Standardized Testing: Biased Or Unfair To Students

There are many valid arguments, deeming it unfair to multiple parties. For example, those who speak a different language or have immigrated to the United States cannot easily be equipped to handle the standardized testing well known to our community, because they do not have enough time to master our language before being thrust into the testing realm. Special education students are also discriminated against, having to take the same standard of testing as their peers who do not have special needs. Standardized tests also don’t measure anything outside the scope of what is deemed meaningful education. “According to late education researcher Gerald W. Bracey, PhD, qualities that standardized tests cannot measure include "creativity, critical thinking, resilience, motivation, persistence, curiosity, endurance, reliability, enthusiasm, empathy, self-awareness, self-discipline, leadership, civic-mindedness, courage, compassion, resourcefulness, sense of beauty, sense of wonder, honesty, integrity."” (ProConorg). There is also the argument that teachers are just “teaching the test” rather than instilling our young generation with predominant qualities needed to be successful in life. These tests, according to studies done, are narrowing the curriculum taught, and increasing the price on testing, making it difficult on our educational system’s budgets. Some believe that

Standardized testing has become a controversial topic in recent years, parents, students, teachers, principals and almost anyone who has a relationship with education is affected by this topic. People are either for or against standardized testing, some believe it is the only fair way to compare students others believe that the tests are too greatly stressed in school and are a nuisance to education. Standardized tests are stressed greatly, students learn testing material all year not focusing on anything else deemed unimportant by the test makers. Every student has the same amount of time and question on tests; they also are tested on the same subjects which the test makers believe are most important for children to learn. Standardized tests are used for many things such as ranking students on a national basis and government funding for schools.

Although standardized testing has been a major part of schooling it has also had a negative impact on effective education. Standardized has made a huge impact on public schooling so much that not only does it affect the students but also the teachers. With the teachers now beginning to get raises or having their jobs on the line if their students fail the test, many students have not been getting the fullest education process that they could get. Students may not realize the impact that it has had on the type of teaching style that they receive because they are so used to it. With so many teachers not having a lot of time to teach what is on the test and the other things that they feel are important to students to know, a lot of

Students are spending increasing amounts of time preparing for and taking competitive standardized tests. Standardized testing has been a controversial subject of discussion. This does not improve student achievement or teacher performance. Some are for these tests because of how it provides students, parents, and the government with information on the student's progress. Although most schools make students take standardized tests, it does not measure the knowledge of a student, causes disadvantages for students and teachers, and can be bias or unfair.

Standardized testing is a test that are taken by students all over the United States. Standardized tests have the same questions that are given with the same instructions, and with the same scoring method. Standardized testing has impacted teachers, students, and parents. For teachers, it has an impact on their salaries and for students it has an impact on their future. Standardized testing is unfair and needs to be terminated.

Standardized Testing can be both a benefit to the educational community and a very serious problem. Standardized Testing is said to have negative effects on both the students and the teachers. Standardized Testing has created many problems and has become a very big factor in politics. Some people argue that the government is influencing the education system. While others believe that the government isn’t involved enough. There are many pros and cons to both but the cons outnumber the pros.

These forms of test either overestimate students or underestimate them. Often students that test well usually cannot explain how they got the answer they did or why it is right. Meanwhile, standardized tests are unfair to the students who are brilliant thinkers,but do not test well. Wrong answers do not always mean an absence of understanding , just like correct answers do not alway indicate understanding.

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

There are many reasons why standardized tests aren’t successful, such as unfair advantages for those with test anxiety, flaws in the grading of standardized tests and the eventual loss of interest that occur for those who score poorly. Standardized test has been keyed to a deeply flawed curriculum adopted in 1893 and provide minimal to no useful feedback to classroom teachers regarding he abilities of their

Standardized testing doesn’t help students, it instead helps adults that don’t have to take the tests “Politicians get elected by promising better test results. Administrators get funding and avoid harsh penalties by boosting test scores.” (http://institute4learning.com/) Teachers also take time to teach things that are only covered on the standardized tests. If something interests the students or might be valuable in other aspects of life it is skipped over and remains unknown to

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.

In modern society standardized tests have been used for just about everything from applying for a new job, to evaluate thing like your skills your best at like the ASVAB and most popular and commonly used for a minimum competency for students in grade school to determine if the advance to the next grade. These tests have been used so common that the education department in our government has grown from a budget of miniscule to billions and billions all invested in the students of the future. Standardized tests have been here since the ancient times in China all the way through the U.S beginning and will continually to be used because of its structure, suitability and equality among all students. Reasons for standardized

One drawback of standardized testing is that it often doesn’t take into account a student’s test taking ability. Many students do well in class or on their homework but perform poorly on tests. Standardized testing may not measure a student’s intellectual achievement, but rather measure a student’s test taking abilities. Many students stress out over tests and may make them perform worse than what they are truly capable of. Standardized tests are often multiple-choice problems and may confuse students since answers are often very similar. The format of the standardized tests alone can also confuse students. For example, the SAT test has many sections. The test is divided into three subjects; reading, math, and writing. The SAT jumps from one subject to another and may confuse the test taker. Many students are used to taking a test in their class on one subject and not jumping around from subject

Standardized Testing has many cons compared to pros. The biggest con of all is the stress it puts on students and teachers alike. The stress it puts on teachers is that sometimes teacher’s teach according to the test because they want to

A pencil and a paper is more powerful than it appears. It can determine our admission into college and our entire future. It is what creates standardized testing; it is what creates our deepest fears. The sole purpose of standardized testing is to measure intelligence in an “objective” way. However, the problem is WE ARE NOT ALL THE SAME; therefore, we should not be judged the same. I am for the abolishment of standardized testing because it leads to stress and is only used for ranking. The only thing standardized testing does is measure one’s ability to take a test and nothing else.