Criterion-referenced test

America and are well known as the ACT and the SAT. As you may know, these tests are designed in a way which are recorded and administered in a consistent method. Since there overuse they have now been giving students unneeded stress, underdeveloped routines, artificial learning environments and giving states problems with socio-economic advantages, with very high cheating rates, along with a false of sense security. These tests are undoubtedly are advantageable for political and financial…

you have to take the class again. A Lot of kids that were my age when I had to take the STAAR test usually dreaded having to take a standardized test like the STAAR English II exam. I was no different, I was one of those kids who just wanted to get this test done with and move one. For a while this philosophy of mine worked, however that all would change when I ended up failing the English II STAAR test during my sophomore year of high school. Thus leading to a change in how I would view…

testing: it is an accurate representation of knowledge or it is not an effective test of knowledge. The success of students, schools, and teachers are all measured by these tests in some way. Teachers’ success as an educator can be determined from the students’ scores. For a student, his or her access to funding and scholarships as well as his or her career in college are based upon the success or failure of standardized tests. Standardized testing in its entirety is not a completely accurate…

and anxiety. Moreover, all Chinese students in China are expected to pass the standardized tests before they can move on to the next grade in school and if they fail the standardized tests, they will eventually repeat their grade with higher pressures and anxiety in order to…

determined by a test, no less a test that has been proven to inhibit one’s education and discriminates against minorities. Aptitude standardized tests are an unworthy source to represent an individual’s merit, they…

standardized tests may help their students, but they will not help all the students. The teachers and parents need to see that these tests do not measure their knowledge of the information they are taught, but rather what they can remember later in life. Standardized testing prevents teachers from teaching the parents well-rounded students because the teachers teach the instructional program for the students to be ready for the tests. The teachers teach the students what is on the test, and in…

For countless years, students have had the experience of taking at least one standardized test. Standardized tests have been in use a long time to measure a student’s progress in core subjects. Standardized testing has changed the purpose of school. Going to school each day only to be educated the test. Not only does the students miss out on what they should learn to prepare for themselves for when they become adults, but also the teachers. The teachers do not have the time to teach their…

this test. You need this in order to have the life you have dreamed of. The results from the test, which might not even show your true potential, determine your fate. With this I conclude that standardized testing is inaccurate, overused, and over emphasized as a criterion for college admission. Standardized tests are an unreliable measure of a student’s performance. They fail to measure importance skills such as creativity and critical contemplating. Studies indicate that standardized tests…

Likewise, the stress that stems from standardized tests can be all for nothing for some students. Gilmore states “The stakes are high when standardized tests determine whether examinees will be admitted to educational programs… or to professions for which they have prepared” (288). Therefore, students are overwhelmed by the weight standardized tests pose over their future. When I took the ACT I felt a lot of pressure for me to excel so that I could get a scholarship for college. After spending…

Standardized tests are bringing this nation down, they expect students to memorize a plethora of information that they most likely will never need in their future. Standardized tests are currently a very controversial issue, should they be kept to keep an equal grading system for students, or should tests be more tailored to students so that everyone can show off their individual skills rather than what they have memorized. Standardized tests force teachers to teach to them rather than teaching…