In 2001 George W. Bush in started the no child left behind program. This program stated that children from grades three through twelve should be given a standardized test at the end of their course. The original purpose of these tests was to hold educators accountable for their teaching method. While the no child left behind program (NCLB) might have made teachers actually teach, there has been some bad effects to this program. Some of the bad effects of the program are the stress put on children, the inaccuracy of the standardized test and finally the tremendous cost of these tests.
The stress standardized tests has put on to students has been tremendous. The researchers at Magnetic Resonance Imaging took a survey among ten elementary school students. The survey asked how stressed they get before and during a standardized test. First the researchers asked how they felt before the test and eight of of the ten students said that they get stressed before the test. Then the researchers asked the same children how they felt during the test and nine out of ten said they get stressed during the actual test. The
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This test determines how much the student has learned in their high school career. The test scores from this are sent out to colleges and help them figure out if you meet their academic standards. The accuracy of these tests are incredibly low for a number of reasons. The tests are in a format that many high school students have never seen before, the test can be given on electives the student has never even taken and lastly the test is given on how well you memorize something not if you actually understand and know the concept. Since these tests are such bad indicators of intelligence over 925 colleges across the country have stopped looking at the scores from them, and your acceptance is solely based on your grade point average (GPA) and the essay you