Change Is Great May, 2015 I woke up to my phone alarm shanking my eardrums with annoying AT&T ringtones. Today was a day not to remember and also a day that I dread every year of my school education. I got along with my normal morning routine and I stumbled upon a book or a packet that was slippery to the touch due to the dust that built upon the packet. I picked up the packet that seemed aged to the eye but truthfully had only been on my desk for about 2 months. I wiped off the packet which created a storm cloud in my room atmosphere. Today was a day that I got to indulge my head into books, which I despise. These so called standardized tests by the state are also known as the WASL, MSP, and even the EOC; the EOC is the latest name for these outrageous tests. These tests follow a student throughout their educational career, mainly k-12. State testing should be terminated because Every student should have a fair chance at success so parents don't have to worry about their kid not being able to graduate and live a successful life. There are really no great explanations on why state testing is
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There are those students that seem to always have there eyes wondering on someone else's paper. I see this alot at my school; students go to great lengths to pass a test. If students are just going to cheat of another student's test then the whole point of seeing what a student can do is thrown out of the window because you're seeing one student's work possibly three times. Fairtest.org says “ attaching high stakes to test results increases cheating and other efforts to boost scores without eduactinal quality”. Why test on something that is only going to be cheated on. I'm not saying everybody cheats on these test but what kid doesn't take a look at someone else's paper to make sure their answer is correct? Im guilty of looking over; I know I have looked over many times to see if I was right on an
There are those students that seem to always have there eyes wondering on someone else's paper. I see this alot at my school; students go to great lengths to pass a test. If students are just going to cheat of another student's test then the whole point of seeing what a student can do is thrown out of the window because you're seeing one student's work possibly three times. Fairtest.org says “ attaching high stakes to test results increases cheating and other efforts to boost scores without eduactinal quality”. Why test on something that is only going to be cheated on. I'm not saying everybody cheats on these test but what kid doesn't take a look at someone else's paper to make sure their answer is correct? Im guilty of looking over; I know I have looked over many times to see if I was right on an