Benefits Of Standardized Testing In High School

Ever since standardized testing started being used as a way to evaluate the intelligence of students and the teachers’ ability to educate, the standard of actual education has been diminished immensely. Standardized testing is used in most public and private schools to analyze students’ knowledge. It has affected the way in which students learn and has corrupted the methods teachers use to educate. In some cases, English-Learning and disabled students face discrimination from teachers since teachers have more responsibility to have a high number of passing students. Some countries around the world don’t use standardized tests to rank their students or schools and yet they have been successful. Standardized tests are not efficient on making students learn, they should not be used to evaluate students’ knowledge.

Standardize tests can be used to evaluate a student's understanding and knowledge in subject area. For example, The Georgia Milestones Assessment System (Georgia Milestones) is a comprehensive summative assessment, which measures how well students have learned the knowledge and skills outlined in the state-adopted content standards in English Language Arts, mathematics, science, and social studies. Standardize test have a positive effect on instructional decision making in the classroom. Standardize testing can help teachers diagnose student issues, evaluate student academic performance, form small groups, and develop instructional plans.

Since the passage of the No Child Left Behind law in 2002, standardized testing has been at the center of attention in the educational system. Several schools and teachers have been forced to drill children on the information they will be tested on. Teachers are forced to demonstrate other important topics in order to teach test material. Similar to majority of tests provided in the school system, standardized test have both pros and cons. Generally speaking, standardized testing is a great way to determine a baseline for a child. As Miller (2016) indicated, tests have a multitude of benefits, which include student enthusiasm, peer learning, self-improvement and retention, transfer of learning, student self-assessment, and teacher instructional guidance. Teachers are able to use the data from the standardized tests to build an entire academic plan around the results. Additionally, students and parents are able to understand the strengths and weaknesses of each child in order to determine the next steps needed to help bridge any gaps within their academic studies.

I agree with the idea to lessen the importance of any type of standardized test. Just as Stu Schmill, dean of admissions at MIT, stated, “’I do believe that most

Each year high school students from around the country take the SAT or ACT. The ACT and SAT are both standardized test used by colleges to determine the knowledge of a student and predict what their performance will be in their first year of college. An immense amount of pressure is put on student to receive certain scores in order to obtain scholarships and admission into college. Even just one point on a student’s score can determine if they will be accepted into their dream college. However, the results from standardized tests, such as the ACT and SAT, are often inaccurate. Because of this one’s knowledge and academic ability are misrepresented, and they are denied certain opportunities. Standardized tests such as the ACT and the SAT

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.

Schools all over the nation have introduced standardized testing as a way to evaluate what the students have learned over the course of the school year. Exams can be administered online or on paper, depending on the subject. Test can be taken at different points of the school year; results can be used as a way to determine what areas are weaker than others. Most results are viewed by the school board, administrators, and teachers. In some schools students take one end of the year test with different subjects, other just takes one test. These tests can be graded by groups of people are computers. Standardized testing has become a part of America’s educational system and many don’t see the benefit of the test at all.

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Do you think standardized testing is good for kids? Some people believe it holds a benefit for kids, but I think that is has a negative effect on them. They think that they can be good just so the school knows how smart they are but we don’t need tests for that. Standardized testing is harmful because children get stressed, they should be able to express themselves and that they don’t actually prepare them for adulthood.

Why do we take so many standardized testing each year? That is a question that students at my school ask all the time. The end of the school year is the best and the worst time. Summer is right around the corner, but we still have all our standardized testing to take. It causes so much pressure and stress for all students, teachers and even some of the parents. It is one test for your subject to prove everything you know and have been learning the whole year. I do understand how there is pros and cons of standardized testing, But I believe that the cons overpower the pros. Standardized testing has not improved student achievement (Is the use of standardized testing improving education in America?)

Do you think standardized testing is harmful or helpful? A lot of people are really stressing out over standardized testing, including me. I think that standardized testing is harmful for kids. A lot of other people think that it is helpful though, For example teachers, and administrators, and other people think it is helping our students. Standardized testing is harmful but some people think it is helpful, like me.

Should high school students be forced to take Standardized test before awarded their high school diploma. In my opinion students should not be tested from a Standardized test that will affect their in negative way. I feel very strongly about this subject and don't believe the Standardized test should even be aloud. The test are privately own and are all profit for private companies, which is morally wrong in my opinion. People should be given their diploma solely on their grades and progression through schooling. There's a lot of mental tare on students who overstudy and still get a bad/ low score on the test especially since the test cost a good amount of money and then if you have to take them over multiple times it affects you mentally

“Ok everyone, we are going to have to go through this unit pretty quickly since the SOL’s are coming up soon!” Most elementary, middle, and high school students have heard their teacher say this at least once. The question that this quote poses is, how are standardized tests we had to take at the primary and secondary level beneficial to us? Were they only beneficial to our teachers and schools? Or did they actually prepare us for our future? Or, are they outmoded and not beneficial at all?

I think that when I do standardized tests I do kinda good , I think because every time I do a really serious test I get nervous and do not know how to answer the questions that are given to me but I stay confident . I consider myself a good tester , well sometimes . I think this because I sometimes do not like testing and I get distracted but, I also like to get good grades so I try to stay focused and positive . It had not always been this way because I use to not do good in my elementry test and my first year of middle school because I would think it was not important to do standard test . What I do the night before a test, to be honest I do not study or do anything school related because I get lazy unless I have homework then I do my homework

Standardized Testing has been around for many decades in the United States. In 2001 George Bush’s No Child Left Behind Act was used as a teacher evaluation tool and not a student evaluation tool. It was a misconceived belief that teachers were giving easier tests to show higher grades for their students it was also believed that the same teachers were bumping grades to make themselves look better and more effective (Introduction: No Child Left Behind. 2005). The push for standardized testing came from Universities and Colleges because they were using Secondary Education grades as part of their admission process and they were discovering that some students were coming in with a less than proficient skill set that did not match up to the grades that showed on