Throughout time, many colleges and universities have assigned a great deal of weight to standardized test results as a part of the admissions criteria. However, over the past recent years the objective behind standardized testing being a good indicator of college success has been questioned nearly across the board. While college admissions boards have been using standardized testing since the early 1900s to evaluate students’ potential academic performance, questions have arisen as arguments take the approach of eliminating them from the college admissions process or to further their reasoning and come to the agreement that it is indeed a good indicator of future college success. The topic of college admissions criteria is one that…
Would taking away the mandatory FCAT impact the education of Florida’s students in a positive way? The Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test has been a staple in our state for 16 years, and started out as a learning measurement and accountability tool for all schools statewide. Looking back it is evident that it has now changed dramatically and is hindering our students. The standardized test, which takes around two weeks, is administered to public school students third through eleventh grade in the spring of each year. It gives each student a score based on how well you test on topics like reading, writing, mathematics, and science.…
W. James Popham defines a standardized test as a “test that is administered, scored, and interpreted in a standard, predetermined manner.” Throughout high school, students take standardized tests and put those results on display for colleges to look at. However, colleges have stopped looking at big tests, such as the SAT or the ACT, when deciding if they want to accept a student. This is causing people to argue over whether this is the correct choice. Both “Standardized Test Scores are Useful Predictors of Academic Success in College” by Priscilla Rodriguez and “Standardized Test Scores are Not Useful Predictors of Academic Success in College” by Robert Schaeffer share their viewpoint on whether colleges should consider standardized testing…
If a teacher does not wish to be reprimanded, his or her students will all have to do well on the tests. In order to be sure that this happens, teachers will teach to the tests. They will focus not on creative writing, but rather on the type of writing that the test scorers will want to see. Instead of taking field trips, students will be practicing analogies and test taking skills. Literature will not be read intensively, but will instead be skimmed for the main points in order to answer the critical reading questions.…
The United States has made standardized testing a major concern across the country. Teachers are now required to prepare students for tests such as the ACT, SAT, KCCT, etc. Students are taught how to take these tests rather than being taught important curriculum that could help them in their futures. Most people don’t see the damage done when students and teachers are preparing for these tests. Students are not becoming more knowledgeable, through these tests, they are learning how to read questions and fill in a bubble based on “the best answer.”…
Standardized Tests: How are They Affecting Schools? Did you take/ still take standardized tests as a kid? I’m sure you have because we have been using the same test for over 100 years. That is only one problem concerning with these tests.…
Testing is a big part in schools and inequality of education affects testing scores in the United States. In recent years, most ages in schools are scoring the best scores ever in history on standardized tests. These ages include nine year olds, 13 year olds, and 17 year olds. Although, the problem is that this information is coming from schools where the majority of children come from middle-class income families. Inequality in schools really starts to be a problem when a school contains more than seventy-five percent of children living in poverty.…
This paper discusses the detrimental effects standardized tests have on students who plan to continue education past high school, and the issues associates with these tests. Standardized tests are a common procedure for kids in elementary school, middle school, and especially high school. Nonetheless, the most influential standardized tests are those that determine future colleges: SAT and ACT. Although many colleges depend on SAT and ACT scores to selectively choose the best applicants, these scores do not always correlate with academic success in the collegiate level.…
Finally, children who go to public schools achieve higher scores on standardized tests, specifically SATs and ACTs, than those who are homeschooled. Everything that a child is taught in school leads up to the SATs and ACTs. It is crucial for the student to score well on these tests to secure the college of their choice. Standardized tests are mainly used to compare students from different schools. Without these tests, teachers would not be able to see what is successful and what isn’t (“Reasons and Purposes…”).…
An experiment on Israelis proved that “random events during an exam can affect not only test results, but college and career options and income for the res of a student’s life” (Ehrenfreudn). Many factors in and out of school can disturb students’ performance on the tests. Recent study has revealed that students perform poorly on standardized tests in the week after a violent crime was been committed near the school. Scientists compared results of students’ future earnings to the air pollution measurements on the day the students took the test. At the end, scientists determined that that even a slight increase in the amount of air pollution reduced students’ income by 2 percent by the time they became adults.…
How many high school students do you know that enjoy taking tests? My guess, not many. Most students can handle one or two tests a year but if you ask them to take two or three every semester you will have a problem. There are many problems with so many standardized tests. One, They take away from actual class time of learning so you spend more time finding out what you know than actually learning about stuff.…
Is Standardized Testing Still Effective In College Admissions? Michelle Obama once said, “If my future were determined just by my performance on a standardized test, I wouldn 't be here. I guarantee you that”. A standardized test is any form of test that requires all test takers to answer the same questions, is on a time limit, or is scored in a “standard” manner.…
In today 's society, standardized testing is a bulky yet significant step for students to accomplish before submitting their college application. Standardized test is universal for colleges ' admissions in the United State and even for colleges from other countries to perceive how much a student absorbs during their four years of high school. Different schools have different method of evaluating their students ' grade point average, and so, admissions officers do not often use GPA to evaluate students. As standardized testing is becoming a big part of high school students ' success, students will need high schools education to help them improving their test score. High schools should help their students prepare for college by spending less…
“Is This Necessary?” Pencils writing, filling in ovals, swaving up and down on the paper. Students should take less standardized testing. If not teachers will not understand how much the students comprehend, and if we take too much it can exhaust the students.…
Within the context of public education, high-stakes standardized achievement tests have become the norm since the early 2000s (U.S. Department of Education, 2010). As a result of the development and implementation of these tests at all grade levels over the past 20 years, teachers and students have been held accountable for high scores, as a means of showing the effectiveness of the teacher and school. Stories such as the Atlanta Public School System cheating scandal where teachers and administrators were encouraged to change student answers to raise the passing rates for schools are evidence of the emphasis school districts, superintendents, and principals have placed on the performance results of these tests (Rich, 2013). All members of…