Standardized Testing Argumentative Essay

Why is it that a few of my friends are attending Ivy League institutions and others at some small-time community colleges, when most of them had the potential to attend prestigious universities. I know this for the reason that I’ve known them since we were in third grade. I knew what they were capable of achieving and how smart they were outside the classroom. The decisive reason that influenced their decision and possibly their life, was standardized testing. Standardized tests are commonly taken to measure and label a student’s intelligence and usually determining one’s future educational path during high school. Everyone is taking the same tests, answering as the same questions, at the same time. All in all, it is fair and just. However, no one is the same as another person, each student is different. Why is it then everyone has to take the same assessment test that determines their future. It feels as if the educational system is placing everyone on the same road and telling them there is only one path to go down. I don’t believe it, and neither …show more content…
I know it is already implement in the system today, but the solution would be to elevate and change the report card into a official review or document. Everyone knows what reports cards are and what is included in them. What I would change besides adding grade point averages and merits, would be having a exhibition style for your report card, very similar to a job interview. Students would put together their “report card”, consisting of their achievements, in-and-out of school and their academic records. Students would express themselves, proving to college recruiters that the report card isn’t everything. On the “report card” it would demonstrate mastery in different areas of learning and intellect. However, this could be very bias and altered in the student’s favor. They could present themselves to be someone they are