At least once a year there are tests in every school district that are made to evaluate students on what they learned and evaluate the teachers on what they have taught. 1,845,787 people took the ACT in 2014. In that same year 1,672,395 took the SAT. In this world people make standardized testing seem like it's a bigger deal than It really is. We should not do standardized testing because it does not effectively measure a student’s learning a teacher’s teaching and help colleges to be selective in admissions. The standardized testing does not measure students knowledge of a subject as much as people make it out to believe. The test does not measure other important factors like a student's creativity and critical thinking skills. It
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There are many different types of students in the world and a student can react differently to a teaching styles then another. In a study it showed that a teacher that seemed ineffective in their classroom one year had better results the following year. Students can also be influences outside of that teacher classroom like previous teachers or current teachers of another subject as well as a tutor if they have one, also test scores can be influence by family and friends it can have a positive or negative effect on a student. There are other ways to evaluate a teacher's capability in a classroom which some schools are already doing like videotapes of classroom, teacher interviews, viewing of lesson plans, assignments, and samples of student work can be more proficient than a standardized test. That is why we should not evaluate a teacher on a standardized test …show more content…
"Colleges Do Not Need SAT Scores to Be Selective in Admissions." Standardized Testing. Ed. Dedria Bryfonski. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2012. At Issue. Rpt. from "Surviving without the SAT." Chronicle of Higher Education 10 Oct. 2008. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 21 Sept. 2016.
Harris, Phillip, Joan Harris, and Bruce M. Smith. "Standardized Tests Do Not Effectively Measure Student Achievement." Standardized Testing. Ed. Dedria Bryfonski. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2012. At Issue. Rpt. from "Chapter 3: The Tests Don't Measure Achievement Adequately." The Myths of Standardized Tests: Why They Don't Tell You What You Think They Do. 2011. 33-45. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 21 Sept. 2016.
Baker, Eva L. "Value-Added Modeling Does Not Fully Measure Teacher Effectiveness." Standardized Testing. Ed. Dedria Bryfonski. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2012. At Issue. Rpt. from "Problems with the Use of Student Test Scores to Evaluate Teachers." EPI Briefing Paper. 2010. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 21 Sept. 2016.
"Number of SAT and ACT Test-Takers, 2014." Gale Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Detroit: Gale, 2015. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 21 Sept.
There are many different types of students in the world and a student can react differently to a teaching styles then another. In a study it showed that a teacher that seemed ineffective in their classroom one year had better results the following year. Students can also be influences outside of that teacher classroom like previous teachers or current teachers of another subject as well as a tutor if they have one, also test scores can be influence by family and friends it can have a positive or negative effect on a student. There are other ways to evaluate a teacher's capability in a classroom which some schools are already doing like videotapes of classroom, teacher interviews, viewing of lesson plans, assignments, and samples of student work can be more proficient than a standardized test. That is why we should not evaluate a teacher on a standardized test …show more content…
"Colleges Do Not Need SAT Scores to Be Selective in Admissions." Standardized Testing. Ed. Dedria Bryfonski. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2012. At Issue. Rpt. from "Surviving without the SAT." Chronicle of Higher Education 10 Oct. 2008. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 21 Sept. 2016.
Harris, Phillip, Joan Harris, and Bruce M. Smith. "Standardized Tests Do Not Effectively Measure Student Achievement." Standardized Testing. Ed. Dedria Bryfonski. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2012. At Issue. Rpt. from "Chapter 3: The Tests Don't Measure Achievement Adequately." The Myths of Standardized Tests: Why They Don't Tell You What You Think They Do. 2011. 33-45. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 21 Sept. 2016.
Baker, Eva L. "Value-Added Modeling Does Not Fully Measure Teacher Effectiveness." Standardized Testing. Ed. Dedria Bryfonski. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2012. At Issue. Rpt. from "Problems with the Use of Student Test Scores to Evaluate Teachers." EPI Briefing Paper. 2010. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 21 Sept. 2016.
"Number of SAT and ACT Test-Takers, 2014." Gale Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Detroit: Gale, 2015. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 21 Sept.