Nearly every student in America has taken a standardized test, considering these exams are required for almost any college admission or for evaluating a child’s proficiency at a particular grade level. However, this method of analyzing a child’s true intelligence poses the question of whether this is truly an accurate way to assess a child’s understanding as well as being an accurate tool for predicting a student’s future success. Standardized testing creates great controversy over its effectiveness and equality to all students involved. These doubts surrounding the tests cause the need for a solution because there may be the need for a compromise since there are an abundance of factors that are potentially more representative of a student’s
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In addition, I can relate this topic to my life because I am currently preparing for the SAT, AP exam, Keystones and also the ACT, which all fall under the highly controversial topic of standardized testing. While all of these tests are seen to be a typical part of high school, it is really interesting to see people’s differing …show more content…
Students are affected by this situation because they feel like these tests can make or break their futures. As students may carry emotional burdens if they do not receive the scores expected of them (Ferguson 1). Without students’ emotions in mind, standardized testing is used all over the U.S as well as the rest of the world to instill benchmarks and requirements students have to meet or exceed. Standardized tests also help educators find students who need assistance in certain subjects. Infact, a legislation passed in 2001 called the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) was introduced to aid students. This legislation uses standardized testing scores as a tool to assist children with their educational prospects so that they can improve. With that being said, there a multitude of opponents who believe that these tests, regardless of their outcomes, are not worth the time and effort put into
In addition, I can relate this topic to my life because I am currently preparing for the SAT, AP exam, Keystones and also the ACT, which all fall under the highly controversial topic of standardized testing. While all of these tests are seen to be a typical part of high school, it is really interesting to see people’s differing …show more content…
Students are affected by this situation because they feel like these tests can make or break their futures. As students may carry emotional burdens if they do not receive the scores expected of them (Ferguson 1). Without students’ emotions in mind, standardized testing is used all over the U.S as well as the rest of the world to instill benchmarks and requirements students have to meet or exceed. Standardized tests also help educators find students who need assistance in certain subjects. Infact, a legislation passed in 2001 called the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) was introduced to aid students. This legislation uses standardized testing scores as a tool to assist children with their educational prospects so that they can improve. With that being said, there a multitude of opponents who believe that these tests, regardless of their outcomes, are not worth the time and effort put into