Practice test
One of the most widely discussed topics in news is that of education reform. Considered antiquated and lacking, alternative schools are sprouting up worldwide in an attempt to allure the gifted away from traditional programs. One particular notion that has gained support is requiring all students to study the same nationally assigned curriculum. While it may have benefits, the negatives far outweigh any positives; students have different needs and should not be forced within strict educational confines.
To begin, legislation focused on creating a standard academic guideline will destroy an entire industry: private schools. Private schools and charter schools have become a staple in the education system. Affluent families are willing to spend extra money in order to assure that their children get access to the best education. In turn, these same schools are able to offer scholarships to students with exceptional intellectual abilities but may not be able to afford the cost of attending. Thousands of schools in the United States fall under this category; with a standard curriculum, their value proposition is rendered useless. As a result, an entire industry will be abolished and people will lose jobs.
Furthermore, uniformity in school curriculumlimits students with unique needs. The system may work if all children were alike, but this is certainly not the case. Many students excel or are interested in different subjects. For instance, Phillips Exeter Academy is a private school in the United States that focuses on the youth exceptional in quantitative studies. With an accelerated math focus, their students have gone on to do amazing things. Notable alumni include Mark Zuckerberg (CEO of Facebook) and Jeff Bezos (CEO of Amazon). In a system where students are restricted to the same guidelines as their peers, the truly gifted will have their academic progression inhibited.
Alternatively, an equal academic guideline may better equip students for college admissions. Private schools are able to foster a repuation for intelligence, but small public schools are not afforded such a luxury. Equal strength of schedules in high school may illustrate a better comparison for college admissions to base judgement off of. Regardless, education is about much more than college admittance.
In summary, education is in desperate need for change, but requiring all students to practice the curriculum ignores the specific needs of the student. It may create a leveled playing field, but does not address broader problems.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
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Suggestion:
...re that their children get access to the best education. In turn, these same scho...
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Suggestion:
... with exceptional intellectual abilities but may not be able to afford the cost o...
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Suggestion:
...in the United States that focuses on the youth exceptional in quantitative studie...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, furthermore, if, may, so, while, for instance, in summary, as a result
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 18.0 19.5258426966 92% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 12.0 12.4196629213 97% => OK
Conjunction : 11.0 14.8657303371 74% => OK
Relative clauses : 5.0 11.3162921348 44% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 14.0 33.0505617978 42% => OK
Preposition: 50.0 58.6224719101 85% => OK
Nominalization: 12.0 12.9106741573 93% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2157.0 2235.4752809 96% => OK
No of words: 395.0 442.535393258 89% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.46075949367 5.05705443957 108% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.45809453852 4.55969084622 98% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.90099850758 2.79657885939 104% => OK
Unique words: 228.0 215.323595506 106% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.577215189873 0.4932671777 117% => OK
syllable_count: 687.6 704.065955056 98% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.59117977528 107% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 6.24550561798 64% => OK
Interrogative: 0.0 0.740449438202 0% => OK
Article: 5.0 4.99550561798 100% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 3.10617977528 64% => OK
Conjunction: 4.0 1.77640449438 225% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 6.0 4.38483146067 137% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 23.0 20.2370786517 114% => OK
Sentence length: 17.0 23.0359550562 74% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 32.8749132985 60.3974514979 54% => The essay contains lots of sentences with the similar length. More sentence varieties wanted.
Chars per sentence: 93.7826086957 118.986275619 79% => OK
Words per sentence: 17.1739130435 23.4991977007 73% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.26086956522 5.21951772744 62% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 7.80617977528 38% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 15.0 10.2758426966 146% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 5.13820224719 58% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 4.83258426966 103% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.0151582072357 0.243740707755 6% => The similarity between the topic and the content is low.
Sentence topic coherence: 0.00416893597108 0.0831039109588 5% => Sentence topic similarity is low.
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0195540429804 0.0758088955206 26% => Sentences are similar to each other.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0157299214163 0.150359130593 10% => Maybe some paragraphs are off the topic.
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0314598428326 0.0667264976115 47% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.9 14.1392134831 91% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 45.76 48.8420337079 94% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.1 12.1743820225 91% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.09 12.1639044944 116% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.44 8.38706741573 113% => OK
difficult_words: 124.0 100.480337079 123% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 10.5 11.8971910112 88% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.8 11.2143820225 78% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.7820224719 76% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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It is not exactly right on the topic in the view of e-grader. Maybe there is a wrong essay topic.
Rates: 16.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 1.0 Out of 6
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