The Flaws of Standardized Testing Standardized testing was established to evaluate students and teachers, but instead it takes up too much class time and puts extreme stress on students. This controversial topic is highly debatable. Evidence and statistics show that standardized tests aren't an accurate measure of student achievement. This paper will discuss 4 ways that standardized testing is unnecessary and unhelpful. The first way standardized testing is flawed is what is actually measured. The
"Standardized testing has become the arbiter of social mobility, yet there is more regulation of the food we feed our pets than of the tests we give our kids." ( quote by Robert Schaeffer). Historically standardized testing have been used as measures of how students are compared with one another or how much of a particular curriculum they have learned throughout the year. Standardized tests have been extremely familiar throughout our country. These tests are commonly used to measure a students'
"A standardized test is any form of test that (1) requires all test takers to answer the same questions, or a selection of questions from common bank of questions, in the same way, and that (2) is scored in a “standard” or consistent manner, which makes it possible to compare the relative performance of individual students or groups of students" (Standardized Test). Standardized testing first had its start in the the early 1900’s during World War I where” Alpha and Beta army tests [were used] to
As anti-testing activists say, “The resulting pressure [of standardized tests] is distorting education” as they “point to third-graders being coached on handling test anxiety” (Layton). Exit exams became a requirement for High school students to graduate back in the late 1970’s to prove that students have the knowledge needed for jobs in the future.(Standardized High School Exit Exams) Schools should eliminate standardized testing because it causes stress, it is flawed, and wastes schools money
As the testing time period begins, students from all over the nation gather together to take a test that may determine their entire life. As they lack sleep the night prior, their anxious little minds begin to whirl, as though they are about to hurl. Following the instructions, the test has begun. Students rush through answering the questions rather quickly, while their life is now based solely upon the results of the test. Students are put beneath a time limit, in order to answer questions based
emphasis on standardized testing and not individual student achievement. Although the United States uses standardized testing as a crutch, it is not an effective measure of a student’s ability, a teacher’s competency, or a school’s proficiency. Cheating can be a common routine in a classroom—from copying work on homework to copying answers on a test. “Cheating by teachers and administrators on standardized tests is rare, and not a reason to stop testing America's children” (Standardized Tests). This
Standardized testing has been a highly controversial topic in recent decades, especially because of its increasingly emphasized role in the educational process. While standardized testing is highly effective in measuring the quantity of the material being tested over is known by the student, it does not measure many other skills and does not take into account the affect of external factors. In addition, it causes unnecessary stress and pressure on both students and educators. A review of recent literature
Standardized testing rose to become a prominent force in America’s education landscape with the passing of the 2002 piece of legislation, No Child Left Behind. This law pressed states to hold their teachers and students accountable for their performance through the means of standardized testing (McAdoo). It came about as the solution that would make America’s stagnating education system competitive on the global scale again as it “put a special focus on ensuring that states and schools boost the
a certain grade. However some parents, teachers, and students do not agree if students should take standardized tests. Standardized testing is a method in schools that is used to measure the amount of knowledge a student has. Whether a person agrees or disagrees with standardized tests, it is enforced that the students take these tests and the results determine their future. Standardized testing can help students in their future by letting them know their weaknesses and strengths in a certain
And yet the standardized test treats them as if they were all identical; identical to the group that took the test several years ago, and to which the test has been ‘normed.’... Standardized tests favor those who have socio-economic advantages. Test companies (a multi-billion dollar a year industry) not only manufacture the tests, they also manufacture