U.S. Congress, Office of Technology Assessment, Testing in American Schools: Asking the Right Questions, OTA-SET-519 (Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, February 1992).
In this source we have a detailed overview of the history of standardized testing in the United States. Because of rapid growth in population, due to the industrial revolution, major milestones happened that changed the history of American educational testing between the years 1820 and 1875. First, oral tests were being replaced with formal written tests. Second, the tests began to be a form to compare children to one another, although that was not the test's original intent. Thirdly, core subjects began to form. And lastly, standardized tests were used as a
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However, arguably it is also stated that these test might not really be providing a teacher with knowledge they don’t already obtain about their students. These tests are designed to be given to the masses so it cannot narrow important topics on broad …show more content…
In large it seems like there is a mountain of opinion and evidence against standardized testing suggesting that we did not and our children are not benefiting from this high-stake testing. The purpose of this study is to determine if we should just once and for all do away with the antiquated testing and move to a better more improved form of learning that is not based and limited to what is on these tests. When these tests first came into being in the early 1800s, they seemed to hold a place then to help further assist us in the growing need for education about the booming population. However it did not take long for these tests to be used for purposes it was not intended for. Even though we have advanced as a society we are still stuck in trying to revamp these tests to fit our modern needs but I just don't think that they can keep up. A good example is the No Child Left Behind Act. It has since been replaced by the ESSA and ESEA, its [NCLB] introduction, although well intentioned, has damaged the subgroups of people it was initially created for. We could further argue that the NCLB has over time lowered the previous standards of learning creating a generation of subpar intelligence where once a child might have flourished, they are now being further stifled. Students who previously might not have been diagnosed with a learning disability is now more likely to be so. Do most teachers agree with standardized testing? I