How Does Standardized Testing Affect Students

Effect Teacher absences and the effort they put into their lessons can affect their students significantly. Based on what they learn in class is how students will set goals. Teacher’s are a great influence in a student’s life. Students spend at least one third of their time in school. That one third of their life can make such a difference in their future choices. “ I remember coming home to my parents so stressed over my homework that I would sometimes cry because I did not understand how to do it” (theodysseyonline.com). A student student told her story of how her teacher wasn’t very great at her job. The amount of effort her teacher put in her lessons and the way she taught them weren’t very great. Teachers can sometimes make their student

Standardized test are suppose to measure the amount of information one knows from a specific subject. But the effect can be huge. Standardized tests can be seen as a competition for schools. But what really matters is the student’s success. “Major stress for students … Creates a limited scope of learning and success, only measures specific areas like reading, writing and math, rather than a full picture of children and how they learn, including creativity, collaboration, skill, drive, social skills, etc.”(oxfordlearning.com) Standardized don't really help students. They don't let students learn how they learn best. Instead the test are only testing information in basic subjects and causing them stress. This can impact them to not even learn or get disinterested in school. This can lead to dropouts because students can feel “stupid” if they don't get a high score on the

They worry about the violence and the fact that they have family they feel they need to protect. The effect of the harsh conditions students live in can make them drop out. The journal, written by Nathan W. Pino, Gloria P. Martinez-Ramos, and William L. Smith, Latino, the Academic Ethic, and the Transition to College denotes the life of Latino’s education affected by poverty. It displays several statistics such as: “A large portion of Latinos—40%—have not completed high school, 27% have completed high school, 20% have attained some college, and 12% are college graduates (U.S. Census Bureau, 2009). U.S.-born Latinos are more likely than foreign-born Latinos to complete high school and attain some college education (Pew Hispanic Center, 2009)” (Pino, 2). Many Latino are being severely affected by their state of life. Poverty is getting in the way of their education and there are many students that don't get to attend college or even graduate