Who has more anxiety than 1950’s psychiatric patient, and is required by state and school district to take over 100 tests throughout a period of 13 years? The answer is today’s American students. They are vastly over-tested, and if the levels of test anxiety increase or stay the same, society is going to suffer.
For students to become successful members of society, they need to be able to learn. As stated by Dr. Gail Gross, testing shows student progress and informs teachers of what material the students need to improve on, but this may not matter. A local teacher says that she feels as though she spends so much time preparing her students for tests that she has little time to actually teach her students the curriculum.
Another goal of tests
For students to become successful members of society, they need to be able to learn. As stated by Dr. Gail Gross, testing shows student progress and informs teachers of what material the students need to improve on, but this may not matter. A local teacher says that she feels as though she spends so much time preparing her students for tests that she has little time to actually teach her students the curriculum.
Another goal of tests