School has been a big topic this semester in my English Class. I have talked about General Education courses and my views on it. However, looking further into the topic, another question comes to mind. Are Standardized Tests worth the time of the student? Students have to take these tests each year for about 12 years. The tests have many different names and have been implemented for over 20 years. The state assesses these tests and labels these as ready for the real world, but what are they ready for? I think that these standardized tests are actually hindering students and wasting their time much like General Education courses are wasting the time of students who know what they are doing.
Firstly, schools are not giving the education they need for real life. …show more content…
According to a longitudinal study, backed by the University of Memphis and the University of New Mexico, “419 students from grades 3-6, had to take a mindset questionnaire during school hours, for the fall semester”(McCutchen et. al). The study was to show the relationship of the student’s mindset during a reading and math test. The study showed that test scores overtime were declining, although students who had more of a growth mindset, declined at a slower rate than those with a fixed mindset. However, the fact remains that students begin to lose motivation on standardized tests, thus doing worse on the test.
Finally, Standardized tests like the ACT and SAT gives richer students a higher advantage than students who are not as well off. This makes testing more about who has more money, rather than keeping school’s accountable, which is the main purpose of the standardized tests. According to Nick Anderson “scores on the SAT and the ACT track with family income”. Therefore the ACT and SAT favor rich kids’ getting an education outside of school rather than helping with what is taught in high
Firstly, schools are not giving the education they need for real life. …show more content…
According to a longitudinal study, backed by the University of Memphis and the University of New Mexico, “419 students from grades 3-6, had to take a mindset questionnaire during school hours, for the fall semester”(McCutchen et. al). The study was to show the relationship of the student’s mindset during a reading and math test. The study showed that test scores overtime were declining, although students who had more of a growth mindset, declined at a slower rate than those with a fixed mindset. However, the fact remains that students begin to lose motivation on standardized tests, thus doing worse on the test.
Finally, Standardized tests like the ACT and SAT gives richer students a higher advantage than students who are not as well off. This makes testing more about who has more money, rather than keeping school’s accountable, which is the main purpose of the standardized tests. According to Nick Anderson “scores on the SAT and the ACT track with family income”. Therefore the ACT and SAT favor rich kids’ getting an education outside of school rather than helping with what is taught in high