Does today’s students really benefit from standardized testing? Is it hurting our nation’s ability produce newer and better thinkers? Many people across the United States are arguing over this issue. In 2001 George W. Bush passed the No Child Left Behind Act which required states to set standardized assessments for students. This was set in order to measure each student’s abilities and set a guide line for everyone. Many people would grow to like this idea very much, and the others disliked it very much so. Opposers of standardized testing see these tests in a few different ways. These people either believe that the tests that their kids and other students are being a part of a big learning joke. A joke that says that the tests prove nothing.
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These tests can be extremely stressful and frightening for some students. Many students show signs of stress and exhaustion. But it is not just the students who are worried and stressed. Many stress found has been related to the adoption of new school curriculums and standardized tests. (Tipping Point) This stress comes from all the topics and standards the teachers have to teach the students. From the moment school starts to the moment they leave the classroom at the end of the year, the teachers are responsible for covering many standards and newly acquainted teachers are having to learn how to teach this. With all the deadlines and rigorous studies needed to cover in a fashionable deadline, no wonder teachers are going grey so …show more content…
Accountability systems is basically a system set to find or establish an equal balance between state and local measures. (Stockdale) It does not take a rocket scientists to figure out that everyone learns at different paces and in different ways. If there were laws passed that allowed state and local education systems to determine what curriculums the teachers taught, this would allow teachers to be able to examine deeper or put more explanation on specific topics. The more control a teacher has over what his or her students are learning the more and better the students will learn. After all the teachers are the ones putting in the long hours with their students and not the people who are in charge of these guide lines and rules. Why shouldn’t the government try to make new approaches? It makes sense to tackle the learning experiences in different ways, because no single measure can capture the notion everywhere. Recently President Obama has passed the, Every Student Succeeds Ac, which alters some federal requirements, but the purpose was to give states more leeway on how they hold schools credible for standards.
These tests can be extremely stressful and frightening for some students. Many students show signs of stress and exhaustion. But it is not just the students who are worried and stressed. Many stress found has been related to the adoption of new school curriculums and standardized tests. (Tipping Point) This stress comes from all the topics and standards the teachers have to teach the students. From the moment school starts to the moment they leave the classroom at the end of the year, the teachers are responsible for covering many standards and newly acquainted teachers are having to learn how to teach this. With all the deadlines and rigorous studies needed to cover in a fashionable deadline, no wonder teachers are going grey so …show more content…
Accountability systems is basically a system set to find or establish an equal balance between state and local measures. (Stockdale) It does not take a rocket scientists to figure out that everyone learns at different paces and in different ways. If there were laws passed that allowed state and local education systems to determine what curriculums the teachers taught, this would allow teachers to be able to examine deeper or put more explanation on specific topics. The more control a teacher has over what his or her students are learning the more and better the students will learn. After all the teachers are the ones putting in the long hours with their students and not the people who are in charge of these guide lines and rules. Why shouldn’t the government try to make new approaches? It makes sense to tackle the learning experiences in different ways, because no single measure can capture the notion everywhere. Recently President Obama has passed the, Every Student Succeeds Ac, which alters some federal requirements, but the purpose was to give states more leeway on how they hold schools credible for standards.