I always hear about how my parents took driver’s ed at their school which was a effective for people to learn how to drive during their class which helped them learn about functioning in the outside …show more content…
With the old T.A.K.S. test you only had to pass 4 test now with the STAAR you have to take 15 test throughout your entire career and if you were to fail you could be denied graduation from high school many people say the vocabulary used by the Staar can be challenging for certain people to comprehend. Timed test add pressure unlike TAKS tests, STAAR EOC assessments are timed tests with a strict 4-hour limit, increasing stress levels for students. Like the TAKS tests before them, STAAR tests will present the greatest challenge to students already hampered by less fortunate circumstances. Low-income students typically begin school far less preparation than their wealthier counterparts (“fed and read to” is the common shorthand). In addition, schools located in low-income areas often have the greatest turnover among teachers and administrators. Standardized tests are an unreliable measure of student performance. A 2001 study published by the Brookings Institution found that 50-80% of year-over-year test score improvements were temporary and "caused by