Standardized Testing: No Child Left Behind

Standardized tests are often referred to as “assessments”. Assessments are often defined as the collection and analysis of information about one or more students. These so called standardized testing is a particular groups of students will take the same test that will be scored and analyzed the same way, then the students’ scores are compared to the rest of the group to see how well the students preformed. One of the federal law which is known as “No Child Left Behind” was created so that schools would be held accountable for what students learn through the school year. These standardized test are required to set goals and objectives for students starting in grade three and, at the end of the year, as whether students met the required goals