The long history of standardized testing began in the 7th Century Imperial China where the test was administered to people seeking jobs in the government (Mathews). The tested used by the Chinese tested the applicants' knowledge of Confucian philosophy and were used up until 1898 (Crozier). For the Western world, the Industrial Revolution brought about the movement to bring school aged kids working in factories and on farms to the classroom. Standardized testing allowed the newly expanded student
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Effectiveness of Standardized Testing Ashley Norris Com 220 September 16, 2012 Katie Boswell Effectiveness of Standardized Testing Hayden, a second grader, always has had trouble taking tests. From the very first test that he took in kindergarten until now, Hayden has collapsed under the pressure of the test and has never performed at a standard that was acceptable to himself or his educators. Situations such as this one are far too common in our schools today. Many of the children, such
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Many of us have dreaded standardized testing. I know I have, as I was always trying to prepare myself whether it was taking classes offered after class, or just putting that extra time in at home. Standardized testing shouldn't be used to measure a students ability and knowledge in school. "The Council of Chief State School Officers and the country's largest school districts have spoken out in favor of reducing the number of standardized tests students take. The national teachers unions and other
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Although standardized tests have their many uses such as giving a checkpoint for where a student is in a course, It is still believed that it needs to be changed to cater towards individuals instead of it’s current one size fits all. We also need to improve the standardized tests so that they will help students improve, as well as to set standardized tests so that they would be in real world situations. After most standardized tests, most students get a score that mark their overall improvement
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Many colleges look at standardized testing for determination of acceptance, but should it be a major factor in determining the grant or deny of college entry? Colleges should abolish standardized testing for determination of acceptance because there are other factors to look at, some people have test anxiety, and it could have an interference in future goals for college. Standardized testing is not the best thing to look at for acceptance and it causes many stressful situations for students to go
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The Cons of Standardized Testing In past decades, tests were given to students to decide their placement in classes or to determine which students needed to be placed in resources class. Today, standardized tests are used for arbitrating the success or failure of students, teachers, and schools. “Despite their biases, inaccuracies, limited ability to measure achievement or ability, and other flaws, schools use standardized tests to determine if children are ready for school, track them into instructional
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I believe that standardized tests are not beneficial to students, teachers, or schools and should not have continued use in school districts throughout the country. Standardized tests cause teachers to have a certain curriculum which focuses mainly on materials on the test and takes away from other subjects. The tests also create unnecessary stress for both the students and the teachers and there is so much relying on the one test. In addition, test taking wastes class time that could be used for
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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 properly hone the skills needed
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Eduventures calculated that about 2 million students spend $2.5 billion a year on test preparation and tutoring” (Briody, pg.2). Standardized tests, such as the SAT/ACT, were created to compare students and give college admissions a solution to determine if the applied student would be “right” for the college. However more recently, colleges have been heavily relying on standardized test scores as the determining factor for admissions. It has led to a lot of disagreement; some believe that the SAT/ACT is
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Students take twenty-twenty five hours yearly of standardized tests and that's not factoring in the practice tests and class.This essay will discuss how there are too many state mandated tests, how the tests are too long ,and . I feel that test should be cut and good tests take their place. First, there are too many mandated tests .The average amount of tests a student will take over their school career is one hundred and twelve .A school in California which happens to be the 4th largest school in
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