How To Write A Persuasive Essay On Standardized Testing
Standardized Testing
Every year, mandated annual exams are administered to students, of all ages, across all 50 states. School districts, school boards and teachers use these scores evaluate student’s academic progress. Separated by state, there are different versions of standardized exams that students are required to take that cover the same basic math, science, and reading skills. Standardized testing is a symptom a disease that lead to a broken education system that is based off the performances of students on a standardized achievement test. These tests are heavily influenced by three causative factors that contribute to students' scores on standardized achievement tests: what's taught in school, an intellectual disability, and the way students learn.
A standardized test is any examination that's overseen and recorded in a preset, standard manner. There are two major types of standardized exams: aptitude tests and achievement tests. Standardized aptitude tests are a basic prediction of how …show more content…
The authors of Assessment in Special education express without standardized exams, parents would not be able to compare their child to students across the country or their school district to other local or national schools. They also can create a comparison between sub-groups, for example students that identify as the same race/ethnicity, children in a specific classroom, higher level education, and special education. Another positive is that teachers are held to a higher standard with guidance of what information be on the test for the student’s to know. Each teacher in that school district would be teaching the same material meaning that a third grade teacher would be teaching the same information as a fifth grade teacher at a different school within the district. This would make sure that all student’s within that school district the same
Every year, mandated annual exams are administered to students, of all ages, across all 50 states. School districts, school boards and teachers use these scores evaluate student’s academic progress. Separated by state, there are different versions of standardized exams that students are required to take that cover the same basic math, science, and reading skills. Standardized testing is a symptom a disease that lead to a broken education system that is based off the performances of students on a standardized achievement test. These tests are heavily influenced by three causative factors that contribute to students' scores on standardized achievement tests: what's taught in school, an intellectual disability, and the way students learn.
A standardized test is any examination that's overseen and recorded in a preset, standard manner. There are two major types of standardized exams: aptitude tests and achievement tests. Standardized aptitude tests are a basic prediction of how …show more content…
The authors of Assessment in Special education express without standardized exams, parents would not be able to compare their child to students across the country or their school district to other local or national schools. They also can create a comparison between sub-groups, for example students that identify as the same race/ethnicity, children in a specific classroom, higher level education, and special education. Another positive is that teachers are held to a higher standard with guidance of what information be on the test for the student’s to know. Each teacher in that school district would be teaching the same material meaning that a third grade teacher would be teaching the same information as a fifth grade teacher at a different school within the district. This would make sure that all student’s within that school district the same