Mahnoor Shaikh
Although standardized testing gives teachers a guideline to teach what the students should know for the test, teachers only teach for tests rather than teaching to benefit the children; therefore standardized testing should not be school because it does not measure the mental capability of a person. Standardized testing also has health consequences and can determine how much money a school gets.
One of Almogor claims is that a girl and her parents did not acknowledge that she did know have the correct reading skills and standardized testing could help guide her to succeed; however, he does not factor that standardized tests only evaluate the students on one day and does not factor external factors. The students could be having a miserable day or they are suffering from conflict regarding family or their own personal life. It is not fair to judge their knowledge based on one test and on one particular day. Students spend around 45 hours a day at school with all the homework, class tests, and extracurricular, they should be able to have their own independent life. …show more content…
Standardized testing should not be allowed because of the health consequences that tackles children. When some students glace at the test, anxiety overwhelms them. It could be the fact that all the standardized tests have such a big weight on the outcome, thus grades are being overlooked. In the educational system, years of hard work will still not compare to a standardized test. Some people believe that if a student does well in school and pays attention, they have nothing to worry about and they can get a splendid score on any standardized test. However as Popham states, the makers of the tests only chose questions that about half of the students can answer, making the test a little above
Although standardized testing gives teachers a guideline to teach what the students should know for the test, teachers only teach for tests rather than teaching to benefit the children; therefore standardized testing should not be school because it does not measure the mental capability of a person. Standardized testing also has health consequences and can determine how much money a school gets.
One of Almogor claims is that a girl and her parents did not acknowledge that she did know have the correct reading skills and standardized testing could help guide her to succeed; however, he does not factor that standardized tests only evaluate the students on one day and does not factor external factors. The students could be having a miserable day or they are suffering from conflict regarding family or their own personal life. It is not fair to judge their knowledge based on one test and on one particular day. Students spend around 45 hours a day at school with all the homework, class tests, and extracurricular, they should be able to have their own independent life. …show more content…
Standardized testing should not be allowed because of the health consequences that tackles children. When some students glace at the test, anxiety overwhelms them. It could be the fact that all the standardized tests have such a big weight on the outcome, thus grades are being overlooked. In the educational system, years of hard work will still not compare to a standardized test. Some people believe that if a student does well in school and pays attention, they have nothing to worry about and they can get a splendid score on any standardized test. However as Popham states, the makers of the tests only chose questions that about half of the students can answer, making the test a little above