Standardized Testing Research Paper
Standardized testing is a terrible thing that is forced on students. These tests are, no doubt, a big part of life, you have to take one if you want to even consider college. There are multiple reasons why this is not the best way to measure aptitude in students. These standardized tests do not account for factors such as poor test takers, the stress they cause, and external factors that may be affecting the student. Really smart students have the ability to fail standardized testing, simply because they choke up. The test is such a big part of one's like that a student might panic and make mistakes that they wouldn't have otherwise made. As said in one essay about standardized testing, “Their anxiety becomes the determining factor of how
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Students may stress about the test simply because of how important it is, take the SAT for example, it determines whether or not you go to college, it can also cause health concerns for a student. “Test anxiety can cause a variety of negative behaviors such as crying or vomiting and emotions such as worry fear and stress.” (Fulton 5). It is said by many people that the symptoms previously listed are over exaggerated and unrealistic, but they are wrong. Even though these symptoms sound unrealistic, multiple surveys have shown that students can over stress because of standardized tests. Now that stress and bad test takers have been discussed, the point if external factors are what really make or break a student’s test …show more content…
It has been shown that testing can be a negative experience for bad test takers, even if they know the material. Stress is another factor that standardized testing can cause in students. And finally it has been shown that standardized testing does not take into account any external factors. Now that the negatives have been shown, there is only one thing to do, abolish standardized test. Standardized tests can cause more harm than food for students, they claim to be “fair” but students do not all function the same and can suffer, after reading all of this, what are you going to do about
Students may stress about the test simply because of how important it is, take the SAT for example, it determines whether or not you go to college, it can also cause health concerns for a student. “Test anxiety can cause a variety of negative behaviors such as crying or vomiting and emotions such as worry fear and stress.” (Fulton 5). It is said by many people that the symptoms previously listed are over exaggerated and unrealistic, but they are wrong. Even though these symptoms sound unrealistic, multiple surveys have shown that students can over stress because of standardized tests. Now that stress and bad test takers have been discussed, the point if external factors are what really make or break a student’s test …show more content…
It has been shown that testing can be a negative experience for bad test takers, even if they know the material. Stress is another factor that standardized testing can cause in students. And finally it has been shown that standardized testing does not take into account any external factors. Now that the negatives have been shown, there is only one thing to do, abolish standardized test. Standardized tests can cause more harm than food for students, they claim to be “fair” but students do not all function the same and can suffer, after reading all of this, what are you going to do about