Benefits Of Standardized Testing

Should standardize testing be utilized in the United States? Throughout the United States today standardizes testing has become a huge controversy, and many people don’t really know where they currently stand. Standardize testing is defined as “A standardized test is any form of test that (1) requires all test takers to answer the same questions, or a selection of questions from common bank of questions, in the same way, and that (2) is scored in a “standard” or consistent manner, which makes it possible to compare the relative performance of individual students or groups of students(edglossary).” Standardized testing is used all around the world in the education system, and every school uses it to continue on with their education. The most …show more content…
Standardize testing is extremely beneficial to the student because it is a testing skill that most parents agree on, parents see where their children are not doing well after the testing is over, and try and help them improve in those areas. This is a helpful tool for the parents and teachers that cannot truly see where their students are struggling because they study hard before they are given a test and remember the criteria that they need for that day, not fully applying in their life styles. Accordingly, other parents do not think this way and they believe that students are not benefiting from standardized testing because a test shouldn’t be the only way to judge a student on their performance in the classroom. This is because some students aren’t good at testing and become very stressed out when a test is in front of them and can not preform to their highest attempt. Standardize testing could cause anxiety in children, which could make them not preform well, also some students are better in the classroom than in a long test. Some parents believe that it is not fair because their children are doing so well in the classroom and maintaining a 3.5-4.0 grade point average but cannot recieve a score higher than a 14000 on their SAT’s. Therefor, how is it far to …show more content…
These test are given to the children not to only see what they know, but also to see what the school is teaching them and where the school is standing. Therefor do the many people who are giving out the tests care about the children’s score or the way the school is preforming. The schools preformance is a huge situation for the teachers, principles, communities, because this is where there funding comes in. They believe this is so helpful to the student because if school funding is given to the school because of their childrens test scores, the school must be doing something right. Many don’t see that it is very hard to relate these two to eachother because of like I said, many don’t believe that a standardized test measures their skills and knowledge(TestingOurSchools). “ Test scores attract most of the attention because they are quantifiable and allow comparisons. But other measures can show how well schools are performing. These indicators