Arguments Against Standardized Testing In Schools

Imagine schools and classrooms where students are able to do more hands on activities, enrichment, and more skill building that will be useful as adults. Many students, parents, and teachers could say that they are against the fact that schools allow standardized testing for students K-12. The state government should allow students not to take any form of state testing to insure more hands on activities. When students go to take the standardized test most students do not take their time due to stress. Also students may not always be able to answer the questions asked on the test, and there is unfairness with IEP students, and non IEP students. With this in mind, the state government should take away standardized testing. State testing causes
IEP students get many more opportunities, and advantages than students without IEP’s. IEP students get more time on state tests, but students without IEP’s do not get extra time which seem unfair to people. IEP students typically get an extra hour on testing, but others without IEP’s do not. This can be extremely unfair to students (even parents) with or without IEP’s because the students without may feel like they have to rush through the test with the given time that they have or some might think the time they are given is too long or too short. Students with IEP’s could possibly feel good about themselves or might think they have to use the extra time, and stay on a question for a couple of minutes to make it look like they were not rushing through the test. Standardized tests are unfair and discriminatory against non English speakers and students with special needs. Non-English speakers would have a tougher time taking state tests because they probably know little english and they might of came to the U.S. in the middle of the school year with causes confusion to the student. Having a non-English speaker take a state test would most likely take up the whole testing time given to the student. Also, special needs students would need extra help like having a tool option where the test could read out the questions depending what their weaknesses are. An obsession with
Schools should keep standardized testing to improve students’ education. It’s an efficient way to someone’s knowledge. After a student takes a state test they have to submit it. Then, a couple weeks later the student would find out how well they did on the test. State testing can be thought as testing someone on how well they listen, and understand a theme being taught. State educators can see from the scores the students have made, and what the student can do better next time to achieve a higher score. It can show how much one has learned through the years and last test. Most teachers keep a record of each student on how much they have learned throughout the years from the last test. Teachers then can meet with the students, and talk over what the student can do to become even more successful during state testing. Stricter standards and increased testing are better preparing school students for college. Teachers with high, and stern qualities can help students improve their testing score, but how? Students at some point will get into the habit of studying for anything weather it is a small quiz to a huge exam. This is substantial because once students go off to college they are most likely to be successful, and graduate college with a high GPA because they would have kept that study habit. This is good for college exams too. You can see why, schools should