Standardized Testing Cons

Today's society holds, above all else, education as one of the most important elements of our nation. Countless hours are spent in Congress filling out government grants for education, new education reform bills, and every standardized test one could possibly imagine. However, with all this time being spent on the education of our nation's future, there is little that is actually being done to help students to achieve their maximum potential. Several key factors are limiting children and young adults across the map from excelling past anyones' wildest imagination. One of these is, as mentioned before, is standardized tests. Also, lack of emotional and mental outreach to students has caused, and will continue to cause, a flawed hole

Joseph Joubert, a wise French writer, once stated, “It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debate.” Although this was stated years ago, his wise words are still relevant today. Standardized testing is just one of the many topics causing great controversy among society. The reason behind this uproar is due to the contradicting opinions of government officials, school district administrators, teachers, parents, and students. Each group has different opinions they are passionate about, however the central argument is whether or not standardized testing should continue to be used as an evaluation tool.

I think the schools is putting to much emphasis on the Standardized Test. I think the government is trying to make the standardized test hard and hard each year I think the government wanna make the students in the school's fail there test's. Because it's no point they making the test hard and hard for the students to pass I think they should be making the test easier for the students to pass and get out of the school early so they don't have to worry about school no more. I think the parents of the kids that fail the Standardized test should have a protest go up to Washington D.C go to the white house and stand by the gates and protest. The government would listen to the kids that's not a factor to them government only care about the money

Any person that has ever been in school has taken some kind of standardized test. These tests usually start around third grade and last until students graduate. Every college in the nation requires some type of standardized test for admission, so standardized testing is very important for any student that wants to go to college. Every student remembers sitting, waiting, and taking a test that lasts hours and wanting it to be over as soon as possible, but most students and parents don’t even know what these tests do for kids and if they even help students or not. There are many pros and cons to this topic that have been pondered many times. Questions such as, “Should students even take these tests”, or “what do these massive tests do to help

Standardized tests are tests that have been prepared with questions specially aimed at the identification of achievement levels. These types of tests are created with a great deal of research that has been aimed at identifying what areas of knowledge and skills are typical at what ages and education levels. Standardized tests have been debated for years. Some will argue that standardized testing will improve student achievement and is an overall significant indicator of a student’s ability in the classroom. Others will argue that standardized testing is overused and shows no indication of a student’s ability in the classroom. There have been many different scientific studies that show the pros and cons of standardized tests and how they may

These tests are biased and prefer certain groups over others, making them unfair and denying equal opportunity for education. Minority and low income students are affected far more than middle-class, majority students. In fact, if the government persists in making a student's graduation rest on a single test, the result over the next few years could be a scenario that might be “described as an educational ethnic cleansing” (Kohn, 2000). It is unfair to base a school's funding on these tests when clearly any underperforming schools would benefit greater from an increase of resources as opposed to schools that perform at a higher level. Every year 1.2 million students fail to graduate from high school based on their test scores and therefore, cost the Nation more than $3.1 million in lost wages, taxes, and productivity over their lifetimes (Congress, 2011). It has taken some time for educators and parents to realize that the idiom of "standards" is turning schools into test-prep centers, effectively undermining enthusiasm for learning and teaching.

Dr. Harry Gold from Oakland University once said, “No one wins awards for standard mediocrity or for “most like everyone else”; so why do American schools push for standardization when American society only rewards the unique or inventive?” If the goal is to build successful individuals, American schools have it all wrong. I agree with Gold and I feel that standardization is an inaccurate test of a person’s knowledge and ability.

As a measure of students’ academic performance, standardized tests have always played an important role in education. Hence, the public is interested in the debate as to whether standardized tests have a positive or negative effect. As a middle school student, I strongly oppose standardized tests because they have a lot of deficiencies explained below.

Standardized testing is all based on your performance as a student on a specific day, time and place. What it doesn’t show is how you perform on a day to day basis. These types of test can be given in any type of form that requires test takers to answer the same questions, and is then scored in a “standard” or consistent manner. Students should not have to take standardized test because of many reasons.

Its ironic how the SAT and ACT were instituted with the intent to bring equality, but in this day and age they bring the opposite. The primary reason for that and also the low performance of stellar students on these exams is the lack of consciousness in regards to standardized exam itself. I can testify to that. The majority of my community, the border city of Brownsville, perceives theses entrance exam as peripheral and are just as skeptical toward their existence as the presence of extraterrestrial beings. I also realize I didn't have the luxury of buying programs, books, paying for tutors or even sometimes the luxury of internet for the preparing of these exams.

Much of what we are led to believe about standardized testing is false. Repeated use and drilling of these tests, has led people to believe they are beneficial to students’ learning. This can have an impact on new tests and standards set in school systems. Frequent studies have shown that these tests might do more harm than good. Here are 5 myths that should be rejected by anyone who wishes to improve the school system.

Due to the focus of certain subjects over others because of these standardized tests, some students aren’t getting the education they need for various things in their near future and for the rest of their life.

Thank you for your feedback. Like you explained, standardized tests can be a problem. A problem can become a controversy when there are two different edges or points of views of the same problem or situation. In my case I selected standardized tests as a controversy where this type of test can be beneficial for students, instructors, and institutions or can be a total disaster for students, instructors, and institutions. For example: Like I said in my post, standardized exams can help instructors and guide them about the most important topics to prepare students for these types of exams or can affect the students preparation because some instructors focus only on the important topics to prepare students for these tests; neglecting

FairTest talks about how schools use standardized testing the wrong way and are causing many negative impacts. It causes the curriculum to narrow as well as make teachers teach to the test which thus drives them out of their profession. The stress on schools and teachers to raise the average grade is increasing. Because these tests don’t accurately take into account any other things but that one test, it is causing students to lower self esteem due to lower grades and therefore, dropping out. I plan on using this source to support why standardized testing should be reduced by mentioning how it affects how students are taken into account.

Our education system should be teaching kids how to live in the real world. Standardized test don’t. Kids should be able to gain knowledge, solve problems, be more creative, and enhance their thinking schools. Standardized tests don’t help with that. These test, such as the ACT and the SAT, are used to show how students perform against other students who take the same test. They are also used to help teachers decide what to teach in their classrooms. Kids are expected to gain knowledge from these test, but no real progress has been shown. The amount of test we take should be reduced.