A Position Against Standardized Testing I am a mother of two elementary school age kids, Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) board member, and actively involved in my children’s education. I have often asked why there is so much emphasis on standardized tests. Growing up, we took standardized tests but there was no real preparation work or stress over the test. We didn’t even know until the week prior that we had testing coming up. Back then teachers taught and engaged their students in learning
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Standardized tests have consumed our school systems to the point where everyone is sinking. Standardized testing is a way to see how well students respond to the standards taught in the classroom. Standardized testing varies from state to state, but all have one thing in common: they are not a true representation of a student's knowledge. On average, students in grades 3-8 take ten to twenty standardized tests a year; not to mention, more being added each year (Lazarín). School officials do not have
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Almagor, Lelac. "The Good in Standardized Testing." Boston Review 39.5 (2014): 6-9. OmniFile Full Text Select (H.W. Wilson). Web. 24 Sept. 2014. The title of this article is “The Good in Standardized Testing”, but this article is not simply praising standardized testing. The author chose to 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
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Standardized testing has been a well-debated topic in the U.S. for a long time. The debate is whether standardized tests should be restricted or expanded. It is wrong to judge a student based on one end of the year test, when they have so much more to show throughout their school year. It is almost as these standardized tests make teachers teach their students differently by making them teach to what is going to be on the test rather than the normal curriculum. There are many things wrong with standardized
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Testing in schools has always been common; teachers need a way to arbitrate if students are understanding and obtaining the knowledge being taught. However, a different type of test is becoming prominent in school systems. Standardized testing, examinations administered and scored in a standard manner (7), are taking over the school systems. Standardized tests administered to students are either aptitude tests or achievement tests. Aptitude tests predict student’s performance, like the common ACT
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Standardized Testing: Is it hurting or helping today’s students Since the beginning of the modern education system, children have been tested to determine how well they knew the material that was being taught. Testing has always been the fail-proof way to see how the teaching strategy was working. Recently, standardized testing has been put into place as a way for federal government to see how the schools are performing. There has been a lot of controversy on this topic, whether or not standardized
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Standardized tests is a measurement of a student’s educational ability. It is used to determine the current averages and recognize high and low performers. The test informs teachers on how a student performed on the test and what treatment they need to improve or to be more challenged. Standardized testing is stressful and takes too much time for students. So much time and preparation is put into doing this one test. This time could be put into learning what we need in the standards and for what
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High-stakes standardized testing can be a blessing and a curse, but the issue we are prompted with is should it be required in every class at Monett High School. Both pro and con side of the argument propose evidence as to why their side is considered correct and should be put into action. In the case of Monett High School I find that standardized testing would cause grades to drop while the assignments given would be completed with soaring averages. With information pointing to the failure of these
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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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action in their contract. Standardized testing has been a major political debate in the past years. It has not only caused a great debate, but also has questioned of whether or not standardize testing should continue to be a part of elementary students' curriculum. The key argument for continuing this drama is the idea that standardized tests are crucial in indicating a child's education quality. However, this is a mistake. Standardized tests are an
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