriculation’ tests for admittance to college. Hammond says that in Singapore exams are given to sixth, ninth, and at the close or final completion of school with open-ended problems that involve deep content awareness and familiarity with subject, critical breakdown(s), and writing. “In Finland, where there are no external standardized tests used to rank students or schools, most teacher feedback to students is in a narrative form, emphasizing descriptions of their learning progress and areas for growth” explains Hammond (28). She believes that the concentration of these open-ended assessments provide information that endures and prompts problem-solving and the complete grasp of learning, not to distribute sanctions and penalties to the students with little evidence of the students thorough comprehension. Linda Hammond believes that if America limits the standardized tests given to every student, at almost every grade level, the focus could in turn be on something that could actually improve the …show more content…
This new system will take time, but it is for the benefit of many. Americans are merely holding themselves back in fear of being frightened of the unknown. In a thirty year span countries have completely turned their systems around for the better. The mutual education principles of Finland, Singapore, and South Korea have raised the criteria that all students need and must understand to continue their higher education. This process for reformation will not be simple, but if America sets common and high prospects for each student that resemble the abilities, awareness and knowledge needed to succeed in college, at the workplace, and as a citizen the United States system will thrive once again. For United States citizens to actually advance the residents must be willing to reach out and discover this new method of learning practiced in other countries that is statically proven to empower everyone directly and indirectly affected; if no changes are made America will only continue getting further and further behind in comparison to other
This can happen by selecting limited grade levels for liability tests. These tests ought to be associated to high standards and understood as reasons for student’s acceptance the next stage of the education system, such as from lower- to upper- subordinate schooling. All three countries stated earlier have ‘matriculation’ tests for admittance to college. Hammond says that in Singapore exams are given to sixth, ninth, and at the close or final completion of school with open-ended problems that involve deep content awareness and familiarity with subject, critical breakdown(s), and writing. “In Finland, where there are no external standardized tests used to rank students or schools, most teacher feedback to students is in a narrative form, emphasizing descriptions of their learning progress and areas for growth” explains Hammond (28). She believes that the concentration of these open-ended assessments provide information that endures and prompts problem-solving and the complete grasp of learning, not to distribute sanctions and penalties to the students with little evidence of the students thorough comprehension. Linda Hammond believes that if America limits the standardized tests given to every student, at almost every grade level, the focus could in turn be on something that could actually improve the …show more content…
This new system will take time, but it is for the benefit of many. Americans are merely holding themselves back in fear of being frightened of the unknown. In a thirty year span countries have completely turned their systems around for the better. The mutual education principles of Finland, Singapore, and South Korea have raised the criteria that all students need and must understand to continue their higher education. This process for reformation will not be simple, but if America sets common and high prospects for each student that resemble the abilities, awareness and knowledge needed to succeed in college, at the workplace, and as a citizen the United States system will thrive once again. For United States citizens to actually advance the residents must be willing to reach out and discover this new method of learning practiced in other countries that is statically proven to empower everyone directly and indirectly affected; if no changes are made America will only continue getting further and further behind in comparison to other