Should Standardized Tests Be Standard

Most standardized test do not measure emotional or mechanical intelligence, actually a lot of educators argue that standardized test do not measure comprehension or actual intelligence but rather memorization. While others may believe that standardized testing just needs a few improvements, others believe that it is impossible to have a test that measures accurately the capability of a diverse student population. Today’s schooling depends heavily on the test scores from standardized test. Standardized testing should not have so much weight put on them because they have a negative impact on effective education, students’ self-concept, and learning styles.

The use of standardized testing to measure students’ knowledge is an inaccurate reflection of their capabilities. By being forced to take a test that does not effectively show their abilities, students become overstressed, and the tests themselves do not promote true academic achievement. Rather than learning about subjects in order to gain knowledge, students simply memorize facts and formulas to get a decent test score. Standardized tests are not an appropriate measure of student performance, only benefit certain groups of students, and do not prepare students for the real world.

Any child that is in any type of schooling knows what standardized testing is. It is required in every state of America, and not a single child likes it. In recent years a controversial issue has been weather or not standardized testing should be used to judge a person’s intelligence. On one hand, many people believe that standardized testing should not be used because they say it is not a good way to judge a person’s real-world intelligence. On the other hand, however, others argue that standardized testing is an excellent way to predict a person’s intelligence.

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Standardized testing put a lot of stress on students. It is unnecessary due to the fact that many students are being held back for not passing it. When I was in high school, I never took all honor classes because I was intimidated from my peers. I was afraid I was not smart enough. I stressed the most towards the end of the year, because I am worried about passing the standardized tests. The purpose of standardized tests is to show the state what the students learned in school. There are other ways to see what the students learned in high school besides testing. I do not think standardized testing is necessary to graduate high school. Although standardized tests is an effective way to see what students have learned in high school,

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?

Imagine you are a student, sitting at a common desk in a dull classroom. In front of you is an oversized timer seeming to dare you to feel the slightest bit of comfort in its presence. From atop your mountain of stress you stare intently at the standardized test that will have a say in your future as a student and as a functioning member of society. But despite your teacher’s plea for good test scores you start to wonder, do standardized tests effectively measure our abilities? Standardized tests do not effectively measure our abilities because they prevent teachers from individual teaching, do not reveal the true talents of students, and create the wrong curriculum for teaching.

Many people think standardized tests are helpful and should never be removed. In particular, they think it provides information while consuming little class time, measures students’ skills accurately, and has a positive effect on their achievements. In spite of that, standardized tests cause numerous problems and, because of this, are very harmful. In fact, standardized tests should be removed because the time used for testing can be better spent learning something important, they encourage cheating, and destroy students’ self esteem.

A high school student wakes up knowing today is the big test day. It will determine whether he graduates and has the chance to go to college. At the turn of the first page, his stomach drops; his best subject is not even covered on the test. If this is true for many students across the nation, why and how are standardized tests able to measure their capabilities? Testing has consumed the time and attention of schools, teachers, and students. It has controlled classroom curriculum, changed the nature of teaching, and has decreased critical thinking: an essential for students heading into any career. Standardized testing should not be used for student learning assessment because it has a narrow accuracy of student abilities and limits the education in classrooms.

“If the purpose for learning is to score well on a test, we’ve lost sight of the real reason for learning,” says Jeannie Fulbright.So think, standardized tests, is it really such a good idea? Student’s should not have to take standardized tests. Not only do they take too many,but students could learn more,and it’s too stressful.

Standardized tests are assessments that require students to answer all the same questions to provide an accurate measurement of performance and intelligence. These exams have become such a large and intricate part of our educational system that they have escalated into a well-debated and highly controversial

Just imagine sitting at your desk for half the day filling in ovals why it's nice and warm outside.

Standardized tests, we start taking them in elementary school, we progress to tougher tests in high school to help us get into college, then there are even harder tests to help us get a job, but how useful, are they? Throughout elementary, middle, and high school they prepare us for these tests, students spend countless hours. As you will see in this paper these tests prepare you from elementary through high school and beyond.

Standardized testing had become a norm throughout the entire nation. From grade level students to high school students, college admittances tests and post-secondary exams, tests have all been standardized. While it may seem like the most logical way of evaluating students, the problem with these tests is the way that students are now being prepared for them and what the scores are being used to measure. For some schools, they become the sole factor of grade promotion, graduating, funding, admittance, and other important events in a student’s educational career. Standardized tests should not be used in any other place other than a classroom setting for

The debate on standardized tests and its adequacy in testing a student’s knowledge about a subject has been going on for many years. Tests, in general, has been around for centuries and without them there would not be progress and no gleams of progress. Students ranging from elementary school to high school have experienced standardized testing. Teachers, educators, and parents are also involved in the students’ lives, which revolves around the tests, one way or another. There are many views on standardized test. However, the three most common views are: educators who are for standardized test which benefits students, educators who are at the other extreme of opposing standardized tests, and educators who view tests are a benefit if done in appropriate amounts.