Standardized Testing Damages Education

Standardized test are used to measure student against student from everywhere in the country that is the same grade level as the student (Slavin, 2009). Standardized testing started in the United States in 1845 this was put into place by Horace Mann (Gale, 2015). Mann called for standardized testing of math, spelling and geography in the public education system (Gale, 2015). In the 1900’s the United States started the college entrance board exam (Gale, 2015). In 1983 the United States was called a “Nation at Risk” based on SAT scores (Gale, 2015). In 2002 The No Child Left Behind Act was signed into law by President George W. Bush (Gale, 2015). This law requires are public school students to take yearly exams (Gale, 2015). Under this law the school needs to show consistent improvement year after year (Gale, 2015). If a student is at a low performing school they have the right to change to a higher graded school under the NCLB act (Gale, 2015).
Standardized test are used in a variety away in our society. First they are used to measure or track students (How Standardized Testing Damages Education , 2007). The test are used for retaining students or school readiness as well (How Standardized Testing Damages Education , 2007). Another way the test are used is to …show more content…
Virginia, did performance based projects instead of standardized exams (Edwards, 2015). The teacher was able to see what the students were struggling with measurement, symmetry, and instructions (Edwards, 2015). This type of exam where students are not bubbling in responses is more developmentally appropriate than just having a child click an answer or bubble in a response (Edwards, 2015). Texas, Oklahoma, North Carolina, and Virginia have voted to lessen the number of state mandated test and more states are considering following suit this year (Edwards,