The Problem Of Standardized Testing

Parents and teachers need to know that the standardized tests may help their students, but they will not help all the students. The teachers and parents need to see that these tests do not measure their knowledge of the information they are taught, but rather what they can remember later in life. Standardized testing prevents teachers from teaching the parents well-rounded students because the teachers teach the instructional program for the students to be ready for the tests. The teachers teach the students what is on the test, and in turn some of the students are suffering from it while others allow it for them to help further and better their education. Standardized testing is where all the students are to take a test that they are obligated …show more content…
Students must discover what career or careers they would like to do based on their personalities and abilities at a young age. It is the school’s responsibility to make a career choice possible for them. The performance-based assessments will contribute to this goal. The students will have a process where they will decide where they will stand and show their beliefs with a clear, strong voice. The parents, the students, and the inspired leaders of a nation whose educational system is discouraged by the crack that standardized tests have formed. (Hilliard). Will you become a part of the solution for standardized testing for the people? Standardized testing is a good idea to test the students on how much they have retained from the class and the teacher. Standardized testing helps compare school districts and how teachers teach their students, but it devalues the goals of teachers who may have different. What the lessons and tests say is important may not be important for the teacher or what the state thinks is important. As a student, you learn more what the teacher thinks is important, but may not what the state says is important. Standardized tests are not a very consistent way to evaluate anyone’s knowledge or performance. …show more content…
In the end, parents have some legal rights related to taking the standardized tests in school. Under the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, they have a right to examine your child’s academic records. If the records contain any test scores, you may have the right to see those scores as well. If this test or any test is required for graduation, then their children should have time to study and prepare for the test. (Bagin). These tests the teachers give are not very good measures of what each individual student can and cannot do with their learning. Besides the scores on their tests vary from day to day depending on the parents’ children. The students could have guessed, received clear directions, followed the directions carefully, does the test seriously, and or is comfortable in taking tests. (Bagin). This just goes to show that standardized testing does not measure the knowledge of learning or the performance level of the students. Therefore, standardized testing should be revoked so that the students and teachers can relieve some of the pressure, if not all the pressure, of relying on these tests for the students’ performance and knowledge, and for the teachers not having to place them depending on their grades and skill