Standardized testing has been a growing controversial topic in America for several years. Should students be forced to take standardized test? Should teachers’ pay be based on those test results? How much preparation should be done for the test? Are students taking to many standardized tests? These are only some of the questions that have come up with standardized testing and I hope to answer throughout this paper. In the world of education standardized testing has become one of the most talked about
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called‚ put your pencil down and stop filling in the bubbles. Standardized tests show schools how well students comprehend what they learned throughout their school year. Standardized tests show students how much they learned and progressed over the years. Taking these tests tends to cause students anxiety. No guarantee expressed or implied that students excel on their standardized test. Through the years statistics have proven that standardized tests have become an inadequate way to assess how students
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The United States’s education system has mandated exams that enables educators and government officials to evaluate students and schools performance level domestically and internationally. Standardized tests‚ sometimes known as high stake examination‚ measured students’ ability using a multiple choice answer format‚ which covers topics including math‚ English‚ and science. These tests gives an objective and a comprehensive outlook of students’ capability to recall information from their curriculum;
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Standardized testing Standardized testing is good in theory but in reality it is causing many problems. The United States Government wants to keep the national school systems together but as a result it is making schools much more stressful for everyone and the point of being a teacher completely different than what it used to be. Children’s intelligence should not be determined by a test‚ nor should it determine a teacher’s skill. This problem has gotten much bigger over time and needs to be brought
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comparing students’ academic levels and determining national standards. An educational pioneer named Horace Mann created a standardized test in 1845 to give “children equal opportunities” (Gershon). The idea expanded globally and each nation created their own forms of testing to accommodate for their country’s academic system. In Thailand‚ for example‚ O-Net is the form of testing which not only is the basis for the national curriculum‚ but also helps the board evaluate the educators teaching abilities
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an emphasis on a make or break grade in standardized testing‚ pushing college and career plans at an early age. Most kids stress from performing well in school and not to mention every other thing they have to balance. Such as‚ and after school job‚ volunteering‚ extracurricular activities‚ relationships and fitting in. All of these things fit into one big balloon that could pop at any moment. In other areas‚ outside of the United States
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children‚ feel special. But we have to ask ourselves‚ what is being rewarded? In the American public school system‚ everything is built on an unstable foundation called standardized testing. Standardized testing consists of strict curriculums with certain information that must be retained until a test is prepared. Standardized testing is a rinse and repeat method where children memorize facts and reiterate them multiple times. But there is an absence of critical thinking‚ which consists of knowledge
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schools in America depend on a standardized-testing-based education system in order to assess young minds and their knowledge. These tests are supposedly the most effective way to measure the knowledge and skills a student may “possess in a particular content area” (Popham). However‚ it has been proven that standardized tests are neither accurate nor do they properly test the extent of knowledge and information that a student may actually possess. Standardized testing is an ineffective way to evaluate
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Standardized tests originated in 7th century Imperial China‚ though they were formatted much differently then. Since the mid 1800’s standardized has been apart of American education. Although since the No Child Left Behind Act passed in 2002 the amount of standardized tests in the 50 states has increased drastically. Supporters of standardized tests say that they are a fair and objective way to measure students knowledge. However‚ many are against standardized testing as well. People looking at from
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Standardized testing is everywhere. When we go to get our first driver license we take a standardized written test. Before we even arrive to our senior of high school‚ we have been subjected to at least 10 standardized test a year. Even in kindergarten‚ students are prepare for exams. Standardized testing First off‚ there is a looming racial bias towards minorities in standardized testing. In New York City‚ there are specialized high schools where admission is solely based on a standardized
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