The biggest issue facing our nation today is STAAR testing (Standardized testing) and you should eliminate this problem for the following reasons. It creates too much stress on the kids and it is not healthy for kids and that's why many students tend to fail a lot. Another problem about this test is that, it is not an accurate way to determine how students do in school.
One problem about this test is that, this test creates too much stress on the kids. No one does well under pressure or stress, it's not healthy for the kids. That's why kids tend to fail this big test. Study shows that 60%-80% of students fail this test, that's a lot and that number should be lower. Students who get all A’s throughout the year have so much stress on them because they want to do well since they did really well throughout the year that they tend to fail from under so much pressure and stress. STAAR exams. Everyone feels a lot of pressure during exam time. ... The importance of the STAAR tests for students in grades 3 through 8 rests in the emphasis on rigorous standards for learning in mathematics, science, social studies, and reading/language arts.
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The district doesn't have to determine the student's progress on one test, that's why we have small, little, short tests throughout the year called DCA’S (in some states). Some kids who do really well at school then the test comes around they take it and feel confident because they did really well in school, then after they get their results back they get a really low score. They ask them self why did they get a really low score, but they did really well in school. This test is not an accurate way to determine the student's thinking and how they do in