My heart pounded. My knees shook. I feared the other twenty students sitting around me could hear my heart leaping out of my chest as I read each question on the SAT. When I looked around the room, I realized they all had the same look of terror on their faces as I did. This test determined the rest of our futures; whether we’d get into the college of our dreams or not. These tests, which provide the proctors with instructions for students who vomit on their tests, cause severe stress on young children, even those who do not attend high school yet. In lieu of the overwhelming stress caused by these tests, students should not be required to take standardized tests. Is it true standardized tests don’t correctly show a student’s knowledge? Is
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Students will certainly agree; they would no longer have to sit through dreadful hours of test taking. One study showed that the average eleventh grader spent 27 days of the year testing. By removing testing, the amount of stress and anxiety felt by students would significantly decrease. Due to testing, students may look at themselves as failures as early as kindergarten. Financially, this decision would appeal to both parents and taxpayers. Just in the state of Texas, 88 million dollars were spent on these tests in 2012. In addition, doing away with standardized tests would give non-English speakers and special education students fair chances at success and post-secondary …show more content…
Students are being put through long hours of coloring in circles and racking their brain for memorized answers. These tests make many students dread going to school. If you ask a group of students why they hate school, they would tell you because they’re not actually learning anything, just memorizing the necessities for a good test score. If teachers didn’t have to worry about the tests, they would actually be able to teach the students. The amount of students who like school would increase because they would be learning material necessary to their future careers and
Students will certainly agree; they would no longer have to sit through dreadful hours of test taking. One study showed that the average eleventh grader spent 27 days of the year testing. By removing testing, the amount of stress and anxiety felt by students would significantly decrease. Due to testing, students may look at themselves as failures as early as kindergarten. Financially, this decision would appeal to both parents and taxpayers. Just in the state of Texas, 88 million dollars were spent on these tests in 2012. In addition, doing away with standardized tests would give non-English speakers and special education students fair chances at success and post-secondary …show more content…
Students are being put through long hours of coloring in circles and racking their brain for memorized answers. These tests make many students dread going to school. If you ask a group of students why they hate school, they would tell you because they’re not actually learning anything, just memorizing the necessities for a good test score. If teachers didn’t have to worry about the tests, they would actually be able to teach the students. The amount of students who like school would increase because they would be learning material necessary to their future careers and