The Benefits Of Standardized Testing In Public Schools

I believe that state and local government should have more control on the policies concerning education and the federal influence should be minimal. The Department of Education should be allowed to oversee and direct state governments in the right direction by setting standard (very basic-baseline) laws about required courses at public schools, but it should not dictate testing procedures and regulations, because local governments and individual school boards understand the demographics of a particular school district. Ex. It has been proven that children from lower income families will receive lower test scores. Hence, school districts with a greater population of lower income families should be prepared to accommodate those children with extra support. I agree more with the Every Student
Possible alternatives for standardized tests include: portfolios, autobiographical writing projects, book discussion clubs, self-invented community projects, researched topic debates. In response, standardized tests undermine to produce the attributes of creativity, motivation, persistence, curiosity, reliability, self-discipline, leadership, honesty, and integrity. The qualities listed above are absent in standardized tests, but they are qualities that students need to learn these skills in order to implement them to real-world challenges. Students like me who don’t perform well on standardized tests like the SAT and ACT, but who might have a high potential to succeed and love to learn, fall at a disadvantage against students who easy memorize testing techniques and naturally perform well on test. In conclusion, the standardized test epidemic is deteriorating the future of the American