Standardized Testing In The United States Educational System

At this time there is one withstanding problem in the United States educational system. Many public schools require tests that are redundant and bias. The real culprit is standardized testing. Standardized testing creates an unequal playing field for students. When seeking large sets of data concerning the intelligence of students there are three things that need to be considered. First the socio economic status of students, then the culture of the students and school district, and lastly the difference between rural and urban settings. This inequality is a problem because not all schools are the same and not all students are the same. In order to create a standard test that everyone takes, we have instead created a test that overlooks the difference that each situation has. It is not fair to test someone at a level that they have not yet reached. …show more content…
Standardized tests were created to do that. They were designed to create an even playing field for all students around the country. As it turns out, all of the students around the country are different. They come from different homes of different cultures, socioeconomic statuses, and they are not all in the same setting. There are students in urban settings who think differently than students in rural settings. So now there are problems with the dreamlike standardized test. For something that was designed to be equal, it has overlooked many large factors that create inequality. How do you fix this? Is there a way other than standardized testing that can assess the progress and intelligence of students around the country? These questions are where the education field needs to start. In order to fix the problem we must go back to the roots, and the roots are the people being