Standardized Testing is not a Good Representation of College Readiness
Throughout the years many things have changed; weather, technology, price of gasoline, size of telephones, etc., however, one thing has managed to stay remotely the same, and that happens to be standardized testing. The most common standardized tests are known to be the SAT and ACT, however, there are plenty more that vary from state to state. For example, in Indiana, every year in elementary school, students are required to take a test called ISTEP. This test is a standardized test that would evaluate your readiness for the next grade level and it would help you receive the option of being placed into higher ability classes. Similarly, the same goes for the SAT and ACT. These exams simply measure a student’s ability over what they have learned their entire educational career and whatever composite score they receive will tell colleges whether or not that student is ready for the collegiate level. However, authors Stern and Chan argue that standardized testing is not a great depiction of how smart a student is, due to the lack of sleep, high levels of anxiety, and pressure before and during the test.
Standardized testing, as a whole, is a major topic for argumentation. Some
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They are supposed to prep students for college life, and what you might experience on a college campus. One of the major things that is different about college than high school is being away from home. In college, you are completely away from home. You are by yourself with no supervision. This is important because like I said earlier, in order to receive the outcome that you want from your college experience, you must be willing to stay on top of things. With the SAT/ACT these exams teach that to you. Although they assignments are very time-consuming, stressful, and quite irritable, they do prep you for college exams and