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Arguments Against Standardized Testing

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Sai Midde
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Standardized testing is supposed to test a student's ability of learning, but are these tests limiting the amount of education learned by students?Standardized testing has been in schools since the 1800s. Tests such as the PSSAs and/or Terra Novas are made mostly around the subjects of mathematics,language arts and in some cases science.Students are forced to take long tests to test their comprehension of the many subjects taught at school. Students feel pressured to do well in these tests and this adds on the extra stress students face during the rest of the school year. As well as that these tests waste valuable class time which can be used for getting a better understanding of topics taught. Standardized testing does not improve the academic success of students because it puts more stress on students, it wastes valuable class time and it stops government funds for the scores.

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But do you know how? The government funds schools from standardized tests like the PSSA’s. The better the school does, the more money they get from the government. But what if the school doesn't have the resources to prepare and do well on these tests. If schools don't have the resources or money to prepare the students for the tests they most likely won't do as well as schools with the money. Plus students doing bad on these tests lead to the teacher getting blamed for the students ability to learn.The worse they do the less funding they're going to get and this may lead to the school shutting down. Families who can't afford to send their children to another school may be forced to not get an education. School is a place ,for many students, that they trust. If you take that away from a student they might never have a place like that

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The tests narrow down the curriculum to focus on the subjects that are on the test, forgetting about the other subjects. Standardized tests cannot measure all that schools teach like how to be a problem solver. Standardized tests have not improved America’s education system. Every once in a while the world will submit their schools performance and they will be ranked with

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Requiring standardized tests could ensure students are fully prepared for college and give them better opportunities once they make it there. In 2020 the University of California Standardized Testing Task Force did a yearlong review of testing as a college admissions tool, and found that, “The value of admissions test scores in predicting college success has increased since 2007, while the value of grades has decreased, due in part to high school grade inflation and different grading standards.” This is just another thing that goes to show grades are not the most reliable factor when deciding whether a student is ready for

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This puts teachers and students under a great amount of pressure to make sure the test scores are high. By using standardized tests to measure educational quality this causes several issues. For one, these tests use questions that do not pertain to things taught in school. This means students have to either know something already or it needs to be taught at home. Neither of those situations is something that teachers can help with since it is up to the student to learn.

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Standardized testing is a way to determine the potential of the student and the academic achievement. The American students are ranked against others around the world, and the number that America is in is not encouraging. The tests are not fair, and their use is producing a narrow curriculum and this kind of tests only limits the chances of the nation to produce qualified professionals like innovators. Standardized testing does not help the American students because the tests do not give the true potential and the ability of the student. The tests are given to the students to determine how well they have prepared, but this does not portray the true potential of the students.

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Also, the teacher is having to teach to the test, instead of teaching the subject that is suppose to be taught. In the article “Is the Use of Standardized Test Improving Education in America?”, the author stated, “A five-year of Maryland study completed in 2007 found the pressure teachers were feeling to ‘[teach to the test] since NCLB was leading to ‘[declines in teaching higher-order thinking, in the amount of time spent on complex assignments, and in the actual amount of high cognitive content in the curriculum.]”’ I also read “Pros & Cons of standardized Tests”, the author also stated, “Teachers may end up ‘teaching to the test rather than giving students a deeper understanding of a subject.” ’ In my opinion it’s not fair to students because we get taught how to pass a state test. Teachers are to busy “teaching to the test”, they can’t teach what is needed to be

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Standardized tests have played a role in schools across America since the 1800’s, only dwindling citizens of their education and self esteem. Everything a child has learned seems to be measured within a few hours of filling in bubbles. Countless hours of no sleep wondering how to prepare for a test that there is simply no way to prepare for, this is what students undergo year after year. It is time to face reality and take a stand against standardized testing, these tests do not approve students’ achievements, cost too much money, decrease the health of students, and schools spend too much time preparing for them. Do not approve students achievements

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Standardized tests cause stress and failure among students. Standardized tests should be banned in the U.S. because of the stress and weight it adds to a student's grades and education after high school. Tests separate groups of kids based on their capability giving them the illusion that they aren't as smart as their friends, taking a toll on their mental health and stability from a young age. Standardized testing does not provide an accurate representation of what a student has learned and provides unnecessary stress throughout the school career. Standardized tests negatively affect public schools is the claim of Standardized Testing Has Negatively Impacted Public Schools``By Bobbie A. Solley.

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In doing this, they make it harder for students to believe that they are needed, to believe that they can be the ones to cure cancer or to end world hunger, just because one test told them that they weren’t good at math, or science, or English. Think about it. Should we let these tests kill the spirit of the young minds that will shape the

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These tests make students anxious, thus they collapse under pressure. When taking these tests, students are taken out of their normal classroom and are put into a quiet room and are made to sit for what seems like forever only to struggle with subjects that teachers have not discussed.

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Students leave school stressed and full of anxiety and its actually making a negative effect on their everyday life. Students get so overwhelmed that harming themselves is in the picture. The state needs to realize that students aren’t giving their 100% and they will never know their actual academic skills. So why give standardized test? Teachers need to focus on the future and teaching them skills they need in their everyday life.

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