Standardized Testing Flaws

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.

Throughout high school and college we will go through a vast amount of testing but why? Testing is used to show a person’s amount of knowledge on a particular subject. Usually it’s for one specific subject and not a majority of them, standardized tests administered in schools today include all testable subjects as in English, Math, Science, Writing, and Reading. However, before we can all take the next step and begin our college careers, we have to take one of two tests, the ACT or the SAT. These two exams demine the college you get into, the amount of scholarships you will receive, and even whether or not your will be accepted into said college, all determined by the score you receive.

Stress, that is what all students go through when they have to take the Standardized Test. Kids stress out over these big Test called the Standardized Test because they determine students future class. It can go all the way up to the High School where students would take the SAT that would determine one’s future. Also the kind of job people would get in the future. Kids are getting tired of the standardized test. People should take action and giving no kids standardized test.

“When we began the map test I knew my students were gonna dread it, I myself dread it, and I am not even taking it. So I decided how about a reward for these kids, if you got above your past score you got 7 extra credit points for the test, which made a lot kids eager to get a good score. They went to sleep early, read before bed, and got a good meal beforehand, everything the test recommends the students to do before taking it. These kids fully ready to take it, mindset clear. When they got their scores back most were shocked because the did not score the same or higher, they got a lower score. All across the room I saw devastated faces because they wouldn’t receive their 7 extra points, and all their hard work was a complete waste. I decided to start an investigation so I called the test company and explained the situation and the only thing they told me was ‘well maybe they lied to you.’ this could not be true, 90% of these kids were A average students in an honors class.

A major issue that both teachers and students find with American schools is the overemphasis on standardization. One example that can be found on this is the excessive use of standardized tests. In the United States, the average schoolchild will take a total of 112 mandatory standardized tests, a number that has many educators and parents concerned that “too much emphasis has been placed” on standardization (Layton; Strauss). For example, standardization has placed too much emphasis on test-taking and scoring high on mandated examinations rather than actual learning (Wright). And even though both federal and state governments have policies of standardization in education, multiple studies have found that “there is no evidence” that such practices

Since the standardized tests are set to a one size fits all, these students fall farther and farther behind compared to their peers. Many of these students drop out or fail their classes because of circumstances at home. This lowers the test scores of the school, teachers, and students. While students who come from higher income families are set to higher tracks and are given more educational opportunities. Opportunities may include college level prep classes, advanced languages, and the chance to explore different

Should high-stake tests determine if students can move on a grade? Standardized test should not be used to determine student promotion. These test held back one-third of all fourth graders in Louisiana. The test doesn’t tell you w the student is learning or not. These standardized test across the country tell whether a student is able to obtain their high school diploma or their eighth-grade diploma.

“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will spend its whole life believing that it is stupid.” Albert Einstein, a German-born physicist. This quote is referring perfectly to standardized testing by saying something along the lines of, you can’t judge a student’s ability to perform well in school by giving him/her a standardized test. Standardized testing is wrong just because not all students can perform well on a test, including myself. Administration often want to take the easiest way out to collect the data they need to place students in classes instead placing them according to something else; or in such way that is fair to all students. Education is a big part of our nation today with one of the biggest components being standardized testing, which does not accurately measure full capabilities of students from elementary on up to the high school level.

Standardized testing is bad for students. There are many good things about students but is there benefits? Most people don't think there are benefits but there is multiple. The benefits I will be using are the best ones i could find. Even if there's benefits people still think it's bad. In standardized testing there is no socializing, it's too many testing, and it causes stress.

Nine year old Gianna is in fourth grade, and took her first standardized test last year. Gianna is a marvelous student and is very attentive in class; however, when it came to the test she did not do well. The whole time she was stressed out, and had no idea what she was doing because she could not focus. Her teacher spent so much class time trying to teach the class about the test that she did not get to learn much about the other subjects. For example, Gianna loves social studies, but her teacher mostly focused on math and language arts. Standardized tests are a form of test that requires all students to answer the same questions, or questions that are similar to each other. Standardized tests have gotten worse throughout the years because

The opinions on standardized testing are as divided as the United States during the 2016 elections. More and more people are arguing that “our educational system has gone too far in its dependence on standardized testing” (595). As far as I’m concerned, standardized tests should not play a role in determining access to college admissions and scholarships, because the availability of resources and your chances of doing well on those tests depends on your background, family situation, location, and many other factors. Instead, they should make sure that the diplomas from all high schools are equal and that they can be certain the students have earned that diploma and know the material. The only reason why they do standardized testing is to make

There has been an ongoing debate on standardized testing as to whether or not it is necessary for individuals to complete. These exams are generally used to measure academic success and assembles a prediction as to how well a student will perform in subsequent courses.

Microsoft founder Bill Gates, Nobel Prize winning Physicist Albert Einstein, former Vice President Dick Cheney, light bulb inventor Thomas Edison, Oscar winning director Steven Spielberg, creative genius Walt Disney, and Steve Jobs, the visionary behind Apple; these iconic figures are often associated with genius, but were viewed as “slow” or “dumb” during school. These individuals were expelled or dropouts of school, because they were not meeting standards. After years of failing in school, these people went on to revolutionize the world, while inspiring many others to make a difference.

Standardized testing first began in the mid 1800s, testing the amount of knowledge that a student knows when it comes to the three main subjects:; math, science and history. The question is whether or not standardized testing accurately tests the knowledge of the student and is beneficial to the school system. Both sides provide a lot of evidence stating why standardized tests do or do not provide what the school system needs or wants. Those for standardized testing argue that testing is the only cheap and effective way to evaluate students and their knowledge. They argue that the tests give them a way to evaluate teachers and how well students are being taught. Those on the other side of the spectrum argue that standardized testing overall

I agree that standardize testing it's not an efficient way to evaluate educators. Unfortunately, student performance on standardized achievement test has become the primary factor by which most communities often judge their school staff’s success (Popham, 1999). Parents and the community often believe just because a school is achieving high test grade on state assessment test that the school staff is competent. Moreover, when a school has low standardized test score the community often perceives the school’s teachers as incompetent. This perception is not correct and has resulted in good teachers to being labeled as underperforming teachers making it tough for them to overcome this mark.