Standardized testing has been a common practice in all classrooms across America and many overseas. It’s a process all too familiar with students and teachers. But what are these challenging tests out to prove? Some say that standardized tests are a proper evaluation of the students’ knowledge and the teachers’ ability; however, studies have shown that these stress filled tests have gone way too far. According to Berliner in his writings of the Cambridge Journal of Education, standardized tests hold teachers accountable for students’ scores and are often punished. Teachers must now “ teach to the test” in a high stress environment and this leads to students cheating and even possibly changing the test scores just to ensure higher totals (41(3),
