Jessica Mosley
3rd period
LA III
2-25-16
Opposing Standardized Testing When students are about to take a standardized test, are they going to be stressed about it? According to Teacher College at Columbia University in New York City, American students may be the most tested students in the world, taking more than 100 million standardized test every year. Even good students who are well prepared can be derailed by the general air of anxiety surrounding a test.” “I immediately started sweating and I got cramps in my stomach. I thought I was really going to get sick” (Glum). Also a school nurse also says “It’s natural to feel anxiety before you take a test. But some children experience different levels of nervousness that interferes with their performance” (Glum). Standardized testing does not measure equality, stresses students out, opting out standardized test, students sitting out on the test and some not even getting disciplined for it.
Standardized tests does not measure educational quality. These days, if a school’s standardized test scores are high, people think the schools staff is effective. If schools standardized test scores are low, they …show more content…
Colorado parent wrote a letter to her son's school saying that her son is not going to participate. “The laws are immoral, unjust and are hurting kids” (Wallace). Ilana is not alone with her thoughts about standardized testing. There is no legal precedent for students not taking the standardized test. Some students were disciplined for it, and federal aid was threatened. But now, as scores were calculated in the summertime, lawmakers from Colorado to Maine were pushing state legislation that would secure parents’ rights to keep their kids from taking the test. They argue that so-called opt-out bills not only get families involved in the discussion around the contentious education initiative but also give them a chance to start taking it
3rd period
LA III
2-25-16
Opposing Standardized Testing When students are about to take a standardized test, are they going to be stressed about it? According to Teacher College at Columbia University in New York City, American students may be the most tested students in the world, taking more than 100 million standardized test every year. Even good students who are well prepared can be derailed by the general air of anxiety surrounding a test.” “I immediately started sweating and I got cramps in my stomach. I thought I was really going to get sick” (Glum). Also a school nurse also says “It’s natural to feel anxiety before you take a test. But some children experience different levels of nervousness that interferes with their performance” (Glum). Standardized testing does not measure equality, stresses students out, opting out standardized test, students sitting out on the test and some not even getting disciplined for it.
Standardized tests does not measure educational quality. These days, if a school’s standardized test scores are high, people think the schools staff is effective. If schools standardized test scores are low, they …show more content…
Colorado parent wrote a letter to her son's school saying that her son is not going to participate. “The laws are immoral, unjust and are hurting kids” (Wallace). Ilana is not alone with her thoughts about standardized testing. There is no legal precedent for students not taking the standardized test. Some students were disciplined for it, and federal aid was threatened. But now, as scores were calculated in the summertime, lawmakers from Colorado to Maine were pushing state legislation that would secure parents’ rights to keep their kids from taking the test. They argue that so-called opt-out bills not only get families involved in the discussion around the contentious education initiative but also give them a chance to start taking it