Resolution 99-37: AN END TO STANDARDIZED TESTS
| Number | 99-37 |
| Description | end departmental tests |
| Authored by |
Delphine Tih |
| Sponsored by |
Jennifer Bates |
| Date Submitted | Tuesday, September 28, 1999 |
| Date Considered | Wednesday, November 3, 1999 |
| Committee | Academic Affairs |
| Result | Killed By Committee |
| Remarks | FAILED - Many colleges need standardized tests to be accredited. |
| Whereas | UTA Academic departments such as Math, Foreign Language, and Chemistry offer an end-of-semester departmental final; and |
| Whereas | Instructors emphasize different course material throughout the semester and some concepts that appear on the final are not necessarily taught in the classroom; and |
| Whereas | A majority of the students in a random survey agree that department finals do not fairly evaluate their progress in class over the entire semester, since the test also carries a large percentage of the overall class grade; and |
| Whereas | The purpose of departmental finals has not been clearly stated by the departments that offer them and there is no reported evidence that standardized tests are of a benefit to students. |
| Be It Further Resolved That | UTA put an end to departmental finals; Be it Further resolved that: This resolution be implemented immediately after passage. |
| Downloadable File | Download 99-37AnEndtoStandardizedTests_1627937949.pdf |