Stop Standardized Testing Do you think standardized testing is helpful or harmful? In my opinion standardized testing is harmful. Even though I think it is harmful other people might think that standardized testing is helpful. Standardized testing is harmful because it stresses kids out to much‚ an obsession with testing robs children of their childhoods‚ and standardized testing doesn’t improve student achievement. First of why standardized testing is harmful is because it stresses kids out
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The idea of standardized testing has been around since 1845. It was brought up by an educator named Horace Mann who thought that the evaluation of written exams was better than oral exams (Gershon). According to Carole J. Gallagher‚ Mann’s goal was to create or find a way to give every student equal opportunities in the testing environment. Standardized testing has been a part of the learning environment for over 150 years. Although some argue that standardized testing is the best way to show a student’s
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simply "Standardized Tests." Standardized tests have many negative impacts on children. For example‚ standardized tests have no achievement regarding students intelligence levels. However‚ one may consider standardized test to be a positive impact on their student because their schools approve of them. Another positive point is that most of the children’s parents approve of them. Lastly‚ the students themselves also think that the testing is fair. Nonetheless‚ these standardized tests are
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express my concern about whether standardized testing improves education or not. Standardized testing improves education by helping students in marginalized groups and by showing that standardized tests are useful metrics for teacher evaluations. To begin with‚ standardized testing enhances the quality of education by helping students in marginalized groups. For example‚ you can always know if your child is having a problem or having‚ you can always go to the testing data “Advocates for marginalized
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test rather than offering a rich‚ engaging‚ well-rounded instruction. Since standardized testing became a requirement the number of standardized test per year has continuously risen. Up to 113 test are taken by students each year. (Rizga‚) With so many exams and with kids stressing many see dropping out of school as the only option. These all negatively impact the learning quality in the United States. Standardized testing has been in used since the 1800s when it was first introduced to the United
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A standardized test is defined as any examination that’s administered in a predetermined standard manner. (Popham) Standardized tests have defined students for years‚ determining what colleges and scholarships they’re eligible for. Although standardized tests make it easy to compare school performance‚ they are just one of many measures that should be used to evaluate student’s ability and readiness for college. Standardized tests originated in Imperial China to determine one’s eligibility for
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Standardized testing is a huge part of the American educational system. The first test American children take is before they start even kindergarten at times. They’re evaluated on if they can read or write‚ if they know how to add or subtract‚ if they know how to write their name or not‚ to place them in the class that fits them the best. From the moment they take that test‚ they take them leading all the way up to the end of their senior year in high school. Some say standardized testing increases
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changes in learning” (Procon Headlines).Standardized testing has been a hot topic in the educational field since its began in the early 1900s. Many parents‚ teachers and students agree that standardized testing is not a reliable source for seeing students performance. So what can we do? As a student in high school I propose changing the tests to form to the ever-changing society and adult world that they are trying to prepare us for. It’s clear that standardized testing will not go away overnight‚ why not
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Education author and speaker Alfie Kohn once stated‚ “Standardized testing has swelled and mutated‚ like a creature in one of those old horror movies‚ to the point that it now threatens to swallow our schools whole” (qtd. in Solley). Kohn is right; the emphasis on standardized testing has only increased since the practice was first introduced to schools. The pressure surrounding tests affects schools‚ teachers‚ and students‚ and poor scores reflect badly on all of them. This leads to increased focus
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ACT and the SAT are both examples of standardized testing. According to Education Reform “A standardized test is any form of test that (1) requires all test takers to answer the same questions‚ or a selection of questions from common bank of questions‚ in the same way‚ and that (2) is scored in a “standard” or consistent manner‚ which makes it possible to compare the relative performance of individual students or groups of students.” although standardized testing may seem like a good idea‚ it is not
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