Standardized Testing In High School Student Analysis

Nearly every high school student has taken some type of standardized test. It is a large scale test that is given to a large population of students to measure their academic performance. These tests are required in the United States in order for students to graduate high school and/or be accepted into the college of their choice. Standardized testing is a suitable way to measure a students’ academic performance to see where they stand among other students. However, there are too many being distributed throughout the educational system in the United States. The continuous amounts of tests being manufactured is leading to less material being taught, affecting the creativity of students, teachers and students to cheat on the tests, manufacturers
Every student is unique and have their own individual skills that they have enhanced. Strauss (2014) explains, “the standardized testing regime fails to recognize the importance of individual achievement in education and instead uses a cookie cutter approach to learning that ignores students’ individual interests and abilities”. This leads to an unfair advantage among students within the United States. Some students may be better off in a hands on environment while the other student learns better in a visual environment. With standardized tests becoming the main focus of the educational system the hands on students are not able to gain the same information as the other students. Teachers are not given enough time to have fun and put creativity into the curriculum which would help the students who learn better in a hands on environment. Instead students have to learn being lectured at. Certain students do well in class and receive good grades, but they do poorly on tests due to test anxiety. So when these certain students are being hammered with tests on test it effects them in a negative
It is a good way to evaluate the teachers on their effectiveness. However, the educational system is excessively testing the students and teachers. Standardized testing has become the main focus within each and every schools educational system. Too many tests are being distributed that gauge the same skills and lead to lack of creativeness. The standardized tests lead to less material being taught within the classroom, lack of creativity in students, cheating among the students and teachers, manufactures of multi-billion dollar companies are the only ones benefitting, and the tests are turning into a one size fits all curriculum. The real question is what constitutes as the appropriate amount of testing for the students and the