After the start of the No Child left Behind Act in 2001, there has been rising concern with standardized testing. The No Child Left Behind Act illustrated consequences for schools that had underperforming students (Klein, 2015). Since then there have been increasing numbers of students opting out of standardized tests. Just recently, thousands of students in New Mexico opted out of their PARCC tests (Klein, 2015). Currently it is unclear whether or not legally students are allowed to opt out of tests (Klein, 2015). Educators and parents have also begun voicing out their opinions that question the merit of standardized tests. Parents and teachers also claim that students have been tested too much and administering tests affect daily learning …show more content…
However it is not specific enough to know the strengths and weaknesses specific tot hat subject. Some students suffer from text anxiety, which results in scores lower than their capabilities. Students from low-income families may not have access to the same resources and may be more prone to health problems, which will affect their scores. The tests also do not cater to students who have learning disabilities, students who have English as a second language and students from vocational schools. According to Jia Lee, a special education teacher, tests only measure right and wrong, "I will refuse to administer a test that reduces my students to a single metric.” (Resmovits, 2015) This strong statement emphasizes the limitations of standardized testing. Similar views are illustrated by Diane Ravitch and President Randi Weingarten (American Federation of Teachers President), “They unfairly penalize poor students; they reduce children to the sum of a single score; and they discourage teacher creativity.” A student’s creativity and independent learning is also compromised when work is based around standardized