Standardized tests

stressed out about standardized tests. Some people think that standardized tests are good, others are against them. I believe standardized tests are unnecessary because standardized tests haven’t improved student achievement, we take to many of them, and they are too stressful for children. First, standardized tests heaven’t improved student achievement. There were drops in math and science and no change in reading. Until we fix the poverty gaps, nothing will change. Standardized tests…

Standardized Testing Does Not Improve Public Testing - We shouldn't be using standardized testing because it does not ameliorate public schools . Students become pressured to cheat, the tests don't tell you how to improve, & standardized testing increases loss in school times. - Teachers know that test scores may affect their students future lives so they do what they need to guarantee their student have the materials to pass the tests. Students spend so much time studying materials that…

Standardized testing is a way to unjustly put a number on a child and judge them on such number. In school children remember information that they know will be tested on in which after the test they vomit out the information and forget it in order to study for the next test. It is also a thing that adds stress and can hurt children every year. This system of testing needs to be adjusted in order to measure the true skills of children. Many children every year are struggling with the thought of…

Standardized tests are defined by W. James Popham, former president of the American Educational Research Association, as "Any test that's administered, scored, and interpreted in a standard, predetermined manner." Standardized tests have been part of school systems since the 1800`s.(Standardized) Their use skyrocketed after 2002's No Child Left Behind (NCLB) mandated annual testing in all 50 states. Standardized testing confuses some students and the amount of testing can stress them out,…

Today, public schools highlight the importance of standardized testing, so much so, that students are experiencing high levels of stress at a young age. Currently, there is an emphasis on the use of standardized tests results to evaluate school districts, schools, and teachers. By doing so, teachers will only be concerned with teaching the material that will be presented on the test, which in turn, would be a disservice to the students. Teaching to a test does not prepare students for…

theory that the test Every year since 1980 the State of Texas has implemented some form of standardized testing. The theory behind these tests is to monitor the efficacy of teachers and performance of student as well as prepare them for life after graduation. These standardized tests are used for creating marketable young adults. The first of these Standardized tests in Texas was the TABS, Texas Assessment of Basic Skills. The TABS test was utilized from 1984 to 1990. This test was administered…

Students have been taking standardized tests since their early elementary school days. The number of tests students must take is overwhelming. On average, those in 3rd through 8th grade, grades that are mandated to have annual testing by federal law, take about 10 standardized tests each school year. Some communities that have a greater number of district mandated tests have students take up to 20 tests a year (Lazarin 19). Education policies such as the No Child Left Behind Act and the current…

As a mom and and an educator, I often have test anxiety for students around the Lowcountry. From an educational standpoint, testing is one measure of how state academic standards were taught and how students were able to take this information and apply it to an assessment. There is an important balance of preparing students for the test, and not creating test anxiety. We all know what it is like when a teacher says,"here is the test." Your palms get sweaty, your stomach aches, and you are…

impossible, especially with a written test. Standardized testing is not completely at fault, as it is clearly impossible to prevent all problems in every single student’s life. However, if the test is not capable of adjusting to those problems then it should not have so much impact on students’ lives. Standardized tests try to generalize all students, but each student is completely different from the others. There are many ways in which the standardized tests can be improved and help negate…

At this time there is one withstanding problem in the United States educational system. Many public schools require tests that are redundant and bias. The real culprit is standardized testing. Standardized testing creates an unequal playing field for students. When seeking large sets of data concerning the intelligence of students there are three things that need to be considered. First the socio economic status of students, then the culture of the students and school district, and lastly the…