The courts ruled tht Florida had the right to assess students however the way that they proposed and used the test violated students’ rights (Burke, et al, 2009). In addition to law suits, studies have found that high-stakes testing diminishes student movitvation (High Stakes Testing and Student Motivation, 2003). Proponents of high-stakes testing assume that “assigning rewards and consequences to rigorous tests will motivate the ‘unmotivated’” (High Stakes Testing and Student Motivation, 2003). Unmotivated students typically include low socioeconomic students in urban schools, often black or Hispanic children (High Stakes Testing and Student Motivation, 2003). Interstly, studies have shown that when rewards and sanctions are placed on high-stakes tests, it diminishes the students motivation to learn and think critically (High Stakes Testing and Effects on Instruction, 2005). Moreover, studies have found that high-stakes testing causes teachers to take significant control of what students are learning in the classroom instead of allowing students to explore concepts or things they enjoy (High …show more content…
Education standards define the skills and knowledge students should have at different points in their educational career (Education Standards, 2015). Standards are developed from “expectations that different vested interest groups have for education” (Burke, et al, 2009). Policy makers desire rigorous standards to maintain “world class status” to compete with other countries (Burke, et al, 2009). In addtion, business leaders want highschool students to graduate career ready, able to read, write and compute (Burke, et al, 2009). Standards are developed and implemented to facilitate those goals. Common Core State standards have been adopted by 44 states in the United States (Common Core State Standards, 2015). Common Core State standards are a set of high-quality standards in math and English Language arts (Common Core State Standards, 2015). Tennessee repealed the Common Core standards and replaced them with TN Ready (an identical copy of Common Core) ( (TN Ready, 2015). Standards are what instruciton is based upon and curriculum is written for. Assessments are writtend based on