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Against Standardized Testing Essay

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Erik Andrews
Ms. Wermerskirchen
English 12
11/21/2016

How Seriously Should We Take Standardized Tests?

We should not take standardized tests at all. Standardized testing assumes that all students throughout the world are the same. Since we are not robots stamped out at a factory, we are all different from one another. Two people that live in the same house have different strengths and different weaknesses. They also have different learning styles. How could one single test be given to a whole world full of students and expect the results to show accuracy?

Teachers are being forced to teach materials that are on the standardized test. Schools are under pressure to do well on the tests because schools that get better test scores get more government funding. Teachers should be able to be creative in their teaching. They should be able to teach important things to their students, like reading and writing in a way that works for everyone …show more content…

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