One hundred and thirteen‚ that’s the number of standardized tests the average student takes from prekindergarten to twelfth grade according to preliminary research conducted by the Council of the Great City Schools (Helfing para.9). If that seems a little extreme to you‚ you are not alone. Standardized testing has become an increasingly common way to measure anything from student knowledge to the effectiveness of the school‚ especially after the initiation of policies such as No Child Left Behind
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“John took many standardized tests in high school that helped him succeed in his science career.” Basic skills tests might be dull and may feel like a waste of time‚ but it can help in many ways. Basic skills test‚ also known as “standardized tests‚" are tests students must pass in order to graduate. According to scholar Richard P. Phelps‚ “93% of studies of student testing‚ including the use of large-scale and high- stakes standardized tests‚ has found a ‘positive effect’ on student achievement”(Phelps)
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frequently with standardized tests for better or for worse. America values standardized testing because it causes schools to feel pressured to increase the level of education. Americans test from an early age‚ contrary to other countries. They currently test students abundantly‚ and often the results are used to measure their academic status. America is very comfortable with its methods of standardized testing despite much criticism (Kohn‚ 2000). Despite the benefits of standardized tests‚ for many
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Everyone who has attended school has taken at least one standardized test in their life. A standardized test is any examination that’s given and scored in a standard manner. There are two major types of standardized tests. Aptitude tests‚ such as the SAT and ACT‚ and achievement tests‚ which school board members rely on when they evaluate the effectiveness of a school (Popham). A typical student takes about 112 mandated standardized tests between pre-kindergarten classes and 12th grade (Layton)
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Standardized tests are used to measure the performance of students in comparison to others in the same class/level as them‚ an example being a standardized test used to measure the performance of all students in AP English. They have been a part of American education since the mid-1800s‚ and their use as greatly increased after George W. Bush’s No Child Left Behind Act was put in place‚ mandating annual testing in all 50 states (“Standardized Tests”). In the United States‚ standardized testing is
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determines the rest of your future. These difficult standardized tests cause an unnecessary amount of stress for high school students‚ as if they aren’t already stressed enough. Students are expected to take multiple AP classes‚ participate in multiple extracurricular activities‚ and find time to study for these standardized tests. The ACT and SAT are commodified on the American market through tutoring and the cost of taking multiple tests. Standardized testing for college acceptance is unfair because
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Standardized testing is losing its efficiency‚ and could be hurting the education and learning of all our students‚ from young to old. Standardized tests are state administered annual tests that all students must complete. Each state may have a different testing program‚ and each one is very different‚ but they all have the same basic gist. They were made to measure student’s knowledge‚ and measure the school’s achievement‚ but are they worth the hassle and time they use? The opinion of the usefulness
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In standardized test it depends what subject of the test I’m taking is what determines if I will do good or bad. If it’s like an english section I usually get an okay score but I struggle a lot and sometimes I get bored and distracted. If it’s the math section I usually do really good because for some reason‚ math has always been easy to me and I hardly struggle in the math standardized test. I have really always been that way for some reason‚ and any other subjects I really haven’t took any standardized
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Standardized testing has been a controversial topic for many years due to a multitude of reasons. Created by man named Frederick J. Kelly in 1914‚ multiple-choice standardized testing was designed as “the sole metric for assessing what kids were learning in school‚ how well teachers were teaching them‚ and whether schools were or were not failing” (Davidson 2012). However‚ even the ‘Father’ of multiple-choice testing was starting to doubt the efficiency of it all. Kelly stated “College [practices]
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I believe that we should have a standardized test for High School students to graduate. It is a way of measuring basic skills of students. It puts all the knowledge of what we have learned over the past 12 years to the test. It’s put in a test to see how much you’ve truly learned and to prepare you for your adult life. Another reason we should have this standardized test is because it will better prepare the students for college. Students are given this final test and are released into the real world
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