Does Standardized Testing Benefit Students

Standardized tests are exams that are supposed to measure a child’s academic knowledge but have long been a controversial subject of discussion. Although it is one method to see how a child is performing, is it the best method? Standardized testing can be biased or unfair, inhibit both the teacher’s and the children’s creativity and flexibility, affect funding for schools, cause untested subjects to be eliminated from the curriculum, and cause anxiety for children and teachers.

Standardized testing is not an effective way to test the skills and abilities of today’s students. Standardized tests do not reveal what a student actually understands and learns, but instead only prove how well a student can do on a generic test. Schools have an obligation to prepare students for life, and with the power standardized tests have today, students are being cheated out of a proper, valuable education and forced to prepare and improve their test skills. Too much time, energy, and pressure to succeed are being devoted to standardized tests. Standardized testing, as it is being used presently, is a flawed way of testing the skills of today’s students.

In my opinion I do not think standardized tests measures a student's learning accurately. I think this because there are students who are bright, smart, and have a high GPA, but when it comes to taking a test some students just break

The consequences of the SAT have been seen as physically and mentally deteriorating for students. However, not only does the stress affect the students preparing for the SAT, but it also affects the instructors who are required to teach the material. Many students are being “forced into their respective testing rooms for up to three hours per day, slaving away on exams that most of us have struggled through (Ayers).” Likewise, “due to the pressures faced by administration, teachers [are] essentially [forced to] teach students how to approach and solve problems expected on standardized exams (Kokoszka).” Furthermore, according to Thomas Kellaghan et al, “testing pressures teachers into teaching for the test and thus leads to a narrowing of the

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.

Are schools teaching students to broaden their minds and think creatively or are they just preparing them for tests? It is important to know whether standardized tests are actually beneficial for students’ learning. Over the last decade, standardized testing has been a more prominent focus for schools. Many students have to be tested every year in order to know what classes they would be placed in. Not only do tests determine what classes students will take but they may also determine whether or not they would be accepted into certain schools. These tests are a major factor that determines whether students advance in their education or not. This major focus on tests steers away from the actual purpose of schools: to teach students and ensure they understand the material. Standardized testing is not that beneficial because it hinders students’ full

Tenth grade standardized testing in Pennsylvania is so unnecessary that makes a student complete in order to view their progress. This testing technique produces unpredictable results that allows one to review and come across their own judgment when accessing these tests. High school teachers sometimes tell students how their job depends on the results of the test. High school administrators tell the students that if they do not pass these tests, then they can not graduate on time. They make it seem like these tests are very important and make it a mindset to students that they need to try to conquer these tests just to meet the necessary graduation requirements. The shadows of the tenth grade Pennsylvania standardized testing needs to be overlooked

A question most students ask is why do we take standardized tests and is it needed in life, studies have shown that “93% of studies on student testing, including the use of large-scale and high-stakes standardized tests, found a "positive effect" on student achievement” according to a 100 year analysis of testing research by Richard P. Pelps. Another reason is most students get plenty of time to prepare for the test with test prep, also if you fail the first time you can pay to retake and with a little more studying can easily raise your test grade. Final reason most people believe it provides an accurate measurement of a student's performance and a teacher's effectiveness.

Did you know that “Texas spends about 90 million dollars a year’’ (Scott Friedman 1) on a standardized test. 90 million dollars a year is an absurd amount of money to spend on a test when we could be using that money for something more beneficial to the state of Texas. That is just one reason standardized testing is not necessary in the state of Texas.

Scoring a 1580 on the SAT and 35 on the ACT would grant a free pass to any of the Ivy League schools, but that’s just one of the requirements to be accepted. There’s others things, such as volunteering, GPA, sports, clubs, extracurriculars, and much, much more that colleges tend to look at when guaranteeing admission. But, the main crisis that needs to be looked upon is, whether standardized testing is effective in education, in which case, it is. Standardized testing is given to every state, where students are given the same questions on a test, but is tested by their individual ability to use their knowledge of learning to answer each question. In which, colleges would be able to compare each student by their score, received by a simple statistical

Standardized tests do not asses skills when their questions are generalized for an entire population. Most of the time, the tests are not in conjunction with classroom skills and behavior. These tests asses for general knowledge and understanding of students rather that their actual abilities. Since the questions are general in nature, it becomes very difficult for teachers to know how to improve the students understanding of a particular subject based on just general information. This leads to teachers “teaching to test” rather than educating students in a proper way based on the real needs of the classroom. Another reason these tests do more bad than good is the fact that teachers actually have a test booklet instructing them on what to do if a student vomits during a test. Students study so hard for these tests and simply cannot handle the pressure. So in the end, their final scores reflect not their abilities, but the influences of their surrounding factors instead.

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

A significant portion of No Child Left Behind demands that students must participate in yearly standardized testing that adheres to state standards (Education Week). Advocates of No Child Left Behind believe that standardized testing provides a reliable way of measuring students’ achievement, but it does not for multiple reasons. The first is that standardized testing places too much emphasis on success than actually learning and mastering the material. “Teaching to the test” has, for the most part, replaced teaching to ensure learning and mastery: American students are receiving only the basics of education and cannot compete with the top-performing nations of the world (Education Next). A study from the American Federation of Teachers states

Do you think schools spend to much time on testing? I think schools don’t spend a lot of time on testing. How ever other people argue with my claim. I think Standardized testing is helpful because it helps teacher know when to move to the next section to learn, It helps kids work harder to get better grades, and it also takes up little class time.

Do you think standardized testing is more appropriate for some ages than others? What ages and why? Yes, I do not feel the elementary school should be under these types of pressure. These kids