Why Is Standardized Testing Ineffective

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Standardized Tests

Are you tired of spending hours upon hours doing and preparing for standardized tests? Some people say that the testing system is perfect how it is. However, people that think like me say that it needs to be changed. I think that the test system needs to be changed because it is ineffective, it promotes teaching to the test, and is stressful for teachers, students, and schools. Shall we get started? First of all, standardized tests are ineffective. These current tests don’t measure achievement, creativity, verbal skills, or growth. You need these skills for the real world. Standardized tests haven’t changed in the last 100 years! Do you know how many people would be dead if medical tests haven’t changed in that …show more content…

This is basically all that gets taught, so there are very few moments to teach students important life skills, such as the creativity and verbal skills mentioned above. Something else that takes up time with testing is the time for the test preparations.So basically, almost all time in class spent in class for the test only. Teaching to the test needs to stop. Lastly, standardized testing is stressful for students, teachers, parents, and schools. Some students are very intelligent, but the test makes them nervous, so they do poorly. When the kids get stressed, the schools cheat on the scores because the school’s funding is tied to their test scores. One principal and a few teachers from one school were fired and sent to jail because of a scam they pulled involving tests. Why would you want a test that encourages cheating? Standardized tests need be less stressful. Some people say that the tests give you knowledge on how students are doing in school. They say that we need comparison tools for information on how schools are doing side by side. However, the tests are inaccurate, so these tests don’t give you factual information. So even though tests show data, the data isn’t always reliable. This shows why the knowledge you get from the tests is

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