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
"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'
abilities to take standardized tests. If a school or teacher is effective, the students scored high, and ineffectivity is due to low scores. Standardized testing has only negative impacts on students, and is a horrible way to determine the educational quality of a school. A standardized test is “any examination that's administered and scored in a predetermined, standard manner.” (Popham) There are two types of standardized tests, aptitude tests and achievement tests. A standardized aptitude test
Standardized testing started in 1845, schools adopted the idea from the military in WWI and used them to measure students ability in the classroom. The last several decades standardized testing has been used to compare states, countries and college bound students. With these tests we can analysis where students are excelling and need improvements. These tests have come across as stressful, unreliable, time consuming and encourage cheating. Those arguments are weak though because they do not apply
Are Standardized Tests an Effective Way to Test Students “Educational assessment is the systematic collection, review, and use of information about programs to improve student learning and development” (Hadjicharalambous 43). In recent times there has been controversy on whether or not standardized tests are necessary for students. It has been a heated debate for some time. Certain people believe that the standardized tests are not necessary and that they do more harm than good. These people have
Why Standardized Testing Should Be Eliminated All across the nation there are standardized tests taken during all times of the school year. Students of all ages take them so their level of intelligence and aptitude can be measured. Their test scores are usually compared to other students scores their age so certain decisions can be made like whether or not a teacher or a school is meeting the standards required to pass the tests. When a school or teacher is deemed unresponsive to the requirements
For as long as standardized testing has been in use, there has been controversy regarding its purpose to students. Parents, students, and credible sources continue to debate the importance and necessity of standardized testing. Norman Augustine’s “High Marks for Standardized Tests”, focuses on the positives of standardized testing by refuting arguments made by opponents of standardized testing. In contrast, James Popham’s “Why Standardized Tests Don’t Measure Educational Quality” points out why standardized
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 started in 1845, schools adopted the idea from the military in WWI and used them to measure students ability in the classroom. The last several decades standardized testing has been used to compare states, countries and college bound students. With these tests we can analysis where students are excelling and need improvements. These tests have come across as stressful, unreliable, time consuming and encourage cheating. Those arguments are weak though because they do not apply
The standardized test is an assessment used in some areas to measure student growth and to rate schools according to the scores that the school made on the assessment. Many people believe that standardized tests are not necessary for the development of the students. Standardized tests have been used in many areas for quite a while. Many people in these areas want to get ride of standardized testing because they feel that it has no good impacts on students. Many people also do want to keep the standardized