The day has arrived; testing day. As one walks through the hallways, all that can be heard are students wanting to be already done with their test. According to the studies of the Council of the Great City School, in sixty-six districts of the big cities in The United States, students take about 112 mandatory standardize tests between pre-kindergarten and 12th grade. Students take tests for almost everything. Standardized tests are fundamentally flawed because students with special needs and non-English speakers have a disadvantage on them. In addition, teachers only focus their teaching on what is going to be cover on the test; therefore, standardized testing should be re-evaluated as a common practice in the U.S. classrooms. In the nineteenth …show more content…
in “Standardized Testing”). The information has to fit into a certain time frame to cover what will be on the test. Some students might not be able to keep up with the teacher’s pace. This also causes teachers to lose creativity, which leads to a boring class where you have to memorize the material and then forget it because it will be no longer needed after the test. Learning is more than just meeting the standard score. It involves understanding the material that could be used later in life and pushing oneself to acquire knowledge that cannot be reassured by filling in a bubble.
Supporters contend that standardized test focuses on specific content and eliminates unnecessary activities to motivate students to do better than others (“Standardized Testing”). Giving students the opportunity to focus on one subject and give them the confidence to perform better on this test. However, removing the “unnecessary” activities eventually will affect the students’ thinking, and also limiting their knowledge, while teachers only focus on giving their school a good reputation. Wouldn’t it be more important to increase someone’s knowledge than increasing a school’s