Many if standardized tests are a bad or good thing to give students. The preparation itself is harmful towards the teachers and students. The teachers must have taught their students the appropriate curriculum for the standardized tests, in order for their students to prove they have the potential to pass these kinds of tests. “Teachers have such pressure to get their students ready for these exams that they neglect to teach students skills that go beyond the tests.”(Columbia University)Teachers are to focused on teaching their students material that will be on the standardized tests that they don't even consider teaching them skills that go beyond the tests. This affects students in many ways if they are being taught material that just consists
