In the Atlanta our high school students are more stressed than ever, the amount of teenagers facing depression has more than double than in recent years and that number is steadily climbing. This can be attributed towards many things but standardized testing seems to be one of the biggest problems. Students futures are dependent on good test score, these test are large and strenuous forcing students to stay up in the wee hours studying. Its now higher the way our economy is built today. Some people are second guessing about attending college. According to” Alphie Khon,” he states that the number one thing is that children are test taking the percent.
. Student across the country have tosit through so much standardize testing. Different
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These were not thought up as a result of a test but rather the result o project based assignment. Google gives their employees time to work on just about anything they wan to just so long as its productive and job related. This gives employees time to explore their own interest while stimulating their brains. If our education system makes standardized testing less important, we will see drastic changes occur. Many kids intellect is based on those scores, such as take test, CRCT, SAT,ACT. According to the academic world if you make a decent or even a high enough score that determines if you get pick for certain classes, schools and even colleges. Does it really determine how smart a child is? Is a child's intellect really based on taking these tests year round? There’s a lot of issue that come with standardize testing especially when it comes down to Atlanta and San Antonio. Students will be happier and les stressed as well as do projects that will stimulate their productivity and help solve real world problems. The goal of education should be to create a generation of problem solvers and this can only be done if we ensure our schools are teaching our students to use their imagination and not just bubble in a