Standardized Testing
The use of standardized, aptitude, achievement and intelligence, tests is greatly relied upon across the country to assess and compare the intelligence and knowledge of each test taker to the whole. Some examples of these tests are SATs, ACTs, PARCC as well as other state or nationally regulated tests, such as AP tests. These tests predict performance and decide the future of the students who take these tests. The value given to standardized tests scores needs to be revised given that the modern knowledge of intelligence is no longer compatible with a general test for mental capacity. Standardized tests are defined as “a test (as of intelligence, achievement, or personality) whose reliability has been established by obtaining …show more content…
The test have become a tool more popular in assessing teachers and school districts. Many teachers may face negative consequences if improvement or high achievement scores are not shown in the results of standardized testing. These consequences can affect the teacher’s paycheck and job status, because of this many teacher can be found teaching to the test. Research was done with a group of teachers and 80% indicated that they spend more than 20% of in class instructional time to practice and prepare for the tests (Meadows 23). The impact of teaching to the test might lead to higher achievement scores and better rankings for the schools but it limits the amount of time and information focusing on increasing the breadth of knowledge an individual may possess. This narrows the expanse of perceived intelligence, while hopefully improving the overall scores. More and more these tests as used as a reflexion of a teacher but are still used to label the students based on these scores. Which is unfair and unreliable due to the factors of different teaching style, amount of time spent teaching to the test and content learned in the …show more content…
Key words- assessment (“ the act of making a judgment about something: the act of assessing something: an idea or opinion about something”), generalized (could guess), biases (learning style, cultural diversity, language barriers and socioeconomic status) ;aptitude test (specific-SAT); intelligence ( “the ability to learn or understand or to deal with new or trying situations: the skilled use of reason: the ability to apply knowledge to manipulate one's environment or to think abstractly as measured by objective criteria (as tests)”), knowledge (“information, understanding, or skill that you get from experience or
The use of standardized, aptitude, achievement and intelligence, tests is greatly relied upon across the country to assess and compare the intelligence and knowledge of each test taker to the whole. Some examples of these tests are SATs, ACTs, PARCC as well as other state or nationally regulated tests, such as AP tests. These tests predict performance and decide the future of the students who take these tests. The value given to standardized tests scores needs to be revised given that the modern knowledge of intelligence is no longer compatible with a general test for mental capacity. Standardized tests are defined as “a test (as of intelligence, achievement, or personality) whose reliability has been established by obtaining …show more content…
The test have become a tool more popular in assessing teachers and school districts. Many teachers may face negative consequences if improvement or high achievement scores are not shown in the results of standardized testing. These consequences can affect the teacher’s paycheck and job status, because of this many teacher can be found teaching to the test. Research was done with a group of teachers and 80% indicated that they spend more than 20% of in class instructional time to practice and prepare for the tests (Meadows 23). The impact of teaching to the test might lead to higher achievement scores and better rankings for the schools but it limits the amount of time and information focusing on increasing the breadth of knowledge an individual may possess. This narrows the expanse of perceived intelligence, while hopefully improving the overall scores. More and more these tests as used as a reflexion of a teacher but are still used to label the students based on these scores. Which is unfair and unreliable due to the factors of different teaching style, amount of time spent teaching to the test and content learned in the …show more content…
Key words- assessment (“ the act of making a judgment about something: the act of assessing something: an idea or opinion about something”), generalized (could guess), biases (learning style, cultural diversity, language barriers and socioeconomic status) ;aptitude test (specific-SAT); intelligence ( “the ability to learn or understand or to deal with new or trying situations: the skilled use of reason: the ability to apply knowledge to manipulate one's environment or to think abstractly as measured by objective criteria (as tests)”), knowledge (“information, understanding, or skill that you get from experience or