Picture sitting in a classroom, minutes before taking the final standardized test for a tough class. The whole school year was a struggle, but quitting was never an option. Somehow, with enough hard work over the course of the year, one manages to pull their grade up to passing. However, the day of the test, the most important meal of the day, breakfast is missed; it happened from rushing out of the house that morning to ensure that there was enough time to get to school before testing commenced. Despite already struggling throughout the course, all that could be focused on during the test was the loud grumble of your tummy. Because of this, you fail the final exam. Failing the standardized test comes with extra consequences, such as being …show more content…
The opportunity to learn is not given equally, and standardized test, including the SAT, reflects this. If one believes that opportunities are given equally to all and scores differ still, then it leaves room for discriminate against certain underperforming groups, labeling them as "not as intelligent" as others. Standardized testing uses other than college admissions include to advance grade levels, to evaluate schools, or to evaluate teachers. Although standardized tests have many uses in various fields, they all still have the same issues with bias. William G. Cunningham and Tiffany D. Sanzo comment, “All students cannot be held to the same standards unless programs and initiatives are developed to level the playing field. Standardized testing generalizes educational achievement and does not consider circumstances or individual student needs”. This creates a whole new topic of bias in standardized testing. As was mentioned previously, the goal of standardized testing is to administer the test to a large population to allow for comparison, however in doing so, standardized tests often do not take into account preexisting learning disabilities or other disorders, such as Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), which can definitely have an impact on scores. By not accounting for these individual differences, children with learning disabilities and disorders are forced to believe that their not-so-great performance is due purely to a lack of innate knowledge. This false belief could then lead to the development of a self-fulfilling prophecy where the child will stop trying and receive bad grades in school because of their shattered confidence caused by standardized testing. Standardized testing has been controversial in recent years because of the level of bias it