To What Extent Should One Test Determine A Child's Future?

Should one test determine a child’s future? Many children who pass all of the courses and have a average or above average GPA fail their grade. How could this happen? If a child spends 3-4 hours on homework a day, study whenever needed and completes all assignments with passing grades, be retained to their current grade based on a 100 question examination at the end of the year or semester? This has been something many parents are not concerned with, parent feel most of the time maybe the student didn't try hard enough or study long enough. Many studies have been done to determine why are so many children who pass all courses have such low testing scores. In recent studies it has shown that the number one fear in students is having to take a exam or test 68% of students have a fear of taking exams. This is a phobia which many students have which causes them not to …show more content…
Sixty seven percent of students report to not having help on handling exam stress. Most students report to having self harmed, used drugs or alcohol to relieve stress before a exam. It’s frightening to know that a thirteen year old could be resorting to self harm or illegal activities to help themselves relax before taking a test. There is a childlike national exam stress team that takes surveys every year to show testing administrations what this does to the youth. Here is a breakdown from what causes most students the largest amount of test anxiety. Ninety six percent of 1,300 students claim that they are scared of tests/ exam. Fifty nine percent feel parental pressure towards passing and doing well is what triggers their anxiety. Last but not least sixty four percent claim to never having support on taking an exam or handling the stress that comes with taking a