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(NEA), “The tests as we know them today were not used until the late 1920s and College Board created the very first SAT and still is responsible for these tests today.”(Alcocer & Fletcher, 2009) Students begin taking standardized tests in pre-kindergarten and continue the practice beyond the end of their high school career. “On average, by the time a student graduates high school, the individual has taken close to 112 standardized tests.”(Strauss, 2015) With the growing popularity of tests…

essential to seeing what kids know, others say that it is inaccurate and more stressful than anything else. These tests have been around since the 1920s and are currently used in high schools, colleges, and even elementary schools across the states. I believe that Standardized testing should be abolished from schools and be replaced with a series of tests throughout the year. These tests are stressful, inaccurate, and unfair. Some people may say that standardized testing is needed to properly…

Use of Standardized Tests in Education “If my future were determined just by my performance on a standardized test, I wouldn’t be here. I can guarantee you that.” A wise statement made by First Lady Michelle Obama on the effectiveness of standardized testing in our nation’s public schools (Last). The current use of such testing in the United States has proven non-beneficial to student education for the long-term in an unsettling amount of ways, including that of its unreliable measurability and…

standardized testing. Standardized testing is defined as "a test administered and scored in a consistent or standard manner," and according to U.S. Legal, a standardized test "is administered under standardized or controlled conditions that specify where, when, how, and for how long children respond to the questions." But are these types of tests really necessary? There are some kids that learn at a different pace than their peers, but educators test them the same exact way. Now, I ask you, is…

Gautam Vachaspati, a student at Keller Middle school based in keller, TX. Even though I find no trouble in the local STAAR tests, or standardized tests in other states, I find that, after careful research, standardized tests like the STAAR can be harmful to students and there might be too much testing going on in schools. A local newspaper in Florida’s Lee County analyzed the tests given by Lee County schools and I quote, “52 percent of the assessments that students take are district mandated,…

is not what schools should use to test a student’s overall intelligence. Intelligence is not limited to English, science, and mathematics. Instead, intelligence can range from art and writing to engineering and anything in between. Besides this, several scenarios can affect a student’s test grade, including test anxiety, separate interests, and learning disabilities. Many students today suffer from severe test anxiety, which is known to dramatically bring down test scores. Students who suffer…

student’s standardized test scores. Teacher’s pay should not be based on student’s standardized test scores due to some students are not good test takers, some teachers teach accelerating classes and their students are more advanced, and some students would fail on purpose as a form of revenge on a disliked teacher. Taking is standardized test is difficult for many students, and some often suffer from test anxiety. Studies prove, “about 16-20% of students have high test anxiety, making…

to take tests? Do you want shorter tests ? I think that we should have no more standardized tests. The standardized tests take too much time, money, and the scores aren’t accurate compared to there grades. My first reason is that standardized test take too much time away from class time learning. The heaviest tests fall on the nation's eighth-graders spend on average of 25.3 hours during the year on testing. .Schools allocate more than a quarter of the years instructions to test prep. In…

the concept of standardized tests have been part of the U.S. public education system for over a century, while the actual tests have been around for more than 50 years. Kimberly Hefling, the national education writer for The Associated Press, states that research by the Council of the Great City Schools found that students take an average of 113 standardized tests before their high school graduation (Hefling, 2015). Frankly, students are taking an extreme amount of tests, between diagnostic,…

Many teachers ambiguously feel that these tests are too demanding. Teachers are asked to coach students on irrational skills that will be remembered only to pass the test, yet will have no real reminisce or relevance in their lives. Stephen G, wrote “No teacher likes to be overly constrained regarding what she or he should teach. However, no one wants teachers…