Arguments Against Standardized Tests

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.

The current uproar over standardized testing is being battled by cultural minorities who demand equality. “Cultural bias” refers to the idea that the differences between scores of racial and ethnic groups are caused by a bias towards the “American-born, English-speaking majority” of the US population. From the simple IQ test to the SAT, standardized testing has become an unfair predictor and artificial decision maker for this country’s minority, especially those newly immigrated. Economic and cultural biases leave for little opportunity for these examinees to perform well, partially because of the failure of the government to prepare and assimilate minority students.

How I feel about standardized tests is that they get me really stressed out and they are scary. I believe i'm a a bad test taker because when someone hands me a test I forget everything I learned over the year and just freak out and stare at the paper. Yes, I believe ever since Kindergarten iv'e been like this. Fun fact is that when I was taking my STAR test in second grade I peed myself thinking I was going to fail but it was a practice STAR test, I was bullied ever since. I prepare for a standardized test by going over what I learned at midnight, that way I don't freak out and stress or sometimes eating makes me feel more confident about myself. I believe that when they give you gum before taking the test helps, because it distracts you of

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Do we really need 20-25 hours for testing? Some people think testing is fine the way it is. I think testing needs a change. We spend way too much time doing standardized tests that don’t even measure the skills people need in life. My main pieces of evidence are, the government is suggesting shorter tests, many other factors can affect standardized test scores, and my last piece of evidence is standardized tests don't measure all the skills people need in life.

Throughout the United States, in our educational system, standardized test are used very commonly throughout grade school. They are issued to student as soon as they believe children are able to understand and comprehend the material the test question them on. A Standardized test is a form of test that requires all test takers to the answer the same questions, which there is only one exact correct answer. I have taken so many standardized test throughout my life that I can't possibly remember and recount how many were issued to me in grade school. I believe there are numerous flaws in how and why standardized test are formulated and issued to students that obscure a student's true potential. Some standardized test are made to be so

Stuck in a room test after test can we go outside yet? No. Come on

Seven times a year, millions of students head to their designated test centers with handfuls of No. 2 pencils to take the SAT or ACT for the college admissions process. In this nerve wracking and stressful situation, students are expected to flawlessly demonstrate all important concepts that high school has taught them and perform to the best of their abilities in order to get into college. In recent years, there has been much speculation and dispute over the these examinations. The truth is, standardized tests to not accurately depict a student 's knowledge on a particular subject. Removing the standardized test requirement creates an equal and fair chance for all applicants by removing the socioeconomic unfairness, and forces admissions

“We are raising today's children in sterile, risk-averse and highly structured environments. In so doing, we are failing to cultivate artists, pioneers and entrepreneurs, and instead cultivating a generation of children who can follow the rules in organized sports games, sit for hours in front of screens and mark bubbles on standardized tests.” (Darell Hammond) Standardized testing, or better known to us Virginias as SOL’s, is repressing knowledge of the students and degrading the effectiveness of an educator. Only basic, random learning is taking place, training kids to only want to learn what they are being testing on. No one is able to have an interest in anything except what is in the curriculum. Certain people that are not aware of hard work and dedication are making tests that aren’t even relevant to the interest or understanding of the student. The tests are not even clarifying enough to make simple to teach. There are so many discrepancies, we are not even educated enough to know the simple purpose of why is it mandatory we are tested. Standardized tests are not in the best interest of the student neither enhancing the education of the student, giving ambition to learn in depth, are clear enough to cover the material, and nor is anyone observing the children to understand why it is so highly unfavored.

Standardized tests have being a controversial topic ever since they started implementing them as a mandatory assessment. I strongly disagree with this type of evaluation for obvious reasons. As a modern day student I’m utterly aware of how potentially frustrating a test can be. In this matter, taking standardized tests not only affects students, but also helicopter parents. Complaints have recently risen the past years against having to take this tests and this idea has also been enforced by former president Barrack Obama which handed out his personal opinion about this controversial assessment claiming it was a waste of time. It is understandable the reasons why government’s education department is prone to defend this protocol,

Although standardized testing may have positive effects on some students, there may be other students who can be potentially hurt. It should be to our utmost priority to decrease and eliminate the negative effects that students may encounter from testing too much. School should be safe and enjoyable environment where students come every day and look forward to learning. If the one place where students are expected to be free from harm is unsafe, what does that say about schools in the United States? Even though policy makers and administrators are working to the best of the capabilities to lessen the harmful consequences of standardized testing and making schools a more exciting experience, the citizens of the United States possess the ability

Are you feeling motivated to do something why not sit down and take a three-hour test? For years now, standardized testing has been at the forefront of all education and is part of the reason students dread going to school. Although standardized testing has become a significant part of our education, it does have a negative impact on the effectiveness of the instruction we are getting. This topic is essential to many because the use of these such tests are damaging our education system. The question most familiar to students and many others, is why we are subject to standardized testing? Some would say that standardized testing is to help teachers and public-school systems determine the curriculum to teach their students each year. Others

Albert Einstein once said “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will spend it's whole life believing that it is stupid.”. This quote can easily sum up the current state our school system is in. Instead of teaching things for the reason to learn, teachers are teaching so a student can pass a test. Standardized test have been shown to not be completely effective in testing a student's abilities.Many people may claim that a standardized test can effectively place students but I have to disagree. Standardized tests can be extremely inaccurate and ineffective.

The headline of every newspaper said that there would no longer be children whose educations were being neglected within school systems of the United States. It had just become law that states must give standardized tests to ensure that every child was receiving an adequate education and learning the information necessary to succeed. However, the method of giving high-stakes tests has never been the most effective way to be updated on the progress society is making. These tests have several flaws such as their tendency to limit the material that students are being taught and their negative effects on the attitudes of students toward learning. Standardized testing has been proven to be more harmful to students and more inaccurate than originally anticipated, so they should be eliminated to improve the health and education of the United States’ students.

The implementation of standardized testing has students dreading coming to school even more than they already do. They've inflicted this overwhelming stress on students since the 1930’s, and people are still working on ditching them as a whole. Not only do standardized tests create stress, they are inaccurate and give false information on levels of academic achievement. An abundant amount of students do not take these tests seriously because the results of the test do not impact their grades. Standardized tests are unnecessary and should not be used in schools because they inflict stress on students, takes away opportunities from them and are not a credible source of academic growth.