Why Should Standardized Testing Be Abolished?

Standardized Testing Should be Abolished
“Will that be on the test?” This is a question that every teacher and professor has heard and the question every student has asked. In today's schools, students become so focused on a test that they don't get a quality education, instead they learn to do well on a test that does not affect their education whatsoever. Since the 1980’s standardized testing is continuously taking on many names and acronyms such as Texas Assessment of Basic Skills, Texas Educational Assessment of Minimum Skills, Texas Assessment of Academic Skills, Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills, and what it is known as today: State of Texas Assessment for Academic Readiness. The Texas Board of Education continuously uses this
However, if they do not understand the concepts they are taught, teachers will aid them in finding resources to help them catch up and stay on track in the academic world. Consequently, standardized testing causes students to fall behind in their classes. An article from ProCon.org reads that, “After No Child Left Behind passed in 2002, the U.S slipped from 18th in the world in math on the Program for International Student Assessment to 31st place in 2009, with a similar drop in science and no change in reading” (ProCon.org). This decrease in performance only occurred after teachers customized their curriculum to fit what students are required to know for their standardized tests. These children are getting behind in their other classes, because they take an incredible amount of learning material out and putting extra English and math in. tense shifting -- present to past and
Originally the creation was to help students, it actually causes them to find stress among all their subjects in school. Students constantly hear about this over looming test that will determine if they can advance to the next grade level. MacDonald, a pediatrician, states, “... it’s kind of anxiety-provoking to always feel like you’re being assessed or tested or brought out to the hallway to see, is your writing any better than it was three months ago, or did you plateau…” (Wunc.org). This stress is problematic for students to deal with. The student may face talk about standardized testing through every step of his or her day. At home, school, with friends, it becomes to be a figure point in their education rather than actually