Do Standardized Tests Improve or Hinder Education throughout the World? Standardized tests have a very long history back to around 206 BC. It is known by China’s imperial examination. Nowadays, they are widely used in education around the world. They are one of the most frequent methods to check the knowledge of students. However, some people claim that using standardized tests in education system may have a negative effect on students. Nevertheless, standardized tests also have several positive effects on education as following. As its name suggests, standardized tests create a reliable standard to every student. In general, the purpose of using standardized tests is to measure an academic performance in the subjects that students have learnt.
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According to Public Agenda survey of 1,342 public schools in United Stated, about 79% of students in the sample group believe in the fairness of the questions in standardized tests. In term of attitude over standardized tests, US Department of Education stated that US students tend to have a positive view on them. They feel that testing is just a normal and predictable matter that does not cause too much stress. In addition, most of the parents (about 97%) still consider standardized test as a rightful device that can identify the academic points that their child need an improvement too. (ProCon.org, 2015) Moreover, the trust over standardized tests is not only presented in United Stated. For example, the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) standardized test score is widely accepted around the world, and some countries such as France also take this test result in their consideration in order to reform their education system. (Baird, …show more content…
Nowadays, the number of student around the world already reaches one hundred million, and it is predicted to be doubled by 2025 too. (Maslen, 2012) So, many governments may have to spend more money on the department of education in their countries in the future. Using standardized tests for the measurement of the teaching’s quality can be a good, time saving, and cheap way compares to the other evaluation methods. Standardized tests require only several hours of exam time per subject, and the grading process can be done in a short time by computers. In US, the cost that department of education spend on standardized tests is about $5.81 per student in each year, which is considered as even less than 0.1% of the total budget on education. (ProCon.org, 2015) When the less budget is spent, the more money that government can use to facilitate the other aspects of the education in their countries
According to Public Agenda survey of 1,342 public schools in United Stated, about 79% of students in the sample group believe in the fairness of the questions in standardized tests. In term of attitude over standardized tests, US Department of Education stated that US students tend to have a positive view on them. They feel that testing is just a normal and predictable matter that does not cause too much stress. In addition, most of the parents (about 97%) still consider standardized test as a rightful device that can identify the academic points that their child need an improvement too. (ProCon.org, 2015) Moreover, the trust over standardized tests is not only presented in United Stated. For example, the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) standardized test score is widely accepted around the world, and some countries such as France also take this test result in their consideration in order to reform their education system. (Baird, …show more content…
Nowadays, the number of student around the world already reaches one hundred million, and it is predicted to be doubled by 2025 too. (Maslen, 2012) So, many governments may have to spend more money on the department of education in their countries in the future. Using standardized tests for the measurement of the teaching’s quality can be a good, time saving, and cheap way compares to the other evaluation methods. Standardized tests require only several hours of exam time per subject, and the grading process can be done in a short time by computers. In US, the cost that department of education spend on standardized tests is about $5.81 per student in each year, which is considered as even less than 0.1% of the total budget on education. (ProCon.org, 2015) When the less budget is spent, the more money that government can use to facilitate the other aspects of the education in their countries