Standardized Testing Is Effective In Education

“BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!”, I slammed the snooze bar for the final time in a sleep-deprived fit of rage. “5:45” The red numbers illuminated the dark bedroom and I am hit with the depressing realization that the first day of school has begun. Staying in bed any later would award me with a traffic jam and tardy slip, so I dash out the door.

Ever since standardized testing started being used as a way to evaluate the intelligence of students and the teachers’ ability to educate, the standard of actual education has been diminished immensely. Standardized testing is used in most public and private schools to analyze students’ knowledge. It has affected the way in which students learn and has corrupted the methods teachers use to educate. In some cases, English-Learning and disabled students face discrimination from teachers since teachers have more responsibility to have a high number of passing students. Some countries around the world don’t use standardized tests to rank their students or schools and yet they have been successful. Standardized tests are not efficient on making students learn, they should not be used to evaluate students’ knowledge.

Standardize tests can be used to evaluate a student's understanding and knowledge in subject area. For example, The Georgia Milestones Assessment System (Georgia Milestones) is a comprehensive summative assessment, which measures how well students have learned the knowledge and skills outlined in the state-adopted content standards in English Language Arts, mathematics, science, and social studies. Standardize test have a positive effect on instructional decision making in the classroom. Standardize testing can help teachers diagnose student issues, evaluate student academic performance, form small groups, and develop instructional plans.

The constant demand for quality and improve education throughout the United States, a number of education reforms were put into place, which mandate standardized tests into our education system. Standardized testing is not effective in helping students individually, they are more geared toward evaluating the performance of the schools and teachers. Therefore, they need to reduce the amount of test given to the student's and need to improve data to provide teachers a better understanding of their student’s strengths and weaknesses.

Microaggressions can be any commonplace comments that are intended or not, to offend another person. However, one might think individuals would be aware if they inherently said something offensive. Microaggressions are even apparent in standardized testing and academia as test writers and teachers can unintentionally degrade students with a seemingly innocent statement. Standardized tests are allegedly supposed to test student’s knowledge of what they have learned or previously known. The tests also reflect the academic progress of the school to determine the quality of education that the school provides. Standardized tests seem to be an unbiased way of determining skill, but the tests do not take into account student’s home lives, as well

The stress settled in once the word ‘testing’ echoed through the classroom. The students knew what it brought, and they knew how dreadful it would be; sitting in one room, hour after hour and day after day, silent and still, with only the sound of the clock resonating through their heads. Standardized tests are assessments that local and national governments may require their students to take. However, these tests do not properly evaluate their intellect, and only lead to tension and mental strain on a student’s attentiveness. Although many schools believe that these assessments are productive, it is proven that they are not beneficial to students because standardized testing leads to stress and anxiety, it is wasting valuable classroom time,

Education has been an important part of society for centuries. Over the years it has slowly evolved into what it is today. The topic of education has been controversial since the beginning. It seems as though there is always someone that sees a need for change in how students are being taught and assessed. More specifically, many people think that standardized testing is not an effective way to assess students. While on the other hand, many also believe that standardized testing is the most efficient and effective way to assess people of all ages. The debate over standardized testing has been shown to effect students and the community in many different ways. Standardized assessments have had huge impacts with both teachers and students. Whether one thinks standardized testing is effective and efficient or misdirecting and unproductive it is a big part of the educational system. While the argument may present that standardized tests leads to simulated knowledge, others argue that standardized tests are very effective in assessing students.

Standardized testing has been around for centuries. It has been a part of America’s education since mid 1800’s. Ever since the No Child Left Behind Act in 2002, tests are now required and mandated in every state. But has their use improved America’s education?

Why do we take so many standardized testing each year? That is a question that students at my school ask all the time. The end of the school year is the best and the worst time. Summer is right around the corner, but we still have all our standardized testing to take. It causes so much pressure and stress for all students, teachers and even some of the parents. It is one test for your subject to prove everything you know and have been learning the whole year. I do understand how there is pros and cons of standardized testing, But I believe that the cons overpower the pros. Standardized testing has not improved student achievement (Is the use of standardized testing improving education in America?)

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

When I was younger I always saw my older siblings dread going into highschool and I never understood why. I mean, you get more freedom, you can drive, and you’re that much closer to graduating. What’s not to like? Well, let’s just say I was too young to understand everything that went along with high school. The loads of homework, being in sports, having a job, and trying to have a social life along with your busy schedules. On top of that, you can’t forget the horrid tests every high school student is forced to take. The SAT, ACT, ITBS, MAP, and COMPASS tests are just a few of the tests we have to take throughout our four years. Two of those tests are optional, but the rest are mandatory. You’re given a set amount of time

Colleges don’t seem to see it that way though all they see is numbers. They look at your ACT/SAT score and your GPA and make a judgement about you based on some numbers. Junior year is the year of the ACT and I took my first ACT going totally blind into like it was some simple math test that everyone gets an A on. Big mistake, because after taking that test it was clear that I should start applying to work at McDonalds for the rest of my life. See my problem is that the ACT could not be the hardest test ever if maybe we were taught how to take this test. From grade 2 we have been taking this test so why do most people still suck at them, are we just stupid? Well, maybe some people are, but I think if teachers actually enforced the importance of those four hour tests we take then maybe we could be scoring a little higher. Honestly I don't know why you wouldn’t want to enforce standardized test. If we teach kids at a young age how to take this test, then we can have kids, be successful on this test and then they can go to big colleges and waste their parent’s money. I think that's a win win for

There is much controversy about wether standardized tests benefit students taking them. Some people believe that standardized tests benefit children others believe that standardized tests do not test a child’s abilities completely. I believe that standardized tests don't benefit students. In this story I will explain why I believe that standardized tests don’t benefit students.

Standardized testing, “an examination that's administered and scored in a predetermined, standard manner” (Popham, “Why Standardized Tests Don't Measure Educational Quality“), has been around since approximately a century ago and is deemed as the ideal ‘calculator’ to determine the strengths and weaknesses in the education system in the United States of America. Although it is heavily flawed, the United States will not revoke this process or alter it because it has been deemed as a ‘set’ method in determining the level of education America has achieved. The method of standardized testing is problematic because it does not accurately measure

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