The Effects of Standardized Testing
Standardized testing is something that mostly all students have had to do at one time or another. The scores that are achieved are not only assessing the child's intelligence but how well the teacher is at teaching the material. For this reason many teachers have been forced to change their lesson plans to accommodate for the tests. These tests are not necessary and only inflict stress upon the children. My potential thesis statement would be that standardized testing is harmful to students because the students don't get to learn as much as they should, all kids learn at a different pace, and the test is biased. A question my argument will answer is, “What makes standard testing a bad thing?” Each
Standardized testing is something that mostly all students have had to do at one time or another. The scores that are achieved are not only assessing the child's intelligence but how well the teacher is at teaching the material. For this reason many teachers have been forced to change their lesson plans to accommodate for the tests. These tests are not necessary and only inflict stress upon the children. My potential thesis statement would be that standardized testing is harmful to students because the students don't get to learn as much as they should, all kids learn at a different pace, and the test is biased. A question my argument will answer is, “What makes standard testing a bad thing?” Each