Should Standardized Testing Be Abolished

In the education system we have today, across the nation, students are faced with endless amounts of standardized tests. Standardized tests are meant to be used to measure the growth of a student, and see how far they have gotten within a certain period of time. Standardized test can be more commonly be known as tests such as, a local state test, the SAT’s, ACT’s, a placement test, and even acceptance tests. Although that may be the case, students are faced with endless amounts of standardized exams to get somewhere and be someone in life. Whether a kid wants to simply go on to the next grade, graduate high school, graduate college, even yet, apply to college, there is some sort of standardized test that they must pass. All these tests have made it difficult for students to go on with their lives, enough to a point where parents have become concerned earlier and earlier every year. National standardized tests are flawed, and should be changed because they are too specific, they overwhelm students, and discredit groups of students.
The tests that are being given to students contain questions that apply to precise circumstances of questions, rather than just the general concept that is being applied(Broussard).These questions are an automatic set up for failure for those individuals of students who don’t recognize the format, or have just been used to different styles of the lessons. It is also important that it is known, that the tests being being given are designed for certain textbooks. Thus meaning, that in order to pass these standardized tests, students must have a similar development of theses skills and lessons to that of these books, otherwise it can lead up to a false sense of hope. Making these tests more apprehensive would only help our students succeed and help them have a better outlook on such Standardized