Modern education has been twisted to teach that memorizing and formulas is the real world. Many agree with these statements and want the future working generation to be taught useful knowledge. As an example, “ninety-seven percent of the studies in the review reported negative impacts of test-based accountability, while only 26% cited positive perspective”(Scogin). These results came from a 2012 literature review The majority of the study resulted that test-based accountability is not useful for students futures. This statistic shows how life after high school and college want citizens with real world knowledge, and not just how to memorize a textbook. Standardized testing is not a fair measure of ability and have no true result of a student’s knowledge. As explained in the article titled “Americans Want Less Standardized Testing and More School Funding”, the author Tim Walker describes how parents and teachers both agree that schools need more time learning and less testing. Teachers feel trapped having to teach drill-like classes and parents feel angry about their child learning useless information for their after high school …show more content…
Many teachers actually do care about the well-being of their student’s abilities. There are many teachers and educators who are truly committed to changing the lives and paths of their students. “Our commitments to them means that we are continually measuring the impact of...people’s lives and taking steps to make sure they are helping people make measurable progress” (Scogin). A teacher’s commitment to help give knowledge to the youth is extremely important. Many teachers go unnoticed for their love and responsibility to their