These tests have affected today’s students. Standardized tests have been around for a long time and have not shown any improvement. Standardized tests are a waste of money because billions of dollars are spent on it. The tests have unreachable goals for the kids and they have gotten rid of some classes that aren't on the test. During the tests they put all the students in one room and expect every kid in the room to be silent and not talk for multiple days. The younger kids have a hard time since
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I would have to agree with this, because in today’s school systems students are mostly directed to learn by memorizing and taking multiple-choice tests, and not actually applying different types of skills to further their intelligence. However, with the implement of street-smarts into the academic scene, this would allow street-smart students to be able to apply skills they learn from the outside
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Standardized tests are poor because they measure a student's level of education by giving them tests that if they fail, it would jeopardize their future therefore they should get rid of them. It is wrong for a student to complete four years of high school with good grades and other good qualifications, and then have that student take a test and be placed at a remedial level due to the scores they receive. Standardized tests are a waste of time, because some people actually know the information and
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Having a test-optional policy will strengthen the diversity of colleges and open more opportunity for those who need it to be successful. A standardized test is not a proper strategy to determine whether a student should be admitted to a school or not. They do not exemplify most of the specific qualities a student could bring to college or gain in the future. Due to colleges eliminating the necessity of standardized test during the admission period, students are being accepted to schools that can
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take any test? I belief people should think this is helpful because you have you will not have to be testing anymore. I agree this because it's easier to work with you wont need to study much more or have more things to focus on at once. Standardized test is more helpful because less work, less stress,more time to study on or work on. First, I belief standardized testing is not helpful because more things are helpful that are gave to you. While you stress having to take big tests that means
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narrow in on the effectiveness of standardized test as it relates to reading comprehension. Almagor claims that standardized test are good for letting schools and families know where their children stand compared to other children nationally. He also addresses the negative aspects of standardized test in saying “good reading” can’t be measured properly through multiple choice questions. It is clear that the author does recognize that standardized test can
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many tests and they are very expensive. We should not have standardized testing because of the bad things that could occur! One reason why we should not do standardized testing is because it causes stress. Stress if one thing that might occur when testing is coming or is present. Going home
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But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree it will spend it's whole life thinking it is stupid,” by Albert Einstein. Should students take standardized test? Students should not because it takes too much time, it puts stress on them, and we can take them but not that many. First of all, students take too much time on test. According to Newsela, students spend 22-25 hours, and use 2.3 percent of classroom time on testing. But, some would say that it might take up time but it’s showing
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“These tests are too crude to be used, and should be abandoned.” That’s what the creator of standardized tests Alfred Binet stated about the tests after seeing how they affect people. Standardized tests have shown little learning progress of the last couple years, they do not show what is actually important in a person, and they unfairly rank teachers. Over the past few years standardized tests have shown little learning progress. Even though standardized tests claim to study the way students
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Standardized tests like the SATs and the ACTs or other national and state exams are supposed to measure the student’s abilities and what they learned during the year, but are passing score limits measuring how good students did during the school year? To have an average grade in a class a student needs a C, yet on the end of year test a student can get an F and still pass. To me that’s not measuring what a student has learned and accomplished during the school year, if they can barely pass the test, passing
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