“Not everything that counts can be counted and not everything that can be counted counts.”-Albert Einstein. Although standardized testing should reflect the curriculum and cognitive improvement over time, others may see it as a disadvantage to schools and students, and many are finding that teachers are having to “Teach the Test” because of the pressure of wanting students to pass. Upon placing standardized tests in schools, teachers have felt that their students are improving over time. Despite the fact that students are feeling the pressure from testing, and some parents don’t believe the tests are showing real proof of improvement. Standardized testing within schools has become a controversial topic for many but, has both a positive and …show more content…
Many of the high standards and accountability has turned tests into boredom, stress, and filling in the blanks (Wetzel). There has become the overemphasis on testing, and it has made teachers result of getting rid of projects and activities that give the opportunities for students to be creative, not they have been given scripted curriculum (Wetzel). Many of this doesn’t show achievement and provide reliable performance (Levin-Epstein). There is also issues with the questionability of the validity of some questions and, test quality (Levin-Epstein). There are also times where there are long waits for results. Standardized tests don’t provide feedback to students on how to perform better on tests. The results are not even given back to the teachers and students until months later, and there are no instructions provided by test companies on how to improve these test scores. Many of the tests result back to the student, to what Albert Einstein had said about how things count. Yes, these tests are necessary to see improvement and placements of classes, which is what counts but is schools and teacher put on the pressure, then the purpose of the test can’t be