Is Standardized Testing Measure A Student's Knowledge?

Around the world, most schools and institutes use standardized testing. These standardized testing questions consist of multiple choice, and/or true or false questions. They test your knowledge to the limit and are provided to give students the opportunity to express their full knowledge and ability. This all happens in a timed situation, making students think critically and quickly. Although schools make students take these tests, it does not measure a student’s academic success, potential, and capability Many schools assume that standardized testing is a good way to understand a student’s knowledge and see how smart that student is. Tim Moxey, the author of “How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Standardized Testing,” says that “This is what’s best for education.” Later in the journal, he states “...how well single-minded thinking has
And it is exactly this type of “thinking” that standardized testing should measure in high school students” (17). On the other hand, students may have a hard time remembering exactly what they learned three years ago in a math class, therefore; it does not measure that child’s knowledge or type of “thinking” clearly. There are many reasons why standardized testing is used in the nation. Many studies have been done and found to be that social and cultural experiences have an effect on testing. In the journal, “Standardized Achievement Testing: Some Implications for the lives of Children,” by Robert L. Green states that “Minority children score poorly because their cultural experiences do not