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Standardized Tests Are Destroying American Education

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Education is most important item in our today’s society. However, education is also a social capital matter, due to the unity between student, parents, teachers and politicians. Jesse Hagopian had discussed in his lecture how standardized tests are destroying the American educational system because it forces the teacher to teach the students how to answer right on the test, rather than teaching them the important life skill. In addition, the standardized tests are very biased on areas where the student is from. In poorer areas, the school may not able to afford better technology or provide prep classes, compared to wealthier school. At once when the students failed to achieve the expected score, the government shuts the school down, which charter
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