Standardized Test Necessary

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Are Standardized Test Necessary? “Every student can learn, just not on the same day, or in the same way,” Said by George Evans. Students should take standardized test, but not so many. Why? You may ask, because we already spend 2.3 of our time taking standardized test. But we need them so people can see how good the school is doing. It’s also very stressful for kids, and a stressed kid isn’t healthy. To begin with, research shows we are already spending 2.3 of our class time taking standardized test. Most already say us students spend too much on test, well now they have taken data of how much time we spend. Most of the test are unnecessary. Others might think that just because it takes to much time, doesn’t mean anything, we might even

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