Imagine You walk into the classroom the teacher says time for a standardized test you get out a number 2 pencil you see a bunch of questions that you don’t know the answer too. Then you get nervous and then you start to write down random answers and you get them right but you did not learn anything. Did you know that kids don’t learn from standardized tests and it doesn’t give them any academic advantages? High schoolers mess around on their standardized tests because it’s not a part of their grades.The Sacramento bee reported that testing jitters is so common in Sacramento that they instruct you on what to do if you puke on your test. The US was 18th in math but then the No Child Left Behind law started and then the US slipped to 31st place
Standardized testing is suppose to benefit a student in many ways but a lot of kids don’t feel like it does. Some students have fear taking a standardized test. Those kids who make good grades but get usually get nervous before tests, normally struggle while taking their exam. Many times it causes students to stress and feel overwhelmed distracting them from their grades. (Ms. Moore), a teacher in Ohio believes that, “you don’t teach kids to perform well on standardized tests, you teach kids to learn, to enjoy learning and to not treat it as such a negative. When did learning in America become a negative?” (Analysis; Pros & Cons). Though education isn’t always fun, it shouldn’t cause students to stress over a test score. It also makes students give up once they know their test score is low.
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.
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
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.
Jouriles, Greg. “Here’s why we don’t need standardized testing.” Education Week 33.36(2014). 36,40. Web. 22 February 2015.
One of the biggest topics in the educational world is standardized tests. All fifty states have their own standards following the common core curriculum. There are many positives and negatives that go with the standardized tests. A standardized test is any type of “examination that's administered and scored in a predetermined, standard manner” (Popham, 1999). These standardized tests are either aptitude tests or achievement tests. Schools use achievement tests to compare students.
Alarming is an understatement when it comes to the anxiety and stress standardized testing brings. Students are told how vital these tests can be to college acceptance, class placement, and school ranking, so it is no surprise that they lead students to become stressed out and anxious about taking the assessments. According to education researcher Gregory J. Cizek, "illustrating how testing... produces gripping anxiety in even the brightest students, and makes young children vomit or cry, or both" (2). The affect standardized testing has on students is unacceptable, no students should be anxious and uneasy about going to school due to a test. To continue, the Sacramento Bee reported that "test-related jitters, especially among young students,
Students can get so stressed out that they develop anxiety, cry, or even vomit because of these tests. According to ProCon.org, on Mar. 14, 2002, the Sacramento Bee reported that "test-related jitters, especially among young students, are so common that the Stanford-9 exam comes with instructions on what to do with a test booklet in case a student vomits on it" (Is the Use of Standardized Tests Improving Education in America?). This quote specifically shows that people are aware of how negatively these tests impact students’ lives. How could any student perform well on these tests that make them so anxious they vomit? Not only are students stressing over standardized tests, teachers also worry because sometimes their jobs are on the line. Depending on how well students perform on these tests, decides if teachers and schools get praised or punished. According to the Wall Street Journal, “Washington, D.C., Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee fired 241 teachers Friday under a new evaluation system that holds teachers accountable for student test scores. She also put an additional 17% on notice that if they don't improve next year, they could lose their job” (Banchero). This evidence further portrays the idea that students are not only taking the tests to score high to better themselves, but they need to score
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?)
Standardized tests cause unnecessary stress on students because of pressure to do well on tests. Students who study too much or do not study enough can get stressed out. Not studying enough can make students feel unprepared and can cause anxiety. Studying too much can overwhelm a student of overload of information. In the article, “The Leading Source for Pros & Cons of Controversial Issues”, an education researcher Gregory J. Cizek, says “the brightest of students even get stressed.” If the smartest students in school get stressed, how can average students avoid stress? There is no way to avoid the stress that comes with these tests. It also states, “The Sacramento Bee reported that ‘test-related jitters, especially among young students, are so common that the Stanford-9 exam comes with instructions on what to do with a test booklet in case a student vomits on it.” The stress that comes with standardized tests is bad enough, but
There is much controversy about wether standardized tests benefit students taking them. Some people believe that standardized tests benefit children others believe that standardized tests do not test a child’s abilities completely. I believe that standardized tests don't benefit students. In this story I will explain why I believe that standardized tests don’t benefit students.
“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?