Flaws Of Standardized Testing

The clock ticks away, eating every little second that they need to spare. Tapping is coming from the front row and an ear busting scraping of erasers on paper comes from the back. Looking around, one may see faces of various emotions, those laid back or relaxed, those who are more concentrated on their own work, too much so that they don’t notice the person cheating off of them, and those who are looking at every question and realising that their future is coming slowly to an end solely because of a test. The clock’s unforgiving and unknowing hands dance around in circles, claiming the time until it is gone. As the children pass up the papers, they cannot fathom how much weight they had in their hands. Once the paper leaves their fingers, their future will soon be decided.
The anxiety will only increase from there as some students jump for joy and embrace those that they love; the scores on their sheets radiating good news.
However, others will pull their hair out and bend their mind backwards trying desperately to conjure up another plan for the not-so distant future. ACT, SAT, and other standardized tests ultimately decide every student's educational future. As humans age and mature, we come to realise that tests such as these are becoming over used. However, many schools and colleges use standardised testing to demonstrate how brilliant their students are. Consequently, there are many factors that cause standardized testing to not only show false views on students intelligence, but some of the factors even have shown that they are an inadequate approach to showing true brilliance. The question that arises from this is: are standardized tests necessary for schools and colleges to
use?