The Importance Of Standardized Testing In The United States
Standardized Test
In the United States of America we taketest.We take the so we can drive.We take them so we can get into a good college.It seems like to do anything in the United sSates you have to take a test to get it.But are the tests always fair?Do the tests really show how much you learn and what you know? We as americans should know better than to treat students like animals.
In schools today the teachers can not speed up for the fast learners and slow down for the slow learners.It is like moving cattle through.Standarized tests are damaging the public schools,and there students.On average in america students will take 112 tests between kindergarden and senior year.Due to standarized tests some of the schools are being labeled underperforming.A lot of people believe that students should not take tests, that there time should be spent learning and not filling in bubbles on a test. …show more content…
If you go to a k-12 school you might have noticed that a lot of people are going against standardized test due to the unfairness of it.It is not fair to have test that if you do badly for whatever reason you could fail the class.High stakes tests are not good for any students anywhere.If you feel the same way you are not alone across america people are speaking up against theese tests.In New York 60,000 students and parents refused to take some of the federal and stare mandated test in grades 3-8.It was just a few thousand the year
In the United States of America we taketest.We take the so we can drive.We take them so we can get into a good college.It seems like to do anything in the United sSates you have to take a test to get it.But are the tests always fair?Do the tests really show how much you learn and what you know? We as americans should know better than to treat students like animals.
In schools today the teachers can not speed up for the fast learners and slow down for the slow learners.It is like moving cattle through.Standarized tests are damaging the public schools,and there students.On average in america students will take 112 tests between kindergarden and senior year.Due to standarized tests some of the schools are being labeled underperforming.A lot of people believe that students should not take tests, that there time should be spent learning and not filling in bubbles on a test. …show more content…
If you go to a k-12 school you might have noticed that a lot of people are going against standardized test due to the unfairness of it.It is not fair to have test that if you do badly for whatever reason you could fail the class.High stakes tests are not good for any students anywhere.If you feel the same way you are not alone across america people are speaking up against theese tests.In New York 60,000 students and parents refused to take some of the federal and stare mandated test in grades 3-8.It was just a few thousand the year