Problems With Standardized Testing In Public Schools

In many schools today, standardized testing is becoming more of a problem. It is now said, from a survey conducted by George Washington University, that eighty one percent of public school teachers believe that their students spend too much time taking tests required by the state or district. Students, on average, spend around 10 days taking district required tests and nine days for state required tests. These numbers are outrageous and the tests are just a waste of time and learning. Students need to be in the classroom learning and retaining information rather than spending countless of hours and days studying for useless tests. During a student's schooling, from kindergarten to 12th grade, they will take roughly 112 standardized tests. While
One of the most simplest forms of doing this is known as sampling. Sampling means that students will have to take the same tests, but there will not be as many. Traditional standardized tests would be given out to a number of selected students each year and not every student would have to take the test. This method is used by the NAEP, or National Assessment of Educational Progress. The NAEP, while having the most trusted tests, is also one of the longest running organizations in the United States. Another form closely related to the collection of math and reading data is known as Stealth Assessment. Stealth assessment uses major textbook companies and publishers like Khan academy, Scholastic, and many other websites and books to gain insight on students. They register every answer a student gives and shows which skills they have mastered, it too shows how fast the students are able to learn. This method has never been used on a national scale partly because it requires more advancements in technology and by doing it, it would make other companies