Standardized Testing In Elementary Schools

Why are tests required to prove that someone is capable? Many tests have been used to check the knowledge of children for a very long time.. Although standardized testing is currently used to measure the skills of students, it should be eliminated; because it causes anxiety, teachers focus more on testing than the information needed throughout life, and it judges kids on skills instead of knowledge. Standardized testing causes kids to have high anxiety. In the Midwestern states, a study was conducted using three elementary schools. The study was on the anxiety that mandated tests cause on children and teachers. One of the scales used to measure anxiety was the Children’s Tests Anxiety Scale, also known as CTAS, which assess children’s physiological and disengagement behaviors. CTAS measure low,
The results show that just for classroom testing 68% of children had moderate to high-stress levels. This example indicates that kids get anxiety only taking core class tests. Since the study was not only focused on physical reactions to tests, but also students disengaging from the tests this shows the flight or fight response that children have to be highly stressed. If these are the results of classroom tests, imagine the results of a state-mandated test. Some may say that this is because of lack of studying. Another reason children have high anxiety is that they have test anxiety. Both teachers and students get test anxiety during standardized test time. Teachers must trust that their students will get a good score, which reflects on the teachers, and the students want to see a good score as well because the score will eventually affect the rest of their