Standardized Testing In Our Schools

Schools around the world have a hard time with standardized tests. Students either don’t take them seriously or simply just do not know the material. Teachers try to prepare their students for these tests but it takes away valuable class time to teach useful information. Many students fail these tests because of the environment they live in at home. These tests put schools into shame when getting their scores back each year. Schools should eliminate standardized tests because the test has not improved student’s achievements, it is an unreliable measure of student performance, and these tests only measure a small portion of what makes education meaningful.

Standardized tests are unnecessary because they are excruciating to the minds of many innocent students. Each year, the tests get tougher and stricter until the students cannot process their own thoughts. The tests become torturous to the minds of those only starting in the world of tests. The students already battling in the war are continuing to fall deeper and deeper into the world of uncreativity and narrowness. As the walls narrow in on them, they are lost and unable to become innovative thinkers. Moreover, the implementation of standardized tests into the public school systems of the United States of America has controversially raised two different views –the proponents versus the opponents in the battle of the effectiveness of

Standardized tests take away the creativity from the teachers forcing them to "teach to the test" this means memorizing

It's 8 A.M. on a Saturday, and masses of students around the United States wake up and head to their testing sites in order to take the SAT. This is a common occurrence that happens multiple times a year, but it raises the question as to how seriously should society take these tests and other standardized testing, such as the Regents examinations in New York State. The answer to this is obvious, clearly these exams, and all standardized tests, must be taken seriously, due to the fact they provide vital information for colleges such as which students are the best, they provide ample data for high schools and state governments to prove that the academic standards are being upheld, and they also provide useful information to various institutions

Schools should eliminate standardized tests. Standardized testing has many negative effects on the student body. Some of these effects are very noticeable and apparent, and some are not. Standardized testing causes negative things such as stress and anxiety(Too Much Stress). Testing like this is also not reliable 100% of the time(Standardized Tests Don’t Prove Anything). Tests also limit the imagination, creativity, and the way a student learns(11 Problems With Testing).

For many years, schools all around the United States of America have required students in their public schools to take standardized tests. These schools administer at least one standardized test per nine weeks or every semester. In some cases, these standardized tests determine whether a student is getting accepted into college, going onto to the next grade, or even attending special tutorings. In all these situations, the outcome of whether the student passes or fails the exams is dependant on their future. The future of these students is not only in danger, but the future of our nation is also on the line. Schools should remove all the use of standardized test. These tests give students something to worry about, but it also may cause these

For every student wanting to apply to colleges, exempt classes, etc., standardized testing is put into use to measure the amount of knowledge about the subject. There are many biased opinions on why standardized testing should be banned. Many come from unscholarly critics. However, there are some critics who show both sides of a story when it comes to standardized testing. Over the years, standardized testing has shown a wide variety of grades that are not good enough for many students. Some students struggle with what they got on the standardized test simply because they are not adequate test takers. Some however have some critical advantages that “show” that they are capable of taking standardized test and knowing the material. In other words, standardized testing clearly demonstrates no abilities of what a student really has.

A new PDK/Gallup poll shows that most Americans oppose nationwide Common Core tests, and view other criteria such as engagement with classwork and feedback about school more important than performance in standardized testing in measuring the effectiveness of schools.

As the school year comes to an end, kids start worrying about their end of course test. These standardized tests cause issues with not only the teachers and school, but with the student as an individual. Standardized test should definitely be eliminated because it does not benefit students, causes unnecessary stress, and teachers no longer passionately teach students, instead they follow the curriculum they are forced to instruct.

Junior year is often said to be the hardest year of high school. Homework gets harder, classes start to pile on, there’s more access to clubs and other extracurriculars. However, these things combined are not the reason that it is typically called the hardest. It is the stress and preparation that comes with taking a standardized test that year. Standardized tests are assessments of several specific skills of high school students, which will later be used in college. The two most common standardized tests in the U.S. are the Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) and American College Testing (ACT). The standardized part means that when the general population takes this test, the score distribution should be a normal bell-shaped distribution with

Is education really as important as people make it to be? Standardized tests have been a problem to our education system and to help solve this issue, they should not be permitted. The state use standardized tests as a way to improve students and make a point. Standardized testing should not be permitted in High School because it is not helpful, causes anxiety and is a waste of the state’s money.

Should Standardized Testing be abolished? That’s the big question, there are good arguments on both sides, however, many people lean toward it being abolished. Standardized testing is just a way for the state to evaluate how schools are doing based on student scores.

Over the many years, education in the United States has been a source of meaningful issues; including the fact of students learning adequately and mastering specific subjects and more importantly, the wonder if America is assembled for a better and bright future since school had been financed by the government. Since 2001, debating over the standardized tests in American education due to President Bush’s introduction of the No Child Left Behind Act has been a significant issue in the American education since the federal government provides money for educational purposes based on test scores and if educational institutions fail to meet the requirements of improvement. Consequently, schools will not be reinforced by funding; in other words, there is a link between the financial aid and educational goals. What I hope to prove to the audience is that funding should not be established

“Contrary to popular assumptions about standardized testing, the tests do a poor job of measuring student achievement” (Harris 1). Students achievement measures the amount of academic content a student learns in a determined amount of time. Student achievement means more to students and parents than just a test required to take by state. Having standardized testing may not measure the student's academic growth and achievement as well as planned. “They fail to measure such important attributes as creativity and critical thinking skills.” (Harris 1). These attributes are apart of these student. They are attributes that others do not have. Test scores are known to indicate where a student is in their academic achievement, but also indicating what classes they should be placed in the next year for school. The test scores affects not only the students grades but also their school

In 2001, the No Child Left Behind federal law was passed, which required schools to annually access the students’ achievement by high-stake standardized testing, which included reading, math, and science. Besides reporting the individual scores, schools had to also report the scores by race, ethnicity, disability, social class, and the language primarily used in the student’s home.