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
Testing has altered in many ways from the time when it first appeared with the creation of public teaching led by Horace Mann. Standardized testing is the most normally used and well identified process of testing used in the United States as well as several other states in the world. It is used to govern student success, progress, and development. On the other hand, standardized testing was not always used for the same purposes it is today, nor was it as significant and as deeply be dependent on