Arguments Against Standardized Testing

Throughout high school and college we will go through a vast amount of testing but why? Testing is used to show a person’s amount of knowledge on a particular subject. Usually it’s for one specific subject and not a majority of them, standardized tests administered in schools today include all testable subjects as in English, Math, Science, Writing, and Reading. However, before we can all take the next step and begin our college careers, we have to take one of two tests, the ACT or the SAT. These two exams demine the college you get into, the amount of scholarships you will receive, and even whether or not your will be accepted into said college, all determined by the score you receive.

It is true that standardized tests are being used to evaluate whether our schools are doing their jobs. Our schools prepare our students for life in the workforce and college. If we do take away standardized testing, it will seem as though we have no way to evaluate our schools by, but the fact is we already have a way. What is it that students are typically evaluated by? Their volunteer work? Their extracurricular activities? Their clubs? Students are typically evaluated by their grade point average. Scholarships, school rank, and colleges take GPA into account. Everything that is important to a high school student, scholarships, school rank, and college, is in some way determined by their GPA. Some corporations use GPA as a cut-off point

I one hundred percent agree with this, we should stop caring about standardized testing as that just adds more pressure to those that care much more than others about their future. I for one care enough to be successful in my life but I don’t want to have to depend on a great testing grade to judge my success. The SAT and ACT, in my opinion before this article, useless to me.

Our children are the most important resource in this Country. Our way of life could forever change, by the changes that are put into our schools by the federal government. The decline in meaningful learning because of the many standardized tests mandated, first accepted into our state from the federal government, which can degrade the lifestyle we enjoy today. “Standardized Tests measure only a small portion of what makes education meaningful”, and they are taking too much out of the learning time. This is detrimental to our children’s Education. Retired teachers and grandparents in a group called United Women’s Forum, meet every week. They are working to improve civic issues regarding the Education of our children. There is need for more

Like most things in academics, I just knew that the standardized test were just donkey manure and additional gatekeepers to the system. Sure there are waivers, but the fact that you have to pay for them, especially for something because college requires is foolish. Should you be applauded for doing well on them? Most definitely. But it’s like having to pay and being required to take a swimming test, which can only test how well you can swim, how fast, and how many form. But if you’re not a swimmer but a basketballer or a footballer or whatever your gift is, then you’ll be penalized for not performing as well. The point is, we’re inadequately being tested on forms that do not measure all correctly and yet have been indoctrinated in the same system or requirements that was only adopted in the 1960’s when the University of California system signed on to it. Furthermore, standardized tests like the SAT/ACT is more of a measurement of class than anything else. As of this writing, I come to find that many more colleges have dropped that requirement, but still, the fact that so many students spend so much wasted time paying and studying for it, like I did, makes me shake my head. I knew that I had to play the game, or get left behind. I knew the game wasn’t about my

Kevin Kumashiro points out in his article for The Progressive that “ The 2015 ‘Nation’s Report Card’ shows a declines in students test scores in reading and mathematics” since 1990. Over the years, school mostly focus on getting the right answer on high-stake tests. Herbert J. Walberg, wrote in his article standardized testing is the best to measure students “educational goals” (Walberg, 1) Apparently, getting the right answer on a test makes a student ready for the real world. “The scores don’t provide very much useful information for evaluation a student's achievement” (Harris, 1) Most individuals disagree with the states passing new laws since NCLB to make the opposing side happy. No matter how much the government tries to add laws to fix about measuring students ability it will backfire. Phillip Harris argues standardized test does a “poor job” with measuring students achievement. How the high-stake test fail in measuring “important attributes as creativity and critical thinking.” (Harris,1) Studies show standardized tests “reward superficial thinking.” (Harris,1) and discourage analytical thinking. Richard Rothstein, an educational economist stated ‘Measurement of students achievement is complex-too complex for social science presently available.’ (Harris, 1) These methods include standardized testing. Rothstein statement was made in 1998. More than a decade

There has been an ongoing debate on standardized testing as to whether or not it is necessary for individuals to complete. These exams are generally used to measure academic success and assembles a prediction as to how well a student will perform in subsequent courses.

Most kids might not ever believe that parents don't like test either.Some parents do not like standardized testing, they think that it is to much.The argument between standardized testing is getting hot.Some parents think that we should have standardized testing,but i personally think that we do need testing because the district needs to know if we are learning what we need to be learning or if we are learning anything at all,also to depict if we move on to our next grade also for us to know what we are learning ourselves.

Standardized testing first began in the mid 1800s, testing the amount of knowledge that a student knows when it comes to the three main subjects:; math, science and history. The question is whether or not standardized testing accurately tests the knowledge of the student and is beneficial to the school system. Both sides provide a lot of evidence stating why standardized tests do or do not provide what the school system needs or wants. Those for standardized testing argue that testing is the only cheap and effective way to evaluate students and their knowledge. They argue that the tests give them a way to evaluate teachers and how well students are being taught. Those on the other side of the spectrum argue that standardized testing overall

Recently, the amount of standardized testing in the United States increased drastically. “Students are taking between ten and twenty standardized tests, depending on the grade. A total average of one hundred thirteen different ones by graduation”(Locker). A few years ago the United States, along with other nations, was given a test to assess the academic strengths and weaknesses of each nation and rank them accordingly. When the results were released and the United States was ranked near the bottom, the nation decided to start incorporating more testing through school. Between benchmark, TLI, PARCC, and common core standards, teaching pedagogy changed once again. Standardized testing has had a negative effect on teachers

But once students took the test the schools have found a more ¨positive effect¨ on the student's achievement."in direct support of higher expectations, strengthened standards and better tests.” (Source 5). Also Schools have acheieved the significant schools award for all the students doing good on the test and for the teachers and staff helping them out in school so they get a good future. ¨20 school systems that "have achieved significant, sustained, and widespread gains" on national and international assessments used Department of Education stated in Nov. 2004.” (Source 5). After taking the Standardized tests students have been getting better grades and have been understanding the topic in all the classes and teachers and staff say that they will get a better future now.”Standardized tests provide accurate comparisons between sub-groups. These sub-groups can include data on ethnicity, socioeconomic status, special needs, etc.” (Source

This issue of standardized testing is an ongoing debate that has been argued about for decades, with strong support coming from both sides. These assessments are used all across the national education system to evaluate educational performance. Some believe that they are a vital resource for success, while others view them as a predisposed technique in assessing intelligence. Standardized testing is an inaccurate method of measuring a student’s intellectual abilities because it fails to present students with the content they have been taught and are familiar with, it restricts students with its limited subject matter, and it only measures knowledge based on a student’s ability to memorize proficiently.

Education is saturated with standardized testing. Standardized testing is throughout your whole educational career, starting with the MAP test and ending with an ACT or SAT test. The curriculum in the classroom is molded to fit test taken by each student while teachers teach to the test. According to Council of Great City Schools, “as of 2016, the average student in America takes a staggering 112 mandatory standardized tests before graduating high school.” Standardized testing is defined as same test student take under similar conditions with criteria for multiple choice or short answer questions. College are examining on test score to decide student’s future in education. “Unfortunately we cannot accept you due to your lack of testing ability” is the last thing any college student wants to hear. High School students, who already have responsible for choosing a college, a career, and focussing on school work, have to focus on one more thing that should not even be factored to college, standardized test like the ACT or SAT. If you score high enough on the MAP test, you have opportunities to achieve in advanced classes in future classes that could help for college. If

In most of the countries students are expected to take standardized exams before completing their high school education. In America, students take ACT, a standardized exam which measures students’ ability to move forward for college. They generally tests students on their knowledge in English, Math, and Science. Each section has its own points, and the overall score is the average score of all sections. But are standardized exams really standardized? And can it measure every student’s ability correctly? I argue that standardized exams are not really standardized and it is not fair to every student who is taking these tests. The main reasons which make standardized tests unstandardized and unfair are the improper distribution of content, purely

Standardized testing has been a part of the education system since its founding. However Standardized testing and exams should be replaced in favor of another form of assessment because exams fail to achieve their goals. Exams have proven to be stressful from students, adults and professors perspectives. Some say that the system fails to give all pupils fair shot and the students who are exceptionally intelligent who fail assessments “can lack initiative” (Tait, 12). Which states that those who do not have one single set of skills are set up for failure which is unfair to those learners. One student says that exams “Represent cramming, and bad study habits.” (Debate.org, 10). Because while many students do procrastinate and end up stressing double later. Many are never taught how to properly study or how to study in a way that helps them learn best.