¨If my future were determined just by my performance on a standardized test, I wouldn't be here. I guarantee you that.¨ First, lady Michelle Obama once said. Standardized testing is a requirement throughout the United States, and in my opinion it should not. Standardized tests do not show a students actual achievements and the success of the schools. School boards should abandon Standardized testing.
Standardized testing has been shown with research that tests demonstrate that there is no benefit to the students and don't show actual academic performance. Phillip Harris wrote in ¨Standardized Tests Do Not Effectively Measure Student Achievement¨ his argument of the need to abandon the use of standardized tests. “What's more, the scores don't provide very much useful information for evaluating a student's achievement, a teacher's competency, or the success of a particular school or program.” This demonstrates that tests like STAAR, and other tests similar to that, don’t provide the information needed to evaluate a schools performance. 70% of
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“A major effort is underway to cut back on standardized testing because many, including President Obama and Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton, argue that too many tests detract from student learning in the classroom.” Latasha Gandy wrote, “Don’t Believe the Hype: Standardized Tests Are Good for Children, Families and School.” to demonstrate that they change the overall view of the schools performance levels because they cannot “hide” behind averages but have to answer to low academic performance. “But even testing supporters agree about an overload.” In the article, Study says standardized testing is overwhelming Nations public schools,” written by Lyndsey Layton, she gives statistics about the amount of hours taken and the overload of test taking. These tests create stress for the students and also the teachers that have to grade the