Everybody is a genius, but if you judge a fish based on its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid. Albert Einstein, the world’s smartest man, said this quote. Standardized tests not only put the children in the fish’s position, but it makes them climb down the tree as well and go above and beyond anything just to receive a number or a letter telling them whether or not they failed. One of the top reasons that the tests are unnecessary is that they cause young children and teens anxiety. It may seem like something that one would just brush away; however, with this anxiety comes distress which can lead to their grades in school to drop because they are spending unnecessary time studying for a test that they may only …show more content…
With students taking these tests, it is only taking a snapshot of their full potential. Standardized testing can only show so much before it becomes and inadequate form of testing. If that isn’t enough to prove that standardized testing is a bad example of one’s genius, then maybe Frederick J. Kelly, the inventor of the standardized test, can tell you otherwise. Kelly stated that his standardized form of testing was “too crude to be used and should be forgotten.” (insert). When Kelly first introduced the idea of standardized testing, it was during a time where a new innovative form of fast and efficient testing was needed: World War I. Too many teachers were being sent off and someone needed to teach the children; therefore, Kelly invented standardized testing. However, once World War I ended, Kelly had hoped that they would drop this form of testing because of how unuseful it was. Too late. Colleges and universities began to adopt his form of testing because they saw it as an easier way to teach the children. Kelly was furious with his helpers who had given the SAT to colleges and