Standardized Testing Flaws

Standardized testing is known to improve students’ education, but is it really needed in school? Standardized testing determines whether a student is prepared for the next grade based on their test scores. While some students do great on their test others struggle a lot. Not all students are good test takers; majority of the students do good in school but struggle when it comes down to testing. While many agree that standardized testing helps improve students education, it shouldn’t be necessary in school because one test score shouldn’t determine a student’s readiness or academic level.

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

Standardized testing is not an effective way to test the skills and abilities of today’s students. Standardized tests do not reveal what a student actually understands and learns, but instead only prove how well a student can do on a generic test. Schools have an obligation to prepare students for life, and with the power standardized tests have today, students are being cheated out of a proper, valuable education and forced to prepare and improve their test skills. Too much time, energy, and pressure to succeed are being devoted to standardized tests. Standardized testing, as it is being used presently, is a flawed way of testing the skills of today’s students.

Would you like to take a test that is unfair, expensive, and unreliable? Chances are you already have. Standardized testing in schools is not only bad for the students, but also bad for our country’s future. Some might think standardized testing is a good thing, because it is the only way to measure all students the same across the country. However, this thought is wrong for many reasons.

Evaluating individual students through standardized tests is a poor means and should be replaced with performance-based assessments. An average student spends most of their early life inside a classroom, submitting to a sequence of tests and preparation for further exams to finally graduate and continue with further education, constantly struggling and striving for the highest marks. Through a strict series of standardized tests however, students instead form the idea that there is a single answer for all of the problems that face our world.  You are taught not to think logically or creatively at all, but to mindlessly memorize. As a student, you lose interest in the different disciplines you

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.

Could something that is widely believed to be helping students actually be hurting them instead? Standardized tests are these tests are becoming an increasingly popular way of testing students and teachers in the United States. Though it does have its perks like every students being treated the same, and the ability to compare data, standardized tests put too much pressure on students and teachers, are unfair, take valuable time away from learning, and are a terrible way of evaluating and measuring students’ abilities. For these reasons, America should get rid of these pointless and ineffective tests.

In most states there’s standardized test for every subject a student takes. Most Americans believe there is too much testing in schools. A major magazine for information about education called Kappan took an annual “PDK/Gallup Poll of the public’s attitude toward public schools” (---, 1) The 2015 polls were over telephone and internet surveys among adults over 18, including public school parents, political party membership, and people of different race. One of the question asked “in your opinion, is there too much emphasis on standardized testing in the public schools in your community, not enough emphasis on testing, or about the right amount?” (---,6) In the national total, 64% said too much emphasis. More than half of the poll view there is too much standardized tests. Now we have Common core that’s suppose to help the problem with high-stake testing. Common Core adds more testing sub-subjects to English and Mathematics for example to test our students more. Kumashiro points out that “more testing would do little to improve education.” (Kumashiro,

In various ways, standardized test are beneficial from tracking students’ progress over the years to not allowing teachers emotions to get in the way of the testing process. Standardized testing sets expectations high for students and it does hold them accountable for the same standards, which may lead to achievement gains. By looking at the students’ performance they will be able to determine how well they retain information. Also the school is able to learn what their students are able to do and what they cannot do compared to other school districts, so they would be able to improve their education system. When giving more personal assessments, it is very possible “that the teacher or person assessing the student can let their emotions or biases affect how they score that student” (Young). In most cases, standardized tests are objective. There are wrong or right answers, and there is no room for feelings or emotions. Standardized testing gives teachers guidance to help them determine what to teach students and when to teach it. Tests are highly accountable and reliable as they judge the candidates on a common platform across states and nations. Standardized testing is “a simplified way of timeline management” (A Look at the Pros and Cons of Standardized Testing). Standardized testing gives parents a good idea of how their children are doing as compared to students across the country and

have to teach the matctial faster, which is very stressful for kids, and sometimes have questions that aren't completely a part ofthe standard.

These tests, which in theory, are intended to judge a student’s growth and/or proficiency over time, in reality only measure how well a student is prepared for that specific test and not the actual material that is taught in the classroom. Standardized tests are for the most part aptitude tests, which sound beneficial, as they are evaluating a student’s ability to learn, but which actually measure how well the students can perform on a mind-numbing test that is most often not even loosely related to what

Test only cause teachers to only “teach to the test.” Whenever a test is coming up teachers teach similar things to the test, this doesn't really do good to those kids it's like giving them away the answer and they learn nothing just to get good grades on the test. Evidence 2, 64% of americans says that it is important that kids take the test. To some parent standardized testing is really important. It helps them see how their kids are doing in school and how the teachers are doing as well. As a matter of fact 2014-15 student sat over 401 different types of test that were assign by the district. Most student spend time listening to teachers and have No idea what they are teaching about.

The standardized tests nowadays are outdated. It limits the shape of student learning (Squire). The standardized testing doesn't measure educational quality (Popham). Also, standardized testing has negative effects not only students but, parents, schools, and teachers (Spann). The purpose of education is to assist us to get equipped for the future. Though, all we do is standardized testing, which is an outdated way to measure someone's intelligence.

Standardized tests are critical to our nation’s education system as they hold teachers and schools accountable to students, parents, and taxpayers, are perceived as generally fair, and contain some critical thinking and creative merit.

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.