The Case Against Standardized Testing
Scored or Stressed?
Have you ever wondered why we have standardized tests? In short. the purpose of most tests is to review and evaluate knowledge gained over the course of your education. Standardized tests are often used to evaluate the quality of education in a school as well. But how well do they really accomplish this? Standardized tests are considered by many to be inaccurate and overly stressful for students. not to mention the corporate corruption involved in their production. They should be carefully examined and reconsidered. if not replaced entirely.
Some researchers argue that tests are powerful tools of education. and while in certain cases that may be true. the benefits of standardized testing are outweighed by their often overlooked drawbacks (Lahey. 2014). For instance. a study in 1992 shows that the number of parents living at home. parents educational background. type of community, and state poverty rate made up an alarming eighty-nine percent of the differences in state scores (Kohn. 2000). While tests have changed since then. other. more up-to-date studies show similar trends today (Sanchez. 2010). This may be because higher-class …show more content…
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Kohn, Alfie. The case against standardized testing: raising the scores, ruining the schools.
Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2000. Print.
Lahey, Jessica. "Students Should Be Tested More, Not Less." The Atlantic. Atlantic Media Company, 21 Jan. 2014. Web. 10 Jan. 2017.
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Sanchez, Adam. "Why testing fails our schools." SocialistWorker.org. International Socialist Organization, 14 Jan.2010. Web. 11 Jan. 2017.
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"These monopoly companies are classified asnon-profit "charities" by the IRS." Americans for Educational Testing Reform AETR. Americans for Educational Testing Reform, 2012. Web. 12 Jan. 2017. .
Wyss, J., et al. 2002. The limbic system. In Conn, P. M. (ed). Neuroscience in Medicine, 369-387. Philadelphia: J.B.
Have you ever wondered why we have standardized tests? In short. the purpose of most tests is to review and evaluate knowledge gained over the course of your education. Standardized tests are often used to evaluate the quality of education in a school as well. But how well do they really accomplish this? Standardized tests are considered by many to be inaccurate and overly stressful for students. not to mention the corporate corruption involved in their production. They should be carefully examined and reconsidered. if not replaced entirely.
Some researchers argue that tests are powerful tools of education. and while in certain cases that may be true. the benefits of standardized testing are outweighed by their often overlooked drawbacks (Lahey. 2014). For instance. a study in 1992 shows that the number of parents living at home. parents educational background. type of community, and state poverty rate made up an alarming eighty-nine percent of the differences in state scores (Kohn. 2000). While tests have changed since then. other. more up-to-date studies show similar trends today (Sanchez. 2010). This may be because higher-class …show more content…
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Nisly 4
Bibliography
Kohn, Alfie. The case against standardized testing: raising the scores, ruining the schools.
Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2000. Print.
Lahey, Jessica. "Students Should Be Tested More, Not Less." The Atlantic. Atlantic Media Company, 21 Jan. 2014. Web. 10 Jan. 2017.
.
Sanchez, Adam. "Why testing fails our schools." SocialistWorker.org. International Socialist Organization, 14 Jan.2010. Web. 11 Jan. 2017.
.
"These monopoly companies are classified asnon-profit "charities" by the IRS." Americans for Educational Testing Reform AETR. Americans for Educational Testing Reform, 2012. Web. 12 Jan. 2017. .
Wyss, J., et al. 2002. The limbic system. In Conn, P. M. (ed). Neuroscience in Medicine, 369-387. Philadelphia: J.B.