Standardized tests have been around since the mid 1800s, but do they actually give us an accurate view on students progress? Many people say no. Standardized tests such as the ACT and SAT are normally taken during your sophomore and junior years of high school, and they are used on college applications and scholarship applications. Many students believe that both of these tests only show which students are good at taking tests, not what they actually know. The ACT and SAT tests take about 3 hours to complete, and many teenagers can’t stay focused for this long with few breaks. During both of these tests, the students get 3 five minute breaks, which many students say is not near enough time to give their minds a break.
Another standardized test that many people believe should be banned is the ISASP. This test takes a lot of learning time away from students, and there are many other ways to gauge if a child is improving in the classroom. If many students score badly on the ISASP test, it can lead to that school district receiving less money. The schools are then forced to lay off students, which means that those students aren’t getting the help they might need in the classroom. There are many instances of schools letting kids cheat on these tests so they don’t get less money in the coming year.
All in all, there are many arguments against standardized testing as a whole. Many school districts have pushed to get rid of standardized testing, but since the government regulates this testing, they have no choice. Each state is required to administer testing for reading, language arts, and math for grades 3-8 and at least one time in high school. They are also required to give out the science test once in elementary school, once in middle school, and once in high school. Personally, I don’t think the ACT, SAT, and ISASP tests have much of a benefit on students. If anything, it causes more stress on the students, because if they don’t score well it can keep them from getting scholarships or getting into college. I also think that making 3rd graders take standardized tests is not beneficial at all, and it takes away from their time in the classroom.
Do you think that standardized tests should be eliminated?
Do you think that 3rd grade is too young to be giving standardized tests?
https://www.civilbeat.org/2016/05/why-standardized-testing-needs-to-be-abolished/
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I think that standardized testing both have positives and negatives to them. For instance, some students aren't good test-takers like myself, so they might not get an accurate result or score. Or instead, some kids might not try and just give up on the test.
I agree that a lot of students don't try on the tests and they don't take them seriously.
Standardized tests are just used to see if the teacher is good at teaching or not. Many kids learn differently and show it deifferently. I believe the tests should be eliminated because there would be more time for learning instead of ahving to take a week of tests.
I agree that the class time that we miss would benefit us more than the week it takes to take the tests.
I don't think standardized tests are important at all and we should not have to take them. We could be learning more instead of wasting time on stuff we already learned. They take way too long and don't help with much at all. Hands on learning is much more important than these tests.
I agree that most people do a lot batter with hands on learning, especially when they are younger.
I think that standardized test are not that beneficial. I think that test like ISASP take to much time, and the students can rather be using that time to learn instead of taking a test they don't get very much information back from. I think that giving the 3rd grade a standardized test is not harmful to them, however I do not think that the results that come back are super important. This makes you wonder what the point of them is then.
I also have wondered what they all do with the information, since teachers have told us that they don't play that big of a role in what classes we are placed in.
I think the results of a standerized test aren't really accurate because some people aren't very good test takers. Some people can feel stressed or anxious while taking a test. It can make a big affect on your test grade. I believe we shouldn't be judged by our tests, but how we learn from our mistakes.
I agree and I think that students should be judged based on how they perform in class, not on standardized tests.
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