Standardized Testing In High Schools

In today 's society, standardized testing is a bulky yet significant step for students to accomplish before submitting their college application. Standardized test is universal for colleges ' admissions in the United State and even for colleges from other countries to perceive how much a student absorbs during their four years of high school. Different schools have different method of evaluating their students ' grade point average, and so, admissions officers do not often use GPA to evaluate students. As standardized testing is becoming a big part of high school students ' success, students will need high schools education to help them improving their test score. High schools should help their students prepare for college by spending less …show more content…
In high school, students stress themselves by taking advanced placement classes, sports, and clubs. In addition, they have to be ready to maintain their high GPA, but in fact, admissions offices barely check on applicant 's grade point average (Marklein). Colleges do not care how many advanced placement classes the student took. In fact, colleges are interested students involving into the area of music, sports, community services, and other extracurricular activities. All efforts that students spend on maintaining a high GPA will be worthless if they do not do well on their SAT/ACT scores. Students scarcely have time to prepare themselves for standardized test because of these school assignments and activities. It will be helpful for students if high school cares less about students ' grade point average so that students can be stress-less and perform well on the …show more content…
Indeed high schools should focus and prepare students more on the standardized test skill because it is what admissions offices look first, it will alleviate students ' stresses, and students will success in school and in the society. The standardized test was an international test made by many experts to evaluate students around the world equally and fairly, and so, admissions offices look carefully at the SAT/ACT score more than GPA. Stress is an emotion that students will be facing while taking the SAT/ACT, but rather high school prepare students for the SAT/ACT, then students will feel less stress and be more prepared. Admissions offices as well as employers predict if their applicants can success by using the standardized test score. High schools should consider preparing students for the standardized testing because it will benefit both the students and the schools if the students obtained a high SAT/ACT scores. For students who are entering the door of high school and for those who are preparing themselves to take the SAT/ACT, high schools will need to consider about reducing their attentions on GPA and focus on preparing students for standardized testing. High school should be a stepping-stone for the students ' future, and a guidance for students to be successful on