Argumentative Essay On Standardized Testing

To many students standardized testing has become another part of schooling that is dreaded. Standardized testing has been a part of school since the nineteen-thirties; in those days it was used as a way to measure students that had special needs. Since the time that standardized test have been in American schools there has been many programs that have placed an importance on the idea of standardized testing such as the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (Evans 1). Over the years the importance of standardized testing has increased tremendously and so has the stakes, not only for teachers but also students. All states in the United States of America have state test in order to measure how much students learn, and help tell how well the

I personally can admit that I am not the best taker, but I am a successful student in the classroom. Often times, my friends, who I consistently get better grades than, receive similar scores on standardized tests as me. This bothers me when it happens, but it also makes me realize that I did not study or take the test as seriously as I should have. I constantly hear people complaining about how they were not satisfied with their ACT scores and that the test is complete bogus because someone with worse grades in class than them got a better score. While frustrating to get a low score, the chances are, that they did not put in as much time studying for the ACT as they would have for a test or final in class. Perhaps one may have a taken an ACT prep class, but unless someone actually sits down and studies for it, they will not get

Standardized testing has been ruling over the lives of students, making or breaking them in their education without fair judgement. Tests like the SAT and the ACT count for way too much when applying to colleges, which in turn limits the student 's capabilities to thrive in an environment that would benefit them. There are many problems within a standardized test that deems them to be unreliable as a true test of knowledge. Although designed to test groups of students on intelligence, standardized testing neglects to fairly acknowledge the abilities of each unique student which reflect their true capabilities.

Students shouldn’t be measured by what they get on standardized test since it doesn’t show other things that the students are good at. The author wrote, “ Contrary to popular assumptions about standardized testing, the tests do a poor job of measuring student achievement. They fail to measure such important attributes as creativity and critical thinking skills.” (Opposing viewpoints in Context pg.1) The author’s main argument is that standardized tests do not show the other skill that students, schools or programs have that isn’t shown just through a test. That Standardized testing doesn’t effectively measure the achievement of students. In his or her article, the author puts what achievement is but what is based on standardized test and not other things. A lot of attributes are not measured from the standardized tests. There are some places that have rewards for “shallow thinking” (Opposing viewpoints Pg.3)

Each year many high school students are encouraged to take standardized tests. They are told how essential the tests are and to spend vast amounts of time preparing for them. Although many people think that standardized tests are a useful tool for the measurement of students’ aptitude and intelligence, they are ineffective to represent the true proficiency of their understanding.

    I think it can be agreed by all students that nobody enjoys the ludicrous amount of extra studying that is brought with these tests. It is only an added stress on an already tumultuous time of a young person’s life, and the modification of the standardized test should be seen as an important chapter in

Since 1805 public schools have been the backbone of many Americans and their strive for an education. On top of this, public schools, according to the Huffington Post, equate to 91% or 50.7 million of those attending pre-Kindergarten through the 12th grade. But, with other school types such as year-round attending over 2 million students, the question begs, “Which school type provides their students with the best education”?

If someone was to ask you “how do you define student achievement?” what would your answer be? Would you say student achievement is measured by state achievement tests? Or would you say that student achievement is too complex a subject to be objectively measured? There are many important skills students must be taught, and we need a way to effectively measure if they are in fact learning those skills. However, standardized tests cannot effectively show the learning of all students, especially those that are not good test takers. And of those skills that are tested, there are an endless number of arguably more important skills that aren’t being valued because they cannot be calculated. Furthermore,

Standardized test are a big issue in today’s education system. Some people feel that they are stressful to students. Others feel that they are good for measuring educational growth. This argument gets more in depth when it comes to standardized test being a requirement for a student to graduate. This is because you could have a student that is very intelligent but is not a good test taker, and if they do not meet the state standards on standardized test they will not graduate regardless of how smart they are and many feel this is unfair. On the other hand, some feel that having these test as a graduation requirement is a good thing because they show exactly what and how much a student has learned through the course of the year.From this argument

How do I do on standardized tests? Well it all depends on what the subject of the test is. If it is English I feel confided that I'll do great on it, but if it is Math, well then there is a problem because I struggle with math a lot. I consider myself a good but sometimes bad test taker because I sometimes don't know the answer to a question and I leave it like that, I don't try my best. Although I sometimes come back to the question and try to solve it again to see what the answer is. In other words I try my best to figure everything out. I prepare for a standardized test my going over what we have learned in the past classes. A night before, I try my best to go over and review old worksheets and repeat the questions on a different piece of

“Like the global economy, today’s students are driven by ideas and innovations. They should not be reduced down to, or defined by, a single test score” (Schuler). In the present time, the majority of colleges look at one’s ACT score as the key to admitting the student into their institute of higher learning. A 24 minimum composite score on the ACT is a requirement to be accepted to most universities in the United States. This prerequisite is not fair to the students applying to these colleges for many reasons. One these reasons is many students suffer with test anxiety and the ACT does not show one’s full knowledge. Another set back is students can not always afford to pay for the ACT. Thus

A main complaint from students is teaching to the test. “Wilson's teachers often boast of our 'top-of-the-charts' academics. While the numbers are there, the classrooms are a bit different. Your teacher will tell you that everything is 'for the test'. And they will never teach you things that won't be on the standardized test,” says Lexx Smith, a sophomore.

Getting a good grade on standardized tests doesn’t mean a student is smart. It has been a common misconception that standardized tests show the comprehending ability of students in certain grade level. Accordingly through different times different researchers have come up with tests that they some how believe is better than the former model. But current studies have shown a different approach as to what standardized tests really measure. We have come to know that these tests, rather than promoting student’s abilities they are tools for measuring students for college acceptance, evaluate schools, and is not a platform for celebrating different characters.

Is there an efficient and effective way of measuring ability? Throughout history, mankind has strived to find a feasible manner of tracking and comparing, their achievements and achievements in knowledge. Recently, this pursuit has led to the popularized use of standardized tests. However, standardized tests are not an effective way of measuring the knowledge of humanity. Although, if used properly, they can reflect the gathered information, it is not always correct.

Standardized test are tests put in place in order to be a reliable measure of success and to have a positive academic effect on students, but recent studies have shown that these tests might not be as accurate as we perceive them to be. A standardized test is one that is the same for all test takers, it is scored and administered in the same exact way for each student. Common forms of these tests would include: achievement tests, intelligence tests, and aptitude tests. The Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) and The American College Test (ACT) are common standardized tests in the United States along with any other test that a state administers. A Brookings Institution study claims 50-80% of standardized testing results were unreliable and did not accurately reflect student performance, therefore standardized testing should be eliminated. Students need to put all of their energy into learning, instead of worrying about passing state wide tests that do not accurately define their current or future abilities as a student.