Standardized Testing Persuasive Essay

Testing is taking over the United States of America for students. If we keep it up soon testing will be the only thing we do in school. Many parents and teachers are noticing this torture and standing against this. “Most teachers are fed up with the current overtesting, high stakes culture. This has led many excellent, effective teachers to retire early or leave the field” (Meador). Overtesting is stressful, unnecessary, and is unacceptable. They say that it “helps” students further their education, but honestly it does nothing. “ A 2001 study published by the Brookings Institution found that 50-80% of year-over-year test score improvements were temporary and "caused by fluctuations that had nothing to do with long-term changes in learning” (“Is the use of standardized test”). In other words, testing has done nothing to improve student’s learning. In fact, it has decreased student’s outside world learning skills. This is probably why this generation doesn't know how to do anything when it comes to real-world problems. This just proves that overtesting is changing this generation as we speak. …show more content…
Mostly because we feel pressured into getting a good score. All these test pile up on us and soon the amount becomes humongous. “Another recent study by the Center for American Progress looked at 14 school districts. It found that students in grades 3-8 take an average of 10, up to a high of 20, standardized assessments per year” (Kamenetz). This may not seem like a enormous proportion, but when you think of the hours a student puts into studying for all these tests is unbelievable. In fact, the Washington Post says that you spend about 24 hours of your time in school taking tests