What Are The Benefits Of Standardized Testing
Standardized testing in the united states and around the world is an Unjust, Inefficient, and Inaccurate way of rating scholars. It is true that it measures the natural intelligence of someone but people give these tests way more credibility than they deserve.
Standardized testing is unjust. Standardized testing measures one thing and one thing only, the natural intelligence of a human being. According to late education researcher Gerald W. Bracey, PhD, standardized tests cannot measure "creativity, critical thinking, resilience, motivation, persistence, curiosity, endurance, reliability, enthusiasm, empathy, self-awareness, self-discipline, leadership, civic-mindedness, courage, compassion, resourcefulness, sense of beauty, sense of wonder, honesty, integrity." Intelligence is not the only thing that makes people successful and I would argue that intelligence is not the …show more content…
biggest factor in someone’s abilities to achieve.
Standardized test lower the moral of kids who might not be the sharpest. When a 7th grader is sitting in their classroom and the see that they got half of what their best friend got it really take a mental toll. Even though that 7th grader might be ten times
more motivated to succeed and have the work ethic and the creativity to lead an amazing life when they see that the state ranks them grade levels below someone that was born with a higher IQ even though they might be lazy and unmotivated it is unjust to the kids. Also the stress that comes with taking tests that will determine the rest of someone’s life can stress out a kid to the pint were there going to fail no matter what happens on the test. On Mar. 14, 2002, the Sacramento Bee reported that "test-related jitters, especially among young students, are so common that the Stanford-9 exam comes with instructions on what to do with a test booklet in case a student vomits on it." Also According to education researcher Gregory J. Cizek, anecdotes abound "illustrating how testing... produces gripping anxiety in even the brightest students, and makes young children vomit or cry, or both."
Standardized testing is unjust. Standardized testing measures one thing and one thing only, the natural intelligence of a human being. According to late education researcher Gerald W. Bracey, PhD, standardized tests cannot measure "creativity, critical thinking, resilience, motivation, persistence, curiosity, endurance, reliability, enthusiasm, empathy, self-awareness, self-discipline, leadership, civic-mindedness, courage, compassion, resourcefulness, sense of beauty, sense of wonder, honesty, integrity." Intelligence is not the only thing that makes people successful and I would argue that intelligence is not the …show more content…
biggest factor in someone’s abilities to achieve.
Standardized test lower the moral of kids who might not be the sharpest. When a 7th grader is sitting in their classroom and the see that they got half of what their best friend got it really take a mental toll. Even though that 7th grader might be ten times
more motivated to succeed and have the work ethic and the creativity to lead an amazing life when they see that the state ranks them grade levels below someone that was born with a higher IQ even though they might be lazy and unmotivated it is unjust to the kids. Also the stress that comes with taking tests that will determine the rest of someone’s life can stress out a kid to the pint were there going to fail no matter what happens on the test. On Mar. 14, 2002, the Sacramento Bee reported that "test-related jitters, especially among young students, are so common that the Stanford-9 exam comes with instructions on what to do with a test booklet in case a student vomits on it." Also According to education researcher Gregory J. Cizek, anecdotes abound "illustrating how testing... produces gripping anxiety in even the brightest students, and makes young children vomit or cry, or both."