Problems Associated With Standardized Testing

A problem within the educational system would be standardized testing. Standardized testing has been part of the US educational system since the mid 1800’s. Educating children should and is a top priority in America. That being said standardized test should not measure educational quality because of the many complications that come with it. Many people are intelligent test are not reliable or valid. I agree that standardized test helps to see where the students may be in certain areas which can then let the teachers and parents to know where to help improve the student at. There are more external factors interfering with testing instead of internal. The educators who are the creators of these standardized tests are very gifted. Instead of standardized test measuring educational quality we should let writing composition and interviews demonstrate that.
There are even kindergarteners and first graders who are being standardized tested. Their attention span is too short to retain all the information that is on the test. Standardized testing doesn’t measure what you have learn at that point in time, but what you have retained from your past. There are many students who are not good test takers. For example, many have had test anxiety that interrupts with their ability to perform well on tests. The author states “Interviews with youth indicate that the unintended impact of high-stakes testing is more problematic than the policy makers educators may realize” (Kearns, 2014, pg.1). The problems that encounter with taking
There are many other options that are reliable and proficient, interviews and writing composition. Interviews and essays shows relatively knowledge you have gained throughout life, and where you are mentally at that time in your life. Interviews and writing helps to really get to know and understand a person and what are their aspirations in