The Importance Of Standardized Testing In Public Schools

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Every year, America’s public schools administer more than 100 million standardized exams. The testing limit should be reduced. To begin with, it stresses students out, wastes time, and we are obsessing about testing. To begin with testing stresses students out. Between preschool and 12th grade students take about 112 exams and enforced tests. Obama acknowledged that the government was partly responsible for making schools focus too much on testing. Although people might say there is no stress if you just study and do your work, nevertheless some people study and still acquire unacceptable grades because of the pressure. Secondly, it wastes time. Average public school eighth grade spend about 2.3% of classroom time on testing. Some people

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