Resolution

KIRA BROCK

September/October 2009 - Resolved: Public high school students in the United States ought not be required to pass standardized exit exams to graduate.

Create a:

§  Claim (student 1)-  That students grades and GPA are better and wouldn’t be reflected off of taking the standardized test.

§  Warrant (student 1)- A student that has a 4.0 can be book smart, but not necessarily good at executing tests.

§  Impact (student 1)- This will allow students that are ready for secondary school, go, without taking standardized tests.

§  Create attacks on the above (student 2) Some teachers don’t grade as hard as others, so students NOT ready for college could just be passed along.

Students need to be prepared for tests that they will be issued in college.

§  Response to the attacks (student 1) Students work harder when doing regular school work than they do when given a 1-3 hour test of bubbling in answers.

These test just help you get into college, not when you get to college do you take these standardized test. College is harder in the books, which create harder test and the standard (being the main word) ized test are just for the average not for those necessarily working hard for college.

§  Briefly extend the claim, warrant, and impact of the original argument (student 1)

Students that have an above average GPA should not be forced to take tests to pass high school. Standardized tests are standard test not for the GPA that is above average, we need a challenge because high school should be a challenge to pass and working all year long in regular work is that challenge because keeping your grade up is what is important. People will stop caring about their school work year-round and just wait for the standardized graduation test.

A 4.0 student is more likely to be smart and care more about the school work in general not the graduation test and that’s good. People need to care about everyday work and by taking the graduation test it limits the people’s ability to pass and that is good because it will force them to work during the school year.

The people that deserve and have worked hard at their school work go to school not the people that are just trying to “get by.”