Synopsis
Gives us two main contentions as to why standardized testing is not a necessary
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Tests aren’t necessary
The cost associated with it is too high.
The article provides us with essential information that standardized testing is not effective, and we have lost more then we have gained using standardized testing. The article also provides us with what we could use in place of standardized testing . The article writes. “Instead, why not just trust teachers and schools to report the progress of their students with the measures they have, and use internal and external local pressures to improve the measures and practices”
Gives us two main contentions as to why standardized testing is not a necessary
.
Tests aren’t necessary
The cost associated with it is too high.
The article provides us with essential information that standardized testing is not effective, and we have lost more then we have gained using standardized testing. The article also provides us with what we could use in place of standardized testing . The article writes. “Instead, why not just trust teachers and schools to report the progress of their students with the measures they have, and use internal and external local pressures to improve the measures and practices”