Standardized Testing In Schools

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Do you like to take tests? Do you want shorter tests ? I think that we should have no more standardized tests. The standardized tests take too much time, money, and the scores aren’t accurate compared to there grades.

My first reason is that standardized test take too much time away from class time learning. The heaviest tests fall on the nation's eighth-graders spend on average of 25.3 hours during the year on testing. .Schools allocate more than a quarter of the years instructions to test prep. In my school there is not a lot of time for fun or learning. This is why tests take too much time away from class.

My second reason is that standardized test take too much money from the schools. According to the Texas

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