What is the purpose of taking standardized tests? Or if the test are harmful to some students of other race, or ones that have learning disabilities? Many parents and teachers have objected to the idea of making their children and students take a standardized test, although 75% of parents say that it is a good step for their child. Being a student that has had to take the standardized tests, it is a very waring task. The stress about wanting to know if secondary students will pass or fail, and if young adults fail then we are not good enough for the careers we would like to pursue in our futures. Being a secondary student, I know how stressful these tests are. A girl whose name is Ankur Singh, tells of her horrific high school story.
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The beginning paragraph he says that despite all the protests across the country, the Board of Education has done nothing about the situation. One reason throughout the essay is cheating. Students and teachers know that these tests will affect their future is some regard and they will do anything to get the best scores in their ability to do so. This may go as far as students taking drugs to improve their performance. Students will not be the only ones cheating, so will teachers because they know it will affect them too. He, as well as many others,believe that instead of students taking so many tests, we should have the chance to be in school learning something new, instead of being taught by the test and having a very strict teaching and learning curriculum. Another reason he did not agree with standardized tests was that they do not value diversity. Students all live very different lifestyles and that can influence their …show more content…
Since about the year 2000, the United States have failed to reach even the top 20 in all subjects, such as science, math, and reading, other countries have scored entirely well. American students scored below average in math and average in science and reading. United States students have shown a small amount of improvement, while Asian students seem to constantly have improved scores. Because their scores keep improving, Asian countries have the highest scores in all three core subjects.
In a newspaper article, High-stakes testing hasn’t brought education gains, Judith Browne Dianis, John H. Jackson, and Pedro Noguera, wrote that they disagree with the education groups and government, that the assessments we are required to take, do not benefit us. As they state, they are not opposed to tests; but they do not agree with taking assessments for “diagnostic purposes”. Further in this essay they, as well as many students and parents believe, parents should have an opinion in what kind of classes we are tested in, and that we receive more than just classes to prepare us for state and government
The beginning paragraph he says that despite all the protests across the country, the Board of Education has done nothing about the situation. One reason throughout the essay is cheating. Students and teachers know that these tests will affect their future is some regard and they will do anything to get the best scores in their ability to do so. This may go as far as students taking drugs to improve their performance. Students will not be the only ones cheating, so will teachers because they know it will affect them too. He, as well as many others,believe that instead of students taking so many tests, we should have the chance to be in school learning something new, instead of being taught by the test and having a very strict teaching and learning curriculum. Another reason he did not agree with standardized tests was that they do not value diversity. Students all live very different lifestyles and that can influence their …show more content…
Since about the year 2000, the United States have failed to reach even the top 20 in all subjects, such as science, math, and reading, other countries have scored entirely well. American students scored below average in math and average in science and reading. United States students have shown a small amount of improvement, while Asian students seem to constantly have improved scores. Because their scores keep improving, Asian countries have the highest scores in all three core subjects.
In a newspaper article, High-stakes testing hasn’t brought education gains, Judith Browne Dianis, John H. Jackson, and Pedro Noguera, wrote that they disagree with the education groups and government, that the assessments we are required to take, do not benefit us. As they state, they are not opposed to tests; but they do not agree with taking assessments for “diagnostic purposes”. Further in this essay they, as well as many students and parents believe, parents should have an opinion in what kind of classes we are tested in, and that we receive more than just classes to prepare us for state and government