In K-12 education there has always been too much emphasis on “test scores”, and not enough emphasis on the learning aspect of education. Most people that have ADHD, or an anxiety of tests, know everything before and after the text, but not during the actual test. Many people need and use special accommodations such as testing in a separate area, using extended time, or not even having a time limit. These accommodations help somewhat, but not very much. There needs to be a way for schools to put less emphasis on testing.
The state is making the teachers teach their students material in classes that is not needed to pass the class or even relevant. Leah Meeks, a student at Washtenaw Community College (WCC) stated, “I completely agree. …show more content…
This article overviews the negative effects of testing on students from a psychological point of view. This article highlights many good points of the effect that testing has on students. However, the first point is the most important, this is made obvious by the article; “We live in a test-conscious environment.” Expanding more, this simply means most if not all academic achievements depend on how well a person does on a test. What makes this worse is that people with test anxiety know this. Some theories believe that parents are at the root of test anxiety. Expanding on this, the parents emphasize that if a student doesn’t do well on a test they won’t do well in school. If a student doesn’t do well in school, they won’t get into a good college. If they don’t get into a good college, they won’t get a good job. Parents are just doing what they think is best, by pushing their child to do well in school. In reality, this sometimes has the exact opposite effect that the parent(s) intent …show more content…
Some of the reasons highlighted in this paper include the stress toll on both the students, as well as the teachers. This paper also highlights a few good reasons as to why standardized testing is a good idea; For example, “Standardized testing promotes the cognitive process, and has been shown to maximize long-term retention and retrieval.” (Henry L. Roediger III). Sometimes the parent or even the culture that we live in today can actually be the problem when it comes to test anxiety. Finally, a possible solution to test anxiety, verbally reading the test out loud for the student and having the student verbally answer the
The state is making the teachers teach their students material in classes that is not needed to pass the class or even relevant. Leah Meeks, a student at Washtenaw Community College (WCC) stated, “I completely agree. …show more content…
This article overviews the negative effects of testing on students from a psychological point of view. This article highlights many good points of the effect that testing has on students. However, the first point is the most important, this is made obvious by the article; “We live in a test-conscious environment.” Expanding more, this simply means most if not all academic achievements depend on how well a person does on a test. What makes this worse is that people with test anxiety know this. Some theories believe that parents are at the root of test anxiety. Expanding on this, the parents emphasize that if a student doesn’t do well on a test they won’t do well in school. If a student doesn’t do well in school, they won’t get into a good college. If they don’t get into a good college, they won’t get a good job. Parents are just doing what they think is best, by pushing their child to do well in school. In reality, this sometimes has the exact opposite effect that the parent(s) intent …show more content…
Some of the reasons highlighted in this paper include the stress toll on both the students, as well as the teachers. This paper also highlights a few good reasons as to why standardized testing is a good idea; For example, “Standardized testing promotes the cognitive process, and has been shown to maximize long-term retention and retrieval.” (Henry L. Roediger III). Sometimes the parent or even the culture that we live in today can actually be the problem when it comes to test anxiety. Finally, a possible solution to test anxiety, verbally reading the test out loud for the student and having the student verbally answer the