Arguments Against Standardized Testing

Do you ever feel out of place or struggle when taking a test? Ever feel like you’re under the pressure of getting a good grade on something you haven’t really learned? Well you’re not alone. Many people are against standardized testing and hope for change in the future. Standardized tests puts kids, and teens under the stress of passing. Teachers sometimes even spend more time preparing for the test than actually studying for the test. These tests should not be part of our education system. They do not show a fair measure of one’s performance, and true abilities, therefore making a need for change in these tests.
A Standardized tests is an examination that is created to test ones academic potential. This test requires students to take the same
Standardized tests first started in the nineteenth century by a French Psychologist named Alfred Binet. Educators had been trying to get around old essay methods before this test was a thing. Some of the tests that are pretty popular in the standardized testing world are the SAT, and the ACT. Which you take in high school. These tests are based off performance, and do not show student’s intelligence accurately. In elementary and middle, differents schools, states, and countries take different tests. Private schools, and home schools take different tests than public. Most public schools take something called the EOG (end of grade tests.) They also take benchmarks for every quarter. Kids in public schools usually start the EOGs in third grade through eighth grade, and after that is exams. As for private schools it’s a little different. The regulations of testing for private schools are varied widely from state to state. Private schools can most of the time pick their own standardized test, this is because they don’t really rely on the public funds,
As for me, I disagree with it. These tests only serve a purpose to show a student’s performance on the day of the test and how good or bad they do versus how the students actually do the whole year with their grades, tests, and quizzes made by the teacher. Standardized tests do not take in the factors of stress and anxiety on kids, teens, and adults. Many people stress over making a good grade on the test because it relies on what class they will be in for the next year or if they have failed the test and have to start the grade over, or how much growth a student has made since the last test. This happened to me a couple years ago. When I was in third grade I took the EOG. It was my first time taking a standardized test and it was stressful let me tell you. I took so long on both of the tests I even had to get extra time. I ended up not finishing my reading test and did not get the best scores on either. I got a 3 and a 2 and the following year every Thursday during lunch I went to my Guidance counselor along with three other people, and we learned about how we could better take a test and our test management. It eventually helped me, but I sometimes still struggle with test taking, and think no one else should. The stress and anxiety on many has even led to cheating. When the results from a test are all that matter for students, teachers sometimes feel pressured to boost scores for these tests,