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Standardized testing is a test that is given that is viewed as a standard matter of questions. In standardized test students are all graded to the same scale. Standardized test come in the form of an achievement test that measures subject specific knowledge and aptitude test that measure scholastic knowledge. Student low test scores can prevent a student from passing to the next grade, teacher dismissals, school closings, and affects federal funding. There is no law that restricts states from…

controversial topic. The usage of standardized tests has increased since the 2001 No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) required yearly standardized tests in all 50 states. Standardized tests were made to hold both teachers and students accountable, but in recent years, the U.S has fallen behind in various subjects educational wise. Most students in todays’ society are pressured by their school districts to excel on standardized tests. Standardized tests have many effects on the mental and physical…

unbearable suspense while waiting to get your scores. Unfortunately, many remember the disappointment when they realized they could not get into the college of their dreams because their scores were not up to the college’s standards. Recently in the United States, the number of high stakes tests that a student must endure has increased, and, as hard as it may be to believe, the stakes have risen—both for students and teachers. It has led many to ask, are these tests even worth it? Historical…

Abstract: Since the enactment of No child left behind the policy has acquired much criticism and controversy amongst educators, parents and the public. The standardized test have shown to be a non-effective measure to determine the proficiency and an unjustly representation of students whom exhibit language barriers such as Latin American immigrants. Since education is the foundation for social change many Latin Americans are not being able to reach their full potential under this act, thus…

In school whenever I thought about standardized test, I only thought about myself and how it affected me as a student, but as an educator, I really never understood how I should go about it. Something that I realized was that a lot of my teachers act bummed out whenever standardized test would come around. They would use phrases like "I 'm so sorry that you have to take this test" or "I hate these tests just as much as you do," yet in this class we, discussed how much they…

The Disadvantages Caused by Standardized Testing Professor Seymour Sarason once said, “we live in a test-conscious, test-giving culture in which the lives of people are in part determined by their test performance” (1959). Standardized testing has been an issue throughout the history of the United States. Research has continuously shown that standardized tests are not a fair measure of intelligence for individuals who suffer a variety of disadvantages. Additionally, the rigorous qualifications…

Standardized Test All students in public or private schools know about the stress of taking standardized test. The average student in high school dreads the three letter word SAT or ACT. If you have ever taken a standardized test you will know the struggle of answering mass amounts of problems accurately and in a crunch for time. All classes that kids take in grade school are in one way or another geared toward the final resultant of giving students the right tools to pass high stakes…

testing has put labels on everyone who has taken the exams. The results from the tests are merely a number and a number does not say anything about a student. The number does not reflect their personality; how they think, how they learn. The number is simply a score of how well children are at filling in bubbles. Yet this number is thought to be so important by schools. Students should not be labeled by a score off of a test. Within recent years, the school system has been corrupted by the…

feel as if when students prepare to take the ACT, they also learn effective test taking skills that will benefit them in college. For example, the ACT is a timed test and many people think this is a positive thing. People believe that giving the test a time limit teaches students how to react on their feet, and how to make decisions when there is not much time offered. Giving that the students are used to taking the timed test, they will have better success in college when taking exams.…

Standardized tests, assessments given to students who are to answer the same questions or range of questions and that are graded in the same form, are a way the test-developers believe will be beneficial for the students and public schools around the United States, but unfortunately this assumption is wrong. With new manners of teaching, students as well as teachers are becoming stressed and are having anxiety as well as other health effects from the overbearing amount of regulated tests. The…