Should Students Take State Tests

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Do you think students should have to take the huge assessment state test ? I don’t think they should have to because all it does is show is the range that your at or the range that you need to be at. Students take up to three hours on the state test and that’s a big amount. Testing puts a lot of accentuation on the kids.

As a parent do you wonder how many times your kid take the state tests? Your kid actually spends up to 10 hours on the text each season. You are supposed to take the test in the winter and spring. If you add up the hours it's an estimated of 20 hours for the school year in just state testing. Most of the professors don’t even like the big assessment test because it causes stress on teachers and students. The state tests

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