Standardized Education System

Standardized testing is an unfair way to judge how these students are making progress. Simply, some students do not test as well as other students do. There could be a very smart student that simply can not do well on test for whatever the reason may be, but the sad thing is we allow this to continue happening even when its totally unfair. Most of the time, students that come from a low-income family are treated the most unfairly. They attended poorly-funded schools with large class sizes, too many teachers without subject area certification, and inadequate books, laboratories and so on. States don’t put these schools into consideration that they don’t have the best education system. Instead, they continue to take it out on the students and deny them diplomas because of them not being about to afford a highly-funded school.

The education system is deeply flawed. It does not fight social injustice, but rather exacerbates the issue. The majority of people in the U.S are blind to the fact that there are still inequities within the education system, much less everyday life. A system based on standardized test scores inadvertently oppresses poor people. The Governments ' decision to judge a schools ' success by its test scores evidently created a faucet of running water for systematic oppression. The flowing water of oppression floods poor schools; drowning students with dreams, and giving no mercy. The only ones safe from the water are the privileged, who are oblivious to the fact that it exists.

In the world today standardized testing is mandatory in all schools whether they are public or private. If schools continue to make these test mandatory, students grades will show the reflection of what they are not learning. The school might also receive less state funding due to poor performance on these tests. Once No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) was introduced US students slipped from 18th in the world in math in 2000 to 31st in 2009 (Standardized). Standardized testing is not beneficial overall because it does not cater to all students, they do not cover real-life topics, and they are detrimental to students.

Standardized tests are completely unfair. In The Washington Post, Marion Brady argues this issue. She states that students that do not speak English or have special needs take the same tests as every other student. Also, non English speakers are taking these tests without mastering the language first. Special needs students

Why standardized tests people say, well in this article a man named Michelle Rhee, A former Washington, DC, schools chancellor has made it clear that everyone should be treated the same. He is saying that having these tests can show people with disabilities what they can do. Having different things for them should not be allowed and is rude. He is trying to get these tests all over the country to show how talented we are. He loves to hear back from the parents. The parents usually say they love standardized test because they get to see how their child is doing. He is also saying that having standardized test is a good thing to have for education. He thinks it tells us how well everything is going. He says,"You can't separate them, and to try to do so creates two, unequal systems, one with accountability and one without it. This is a civil rights issue." This is Michelle Rhee supporting why we should keep standardized test.

This country is filled with children who come from all different backgrounds with all different learning abilities and strengths. To put them all under the same standards, limits our youth, telling them that regardless of what they do know, if they don’t know this list of things they are not adequate. I do believe that guidelines are great for keeping children’s learning on track; nonetheless, I do not believe that a big fat test at the end of the year should be the only factor determining a child’s fate on moving on to the second grade. Standardized testing creates immense pressure on both students and teachers. Teachers have the pressure of making sure their students are prepared to pass these tests and move along the track while kids have to do it on their own despite any other contender that may get in the way. Every student in every grade is taking the same test, required to reach the same goal, and doesn’t that imply that they should have learned the same things to the same extent? Yes it does, and unfortunately, this is impossible. Children who come from low income families, experience an entirely different education experience than children who do not. According to New York Times,

Turgut suggests for the United States to redefine success in a broader manner. Currently, the way success defined by the US is depicted as “rigid, narrow, and uniform” (Turgut, 2013, p. 68). This type of measurement for assessing students does not fit the culture of the States. The nation before NCLB, Goals 2000, and Common Core have contradicted the traditional educational culture based on respect and embracing diversity, culture, and talents (Turgut 2013). Thus, far policy makers have advocated for education reform that has opposed what the culture and traditions of education have been for years.

When looking at today’s school system, there is an evident gravitation towards a “for the masses” curriculum. This forces students of all ages and learning styles to conform to a system that may or may not work best for them. However, with the pressure of standardized testing - including state tests, AP tests, the SAT and ACT - a standardized curriculum seems to be the only option. This creates a huge issue in schools nationwide; especially those with a wide range of income levels. In general, students coming from a high-income family will be successful in this impersonalized system with little to no outside help. However, students coming from a low-income family, usually classified as at-risk, tend to struggle because of outside factors, including but not limited to a lack of after school care and parental support, learning disabilities, and language barriers. Because of these factors, the current school system, specifically in high-poverty areas, does not fit the needs of a student classified as “at-risk” because of problems, including but not limited to: the lack of teacher engagement, daunting academic pressure, little security, level and type of discipline, and control in the learning environment.

Standardized tests have become an educational phenomena throughout schools in the United States. The United States, schooling system relies on the administration of standardized tests to measure students academic performance and progress while they are obtaining a K-12 education. James Popham, former president of the American Educational Research Association defines standardized testing, as “any test that is administered, scored, and interpreted in a standard, predetermined manner”. The standardized testing system, is utilized as a guideline in not only assessing a student's comprehension of the subjects taught in the classroom, but also serves to evaluate how well teachers are able to teach their students. High stake exams have come to define

A very current and ongoing important issue happening within the education system is standardized testing. A standardized test is any examination that's administered and scored in a calculated, standard manner. There are two major kinds of standardized tests: aptitude tests and achievement tests. Standardized aptitude tests predict how well students might perform in some subsequent educational setting. The most common examples are the SAT’s and the ACT’s. The SAT and the ACT attempt to estimate how well high school students will perform in college. But standardized test scores are what citizens and school board members rely on when they evaluate a school's effectiveness. Nationally, five such tests are in use: California Achievement Tests,

If I could change one thing in our school it would be standardized testing. Standardized tests are implemented at almost every grade-level and in all subject areas. The tests are administered to students of all academic, demographic and economic backgrounds. The results are used to determine the educational path the student should follow. However, I believe standardized assessments only give one snapshot of a student’s ability. Students work hard all year in class. One test should not determine the future for a student. The requirements of passing standardized tests for class credit and educational planning should be removed from schools.

As George W. Bush once asked, “Is our children learning?”. If you are wondering if I messed up that quote, I didn’t. American public education has been standardized, and it is affecting this nation’s youth in a harmful way. What I mean by “standardization” is that the information being spoonfed to students by their teachers is pre-organized, pre-determined, and regulated, adhering to a schedule that is set by the Board of Education. The Board may think that this is a good idea, that it keeps organization in the school system, and that it makes public education more convenient for the teachers. What the Board of Education doesn’t know is that standardization is putting the minds of their students in a very small box, only allowing a miniscule

Health care is a huge issue in America. A lot of people do not realize that one of the reasons most students do not attend school in urban areas is because they have no health care. Their parents more than likely don’t work a job where there is no health care provided and they make to much money to qualify for medicaid. Its a never ending cycle. You also mentioned standardized testing. Standardized testing also plays a factor in funding for the school. If the school does a great job on the testing they get more government money. The schools that do poorly on the test are usually in the urban and rural areas and they get as much funding as the other schools. The schools in the urban and rural areas need the most funding and help to help better

We would expect different type of tests, for different type of students. But, that is truly stretching it, every student has to take the same test, or a different form, no matter what the students needs are. “ English language learners take test in English before they mastered the language. Special education students take the same tests as other children, receiving few of the accommodations usually provided to them as part of their Individualized Education Plans (IEP).” The students who don’t know English are basically set-up to fail the standardized test. The students who need special needs, are set-up to fail the standardized test. The standardized tests are unfair, and if you aren’t standard enough to pass it, then you’re basically on your own. That’s unfair to the students and parents, there’s no way their child could pass because their needs, there’s no other option but to fail. If you’re failing kids, instead of helping them with their education, then there’s truly something wrong. The standardized tests should not only have less time spent on them, but be completely eliminated. They’re unfair, and shouldn’t be

In society today, there is a lot of emphasis put on standardized testing. Colleges use it today in the form of SAT and ACT scores in determining if a student should be admitted or denied access to college. Considered in this is also the fact that socioeconomically disadvantages test takers, can’t afford the extra help SAT preparation classes cost. Even at the high school level, there are respondents that offer advice that students would learn more if they tried harder. Some argue that standardized testing is a way to make teachers be more creative in the way they teach. When adding both types of concepts together as to why standardized testing is a promising idea or not, there are so many other people that think standardized testing is a bad idea. This does not even take into consideration that each child learns separate ways. Nor does it take into consideration that many students have some type of learning disability. There again, reminding us that the socioeconomically disadvantaged students may not be able to afford the appropriate testing to find out if they do have a learning disability, preventing them from learning like their other counterparts. It appears; standardized testing is another way of saying that education is a one size fits all approach,