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The Pros And Cons Of Standardized Testing

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Standardized testing is a no
Growing up in Chesapeake every student is forced to take a standardized test at the end of every class they take. Standardized testing has been a part of the educational system for so long that everyone is just accustomed to taking these tests or giving them out. Standardized testing does not just effect the students but it also effects the teachers. Chesapeake School Board should get rid of standardized testing in all grade levels because of different learning style, it limits the teachers to what they can teach and poor test scores.
Even though Chesapeake School Board should get rid of standardized testing some people disagree, and believe that standardized testing is needed in the school system. Some …show more content…

Teacher no longer have to worry about teaching all of the text book just what in the curriculum for the test.
Chesapeake School board encourages standardized testing but, there are different types of learning styles that the test does not include. Standardized testing only tests the learning style of remembering what was read or heard in class and that is only one form of the many more that are at there in the world. Having Chesapeake schools get rid of standardized testing and replacing it with a test that testes all other learning styles will benefit all students. It will help students who do not do well on standardized multiply choice test score better. Beverly Hill the author of the article Learning Styles and Standardized test Scores: Is There a Connection states that “Approximately 20 -30 percent of the school-age population remember what is heard; 40 percent recall well visually the things that are seen or read; many must use their fingers in some manipulative way to help remember basic facts; and other people cannot internalize information or skills unless they use them in real-life activities” (28). The standardized test it mainly built on the things said in class or read in a test book; however, that is less than 50 percent of students. Making a test that could test include real life activities or visuals to help students better recall the information better would be more beneficial to students. An end of the

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