How student achievement is defined in the current American education system

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24 April 2015
How Student Achievement Is Defined in the Current American Education System
INTRODUCTION
Education has been often defined as a process or method of teaching or imparting knowledge by a learned individual to someone. It usually starts from the school level and then college and university. The basic concept of education is therefore imparting knowledge in a systematic process. Now the question arises who is going to teach? Is he/she truly educated to share knowledge with the young generation? Is the process of teaching correct and appropriate for the children to grasp or understand what is being taught?
It must be admitted that learning systems have changed a great deal from what it was before. Technology and communication system has given unique ways to teach and learn. Moreover, education has spread to all corners of the world and today we hardly find any clan or tribe who is devoid of learning at least the basic systems (Butler et al. 361). Today, direct word of mouth teaching systems have changed. Improvements in communication methods are allowing us to get in touch with each other, exchange ideas, learn new things, work and increase our knowledge faster and easier. Since communication gap has reduced to a great extent, it has made imparting and acquiring education in different fields a lot more interesting. This improvement positively influences student achievement, and it is for the education departm…