Why Is Standardized Testing Unethical

Standardized tests are playing a detrimental role in American public schools. Many students who prepare to take a standardized test worry about the strategies other than using what they’ve learned in class to come to a conclusion on an answer. The Standardized tests that are given to students are unethical because they alienate students whose family has a low income and kids who are of ethnicity. They are also unethical because they rely heavily on false data brought in by students test scores. Schools that have high test scores are given more money by the federal government and schools that have low test scores are given little money or even worse, face closing leaving many teachers jobless. Standardized tests should not be heavily relied
on because of how much they influence the success of the students and teachers.
The Every Student Succeeds Act benefits the students and teachers more than the No Child Left Behind Act.
NCLB disregarded students who had trouble in certain subjects and did not benefit them in and out of school. It discriminated students who had low test scores resulting in them feeling sorry for themselves. Another way the NCLB Act discriminates students is by putting them in categories based on income, ethnicity, and their background ("Every Student Succeeds Act"). This does not help the student succeed in courses and some students who have a low income are not challenged in school which concludes in dropouts. The NCLB Act was enacted in 2002 by President George W. Bush ("Every Student Succeeds Act"). Although this act represented a huge step to further education for public schooling, it also affected students and teachers if they did not succeed. There were unrealistic targets set by the government that are not even set on the school itself, but set on even more tests ("Every Student Succeeds Act"). When the NCLB Act was still in effect it did not give enough data to make any judgment to see if the school or students are successful or unsuccessful. The ESSA implements new goals and achievements that will aid students and teachers to be successful in and out of school.
Standardized tests give an unfair advantage to students and teachers who have to participate in being graded by the government. The student who is about to take a test may have test anxiety. When situations like these happen the student is not focused enough to take a standardized test and will result in a false test score. Since the students test scores are highly dependent on how much the public school gets in federal funds, many public schools are put under extra pressure to make sure the students achieve on the
test.