A standardized test is a test where the test takers take the same test in a period of time, this test shows how much the test taker knows about the subject. This usually is not graded, however some students take this an advantage, most of them don’t even try to get any questions right. Most of the parents say the test is deemed “inappropriate” for younger children, or non-American speaking students and special needs students have trouble with the test. Most people complain about the test for the following sources. Though, the test will not be terminated in years to come, Standardized testing will leave a negative impact on students, and therefore should be eliminated. To begin,
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And if a student from another place that speaks a different language moves to a new out of country school that speaks a different language, they will not understand the language in which it was written in. Katherine McKnight phd, wrote an article about the problems that standardized testing affects non-language speaker, or the special needs, “Decades of research has demonstrated that black, Latino, and Native American students, as well as students from some Asian groups, experience problems with high-stakes testing. For many of these students, there is no pathway to success under our current test-driven system, and as a result, they are most definitely being “left behind.” (McKnight) Most children that speak a different language will have a difficult time trying to understand the test. Also children with special needs will also have a hard time trying to take the test, since that special needs students sometimes are not at the learning standards in the grade they’re in, “students with disabilities, who are often required to complete required testing in English before they have mastered the language; the chance of being suspended, expelled, “counseled out,” or otherwise removed from school due to low test scores, in an effort to boost school achievement results and escape test-based sanctions mandated by NCLB; and disproportionate misplacement of students of color in special education programs based on test results.” (McKnight) Since special needs kids are sometimes not at the learning curriculum of student of their grade. And since the test is usually all the same, it can not be changed to the standards of the special needs. Now the standardized testing curriculum can be changed to fit non-language speaking people and the special needs, but since it cost $1.7 Billion for each state in a single year. It wouldn’t be possible to make a new test for non-language speaking people
And if a student from another place that speaks a different language moves to a new out of country school that speaks a different language, they will not understand the language in which it was written in. Katherine McKnight phd, wrote an article about the problems that standardized testing affects non-language speaker, or the special needs, “Decades of research has demonstrated that black, Latino, and Native American students, as well as students from some Asian groups, experience problems with high-stakes testing. For many of these students, there is no pathway to success under our current test-driven system, and as a result, they are most definitely being “left behind.” (McKnight) Most children that speak a different language will have a difficult time trying to understand the test. Also children with special needs will also have a hard time trying to take the test, since that special needs students sometimes are not at the learning standards in the grade they’re in, “students with disabilities, who are often required to complete required testing in English before they have mastered the language; the chance of being suspended, expelled, “counseled out,” or otherwise removed from school due to low test scores, in an effort to boost school achievement results and escape test-based sanctions mandated by NCLB; and disproportionate misplacement of students of color in special education programs based on test results.” (McKnight) Since special needs kids are sometimes not at the learning curriculum of student of their grade. And since the test is usually all the same, it can not be changed to the standards of the special needs. Now the standardized testing curriculum can be changed to fit non-language speaking people and the special needs, but since it cost $1.7 Billion for each state in a single year. It wouldn’t be possible to make a new test for non-language speaking people