The Negative Impact Of Standardized Testing On Students And Teachers

Standardized testing is a type of test that has to be taken statewide and damages both teachers on their job and they're paycheck and students on their life.

The first reason why it damages students and teachers is because Standardized tests scores are being used in high stakes ways to evaluate and punish teachers , but maybe teachers have taught their students well but, questions on test that are out of students mind level or are too hard to understand or to answer that question that may be wrong, will punish both teachers and students, also the tests are used way too much to evaluate the efficiency of teachers, they measure teacher efficacy by giving students tests and depending how many students get the questions wrong they evaluate
Some may say standardized tests may motivate teachers to work harder and more effectively for example They can better identify areas of strength and weakness in their teaching plans and then can restructure them(The pros of standardized testing) but the truth is that teachers should always be teaching and working at their hardest and every day they should be reviewing their lessons or activities finding their weak spots because that is their job, to