Ethics Of Standardized Testing

After the implementation of the “No Child Left Behind Act” high risk standardized testing has become a pressure cooker of corruption in the United States due to often unrealistic expectations, abundant incentives, and harsh punishments placed upon educators and administrators, overall resulting in the essential need for reform. The concept that every student’s academic ability can be assessed by a single universal exam is a misguided notion.

Countless Science Fiction media from works of literature to movies have introduced and reiterated the plausible future that awaits humanity were its rapid technological progression to continue. More often than not, the extraordinary circumstances depicted in such creations describe a population whose thoughts are controlled by a system in one way or another. Characters lack in personality, creativity and free will, capable only of regurgitating information fed to them and mirroring the other members of the work’s society as best as possible. As extreme as the human condition may be in these stories, the idea of unifying the way of thinking and establishing standards, I believe, is present

What are standardized test, well standardized tests are examinations of student’s education level compared to other students in a school, state and the country. These test not only show how much a student has learned but how effectively the teacher has prepared the students. However not all kids get the same amount of help and education. “According to a group of educational organizations and civil rights groups standardized achievement tests unfairly advantage white and Asian students and disadvantage the

The purpose of education has shifted from learning & gaining knowledge to see how well students can show patience, obedience, and willingness to work, so that colleges can pick out people that are going to work hard (Brabeck).We memorize, study for the test and forget it and repeat the cycle all over again. That’s why when young children ask adults or parents for help with their homework, they struggle to help because they can’t remember it. Also if the purpose of school was to learn, than why do they make us do standardized testing ? Standardized testing is not used in any way to see how much we’ve learned, but rather how much we can memorize/remember. Which is creating a conformity within our learning, and destroying creativity (Brabeck).

Students spend hours cramming for the SAT and ACT each year in the hopes of earning an acceptance letter to a competitive college. But is the tide turning away from standardized exams?

Is Standardized testing is making our students and teachers sick? I alfon ask the question why do we need standardized? They give us a test at the end of the year to see what skills we have learned in our classes, But what is the point for a test that doesn't even help you with your grades.

“Our educational goal [is] the production of caring, competent, loving, lovable people” . The students found in the schools across the United State are the future of America. They are the doctors, teachers, business people, lawyers and many other roles, that will be out in the workforce in the years to come. What they learn in school will impact them immensely; it is the responsibility of a teacher to give students the best education in order to ensure the common good of the future. It is essential for students to not only learn content matter, but also the skills to enable them to participate in a democracy. Due to standardized testing, the emphasis of education has become on score and rankings rather than learning. A standardized test does not look at the whole student, the scores provided are on a very narrow aspect of education. In the classroom, there are countless ways for teachers to assess the student as a whole person not as just a score. Standardized tests scores should not be the sole criteria for determining a student’s academic achievement.

What is your view on standardized testing? Are they stressful? Do they test your knowledge or do they do the exact opposite? I believe that standardized tests should not be required for students to take because they test your memorization skills not your knowledge on a subject, they cause unnecessary stress on teachers and students and they promote cheating among the students.

Standardized tests have been part of American culture since the 1800s. Many disappointments in the education system have been blamed on the use of standardized tests. Standardized tests do not measure student achievement or ability.

Who pays for the standardize tests that just repeatedly test students over the same things? Is it the tax payers, schools, local, state, or are these tests government funded? Here are the exact words from an article from the eduFocus, “According to a study by Brown Center on Education Policy, a sufficient education isn’t the only thing that standardized tests are costing students, school districts, and tax payers. The study finds that 44 states spend upwards of a collective $1.7 billion on standardized testing each year of grades K through 12. The state of Pennsylvania alone spent over $58M on standardized testing, roughly $33 per student (assuming all students are tested every year).” (Strauss). Where else could that money go? It could make

Eighty out of one hundred-eighty days, on average of twenty point three percent for eighth graders, one hundred-twelve tests overall, twenty-five percent on average, these are statistics found on the amount of time that standardized test take.(*****) Which doesn’t include the optional exams like the Advanced Placement (AP), American College Training (ACT), or the Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT), along with the inclass exams like the tests, quizzes, and prep time taken for all of these exams. Are classrooms over testing their student’s? *

Being a student in today’s day and age is drastically different from the generations before them. Anywhere from how the curriculum is taught, the environment, and the number of subjects a student will learn. With that being said, every student is different in all most all aspects of how they approach school. But the majority can attest to saying that they all hate standardized testing and the week that it brings. Every student knows this week all too well. From having one to two tests a day and then shortly after not being able to function properly on the rest of the school day. Many students will say that they all hate the idea of standardized testing and wish it to be gone. The real question stands though: is standardized testing

Standardized testing was introduced by French psychologist Alfred Binet in 1905. The test originated because Binet was commissioned by the French government to create a tool to identify which students needed remedial studies. Over time, the standardized tests evolved into multiple different tests in multiple subjects for varying age groups of students. The tests were initially seen as a way to test a large sum of people with the same general questions to see an individual’s knowledge. Some people still view the tests in a positive way, but with new studies and information on the tests have made people question the test’s effect. In 2007, a study done by Au Wayne showed multiple issues in the tests and created controversy in the United

From the ACT to the AIR, policymakers seem to just grab three random letters from a bucket and create the next standardized test that will traumatize a student. The average student will be tested 112 times during their time in school. Every since the No Child Left Behind Act created in 2002, states are required to give standardized tests annually. Although these tests are stressful for students, they are a good way to genuinely show the strengths and weaknesses of students.

I don't know how well I do on standardized tests, but I think I might do pretty good. I consider myself a ¨good¨ test taker because I don't study for tests unless I am asked to or if I'm given a study guide and even when I don't study I still do pretty good on the tests. Teachers say if you study last minute you're never going to pass the test, but I usually study on the same day the test is going to be given and I usually get between an A and B. I haven't always been like this. In the 6th grade I did study for every single test I was going to take. I would start studying about a week before the test was going to be given and I would usually get an A which is pretty much what I get now. Before standardized tests the teacher usually has us