Standardized Testing In Secondary Schools

I have never done well on test and especially standardized test. In secondary school all of the test seemed very repetitive and useless. When I took those tests, they did not give me any knowledge or helped me in any way. I feel like all of those test were there and we have to take them, because that is what the school is requiring, but it doesn’t measure my knowledge. The standardized tests were very “dry” you could say and I do know that I did not look forward to them. I do know as well they are there for a reason and students do have to take them, I just wish they pertained to the actual student’s knowledge and interests a bit more. The way my high school prepared their students for the standardized tests is by having many very informative and very basic reviews. Each teacher would have a day they had assignments and questions that will be similar to the standardized tests and we would go over those questions on our own and with the class. We would have discussions about them in the class, the teacher would also give comparable tests in the class as practice tests. I had a chance I would gather others who agree with me, we would have to come up with a whole new standardized testing system. I think we would have to collect data from school all over the nation and even other countries,

I would help to educate the parents that even though yes, those test do have some credit, but not to fully have a certainty in them. I would make sure the parents are knowledgeable of their child education that they would not be worried about those test. There are times when the child does well in school, but on test they do not do well at all and especially those standardized tests. Showing parents actual physical evidence, research about those situations will help them not to feel like they are alone in that