Pros And Cons Of Nefarious Standardized Testing
The Nefarious Standardized Testing Michelle Obama once said, “If my future were determined just by my performance on a standardized test, I would not be here. I guarantee you that.” Standardized testing began a long time ago in China. It was a basic form to determine the eligibility for positions in the government of the ruling class. A standardized test is an analysis that is overseen and scored in a scheduled manner. In 2001 President George W. Bush passed the ‘No Child Left Behind’ education reform which expanded the state mandated standardized testing and assesses the schools performance. Standardized testing is not a proper way to measure the abilities of students. Students will take so many standardized tests that they become
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The information that they know might be different from what’s on the test or they might not be familiar with certain information of the test since they’ve never heard of it, and so they lose points for something they had no control over. In the article ‘Standardized Testing: Good point and Bad’ Maggie says that a 5th grader she tutored didn’t know what a recipe was and if a test were to ask or mention a recipe she would be at a disadvantage, because most 5th graders know what that is. There’s no way of knowing for sure that every child being tested has the amount of background knowledge needed for the test (Margie, 1). It’s not that the students aren’t smart enough, it’s just that not all of them will know key information needed for the test. In the article ’12 Vital Pros and Cons of Standardized Testing’ it says that there isn’t a test that can address all he factors that accurately measure what’s been learned. There’s no way to adequately compare the types of knowledge that each child has about a subject especially when their environments are different and so the students are more likely to retain information most important to them. Students socioeconomic class, different cultural background, and their geographical locations all factor into ow well they would do on the test (Lombardo, 1). There’s no way students know all the information needed from the test, but this doesn’t mean they’re not smart it just means they haven’t heard of it before, and so their abilities shouldn’t be looked down on because of
The information that they know might be different from what’s on the test or they might not be familiar with certain information of the test since they’ve never heard of it, and so they lose points for something they had no control over. In the article ‘Standardized Testing: Good point and Bad’ Maggie says that a 5th grader she tutored didn’t know what a recipe was and if a test were to ask or mention a recipe she would be at a disadvantage, because most 5th graders know what that is. There’s no way of knowing for sure that every child being tested has the amount of background knowledge needed for the test (Margie, 1). It’s not that the students aren’t smart enough, it’s just that not all of them will know key information needed for the test. In the article ’12 Vital Pros and Cons of Standardized Testing’ it says that there isn’t a test that can address all he factors that accurately measure what’s been learned. There’s no way to adequately compare the types of knowledge that each child has about a subject especially when their environments are different and so the students are more likely to retain information most important to them. Students socioeconomic class, different cultural background, and their geographical locations all factor into ow well they would do on the test (Lombardo, 1). There’s no way students know all the information needed from the test, but this doesn’t mean they’re not smart it just means they haven’t heard of it before, and so their abilities shouldn’t be looked down on because of