Pros And Cons Of American Schools

American Schools: More Problems than Math Class Everyone has been a student or will be a student in their lifetime, which generally means there will be complaints. American students, in particular, have many complaints. The complaints can be about anything: unfair teachers, hard classes, ridiculous rules, or too many tests. Oversea bystanders think the American school system is messed up compared to schools all across the globe. All of those bystanders are right; it is messed up, but those people only see the big problems they hear about on social media or the news. Living as a student in America means understanding how much the government wants to make money off of every person possible rather than actually caring about education. Which

A standardized test requires all students to answer the same questions with the goal of getting the same answers so that the government can compare groups or individual students based on a certain standard. Originally standardized tests were to be used so that different schools or states could compare to other schools, but since the government passed the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), elementary, middle, and high schools only care about meeting the requirements so they can get funding (Improving). Since schools focus on receiving funding so much, students are getting extremely stressed out, which leads to lower scores and schools not meeting the set requirements. All of these issues are what creates the vicious cycle of the American education

More specifically, standardized tests typically measure how useful or not a certain school is (Popham). If taught the proper subjects, students would be prepared for the world outside of public schooling; however, they are usually taught enough to pass the annual standardized test. When “studying” for the end of the year test, students hardly learn anything; the information is simply spat back out and forgotten rather than stored away for future use. Considering a majority of schools only prepare students for annual testing, it would make sense to continue using these tests since they are studying for a single set of tests at the end of the year and have a higher chance of scoring in a way which helps with school