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... The only way to gauge this improvement is through standardized testing, and in New York, educators use the Regents tests. ... This situation in New York is described by Karen W. Arenson in her article entitled “Scaling Back Changes on Regents Standards,” which appeared in the New York Times on 14 October 2003. In this article, Arenson’s description of the situation in New York reflects the education situation in the whole country, and it is my opinion that this is a very important situation to which attention needs to be paid because, as Arenson says in her article, “it is easy to create standards but hard to make sure that teachers and students can meet them.”
In “Scaling Back Changes on Regents Standards,” Arenson explains that in New York, there used to be different diplomas issued according to the levels of academic achievement. ... However, in 1996, New York started to issue the Regents to all of its students, and the students were required to pass these exams in order to graduate. ... Schaeffer, public education director of FairTest, an advocacy group that is critical of standardized testing. ... ’” This article is important because it is not discussing a topic that is unique to New York, it is a country-wide problem.
Approximate Word count = 941
Approximate Pages = 3.8
(250 words per page double spaced)
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