The Benefits Of Standardized Testing

Standardized testing has become the focus of modern school reform since the implementation of the No Child Left Behind law in 2002 (Evans 1). The act was designed to hold all public schools to a high standard of education, measured by the results of students’ test scores on statewide standardized tests. Not all students are good test takers, and not all careers require the ability to take traditional tests in order to be successful on the job. A significant number of students nowadays would care much about standardized tests. This is because students feel like they must worry about a test which directly affects their grades and ability to learn. Standardized tests place a heavy weight on students that can lead to stress, take up instruction timing, and students won’t be able to learn anything from them.
This can lead to negative health consequences as well as feelings of negativity directed at school. Students, especially feel the stress when there is something meaningful tied to them which can lead to poor test scores. Approaching tests can lead students to become easily agitated on everything they learned. Even if the students studied for more than an hour, the stress can cause the students to break down under pressure and not do as well as they had the potential to do. Many teachers quit the profession every day because of how much stress is put on them to prepare students to perform on standardized