Pros Of Standardized Testing

Standardized testing cost states over one billion dollars a year or a quarter of one percent of the total of K-12 spending in the United States. (Ujifusa) Standardized testing is supposed to sort large number of students in an efficient manner. The main idea of standardized testing procedures is to provide colleges and universities, secondary, and even primary schools with a better understanding and clarification in evaluating perspectives of students who graduated with academic standards from an abundance of diverse schools. Among these testing procedures that measure students skills, learning disabilities and their knowledge of abilities were first introduced in the United States during the 20th century. While Standardized testing have

They are taken out of their learning routine and thrown into a testing boot camp. Every child is then force-fed concepts which cause the educators to throw out all of their beliefs and practices out the window. All students are forced to take the same test. In reality students with autism tend to be more of a visual learner, where they learn from the social interaction. These individually administered exams will never show what children with disabilities, especially autism are truly capable of. Special Education children thrive on repetitive behavior and social interaction. (Loftin) Even though standardized testing has been a prominent part of the American Education system since the 1800s their use became even brighter in 2002. In 2002 former President George Bush passed the “No Child Left Behind Act”, which mandated testing in all states. Following the passing of this act annual spending rose to over one billion dollars. If given the proper support and motivation children with disabilities can perform well on test. However, getting the necessary support for them is another question. Students with special needs have what is known as an Individualized Education Program (IEP). The IEP program gives the student the specialized attention and needs they are required to succeed. Support often varies from extra time to take the test, having the questions read out loud as well as being in a different testing location because at times they can act rather obstreperous or become quite preoccupied. (Kanso) Students with special needs and learning disabilities learn at times will learn at different paces. When these students take the standardized testing more times than not they are not testing at the level they should be, which ultimately will lead to poor results, anxiety, frustration and confusion. Children with disabilities need structure, routine