The Argument In Favor Of Standardized Testing In Public Schools
“Wake up at 0600! March to the cold brick walls and get ready to be stripped if you individuality. It doesn't matter if you don't understand, there is only one answer and only one way to get it!” Doesn't that sound like fun? Well, that's every day for most students. Not students in prison or students in the military, students in a normal public school. Every day children are forced to wake up at ungodly hours, put into classes with a curriculum made way too long ago to be useful, and told there is only one answer and one way to get it. The American school system need reform. Students are unhappy, they are overstressed and students that learn a different way, even a little different, are left behind in the dust and fall behind. School reform
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Standardized testing is only for data it doesn't help students it doesn't help anyone but the district and unfortunately students are forced to take it every year. Standardized testing only evaluate the student's performance that day. There are so many factors that could hinder the performance. If a student has an argument with their parents on the morning of a test, chances are the focus is going to be somewhere else. Standardized testing only allows teachers to teach to the test and not how they would like. It creates an atmosphere that is boring and lacks creativeness. Unfortunately success in schools depend on the scores of these tests, money is only giving two schools that perform well. So schools that don't perform well on tests don't get the right amount of money for their …show more content…
Therefore, school reform is the best way to go. School reform could unlock new ways to teach students. No more lectures and each student could connect in their own way. This doesn’t mean this change has to happen all at once. We could start slow with getting rid of standardised testing for example. Just something small to ease the blow. So in conclusion the american school system needs reform, students are unhappy, they are over stressed and students that learn a different way, even a little bit different, are left behind in the dust and fall behind. School reform needs to happen. The curriculum isn't useful, kids are being left behind and no one does anything about it. It's just
Standardized testing is only for data it doesn't help students it doesn't help anyone but the district and unfortunately students are forced to take it every year. Standardized testing only evaluate the student's performance that day. There are so many factors that could hinder the performance. If a student has an argument with their parents on the morning of a test, chances are the focus is going to be somewhere else. Standardized testing only allows teachers to teach to the test and not how they would like. It creates an atmosphere that is boring and lacks creativeness. Unfortunately success in schools depend on the scores of these tests, money is only giving two schools that perform well. So schools that don't perform well on tests don't get the right amount of money for their …show more content…
Therefore, school reform is the best way to go. School reform could unlock new ways to teach students. No more lectures and each student could connect in their own way. This doesn’t mean this change has to happen all at once. We could start slow with getting rid of standardised testing for example. Just something small to ease the blow. So in conclusion the american school system needs reform, students are unhappy, they are over stressed and students that learn a different way, even a little bit different, are left behind in the dust and fall behind. School reform needs to happen. The curriculum isn't useful, kids are being left behind and no one does anything about it. It's just