Standardized tests are not an accurate measure of a student’s academic abilities. Testing can have many different factors that occur, making it quite inaccurate. Education is a fragile matter that must not be taken lightly. Extensive thought should go into making a child’s education as stress free and effective as possible. High-stake and standardized test need to be used with caution and care in the school system because of the many things they do that eventually lead to the harm of student learning.…
Argumentative Standardized testing Do you think students have to take standardized tests? I don’t think that we should have to take standardized because it worries you to the point where you can’t go to sleep the night before. And if you told some people that it worried you to the point where you can’t go to sleep they would be the counterclaim and say just think about something else.…
Research has found that standardized testing is not an effective system. Made to fail a certain amount of students (Strauss) and not teaching anything, testing is a big reason why school is despised. Testing creates unnecessary stress and affects parts of the brain that deal with cognitive ability (Edelstein). We can…
My heart pounded. My knees shook. I feared the other twenty students sitting around me could hear my heart leaping out of my chest as I read each question on the SAT. When I looked around the room, I realized they all had the same look of terror on their faces as I did. This test determined the rest of our futures; whether we’d get into the college of our dreams or not.…
A number does not define a person. A page full of filled-in bubbles does not distinguish them from anyone else. Their long essay response does not make them more superior than the rest. Standardized testing has put labels on everyone who has taken the exams. The results from the tests are merely a number and a number does not say anything about a student.…
Standardized Tests Argument Essay Picture a stressed kid doing a long test. Could standardized tests be changed so kids wouldn’t be nervous? What do you think? This brings me to what I will be talking about today, standardized tests. Some people believe that we should change the way kids take these tests, which others believe tests are fine the way they are and aren’t worth the hassle.…
Jessica Mosley 3rd period LA III 2-25-16 Opposing Standardized Testing When students are about to take a standardized test, are they going to be stressed about it? According to Teacher College at Columbia University in New York City, American students may be the most tested students in the world, taking more than 100 million standardized test every year. Even good students who are well prepared can be derailed by the general air of anxiety surrounding a test.” “I immediately started sweating and I got cramps in my stomach.…
Specific Purpose: My specific purpose for presenting this speech and persuading my audience is for me to show you the dark side of standardized testing and why it may hurt a lot of students rather than helping them. I will try my best to get my listeners to join my side on this argument. Thesis Statement: There are plenty of positive and negative aspects of standardized testing but to truly determine this argument you need to learn more about the history of standardized testing, how it impacts the students and how it impacts the school districts.…
Minimizing the Impact One billion dollars. According to the Illinois State Board of Education, the state would lose one billion dollars in federal funds if less than 95% of students participated in State assessments (Illinois General Assembly). This came up during the discussion of Bill HB-0306, also known as the opting out bill. From what I have gathered throughout my twelve years in school, standardized tests were made to narrow achievement gaps and help boosts test scores in the U.S. They are supposed to measure your intelligence and show teachers where your strongest and weakest areas are.…
Standardized Testing in Schools Standardized testing has been an inevitable part of life for countless Americans, making them question the validity of their life choices since the third grade. When taking standardized tests, one encounters some obvious drawbacks. Any student who has been forced to take one of the hundreds that exist can recount the tales of stress and feelings of inadequacy that linger after every test taken. Standardized testing does not benefit students because it objectifies certain race/ethnic groups, it doesn’t measure the test taker’s mental capacity or progress, and it is not worth the unnecessary problems for students.…
How many of you didn't do well on that test we took today? I'm talking about below proficient, so less than an 80. I will be honest and say I scored less than an 80. I hate tests for many reasons, but the one you won't find on this post is if I do bad on them. Hating tests because of the fact you don't do well isn't a reason (or a very good one at that).…
Thank you ladies and gentlemen for joining me on this beautiful fourth block, and I am going to start this block off with a picture. Imagine you are studying for exams at your school when suddenly a gruesome beast traps you in a room. You try to escape, but your intellect can’t pass the beast. It forces you into a corner, and threatens your future unless you give it a little money.…
This picture seems recognizable. A student stumbling out of bed, starting the process of getting ready for school. But wait. This is the day, the week, that they have been dreading all year.…
The Effects of Standardized Testing Standardized testing is something that mostly all students have had to do at one time or another. The scores that are achieved are not only assessing the child's intelligence but how well the teacher is at teaching the material. For this reason many teachers have been forced to change their lesson plans to accommodate for the tests. These tests are not necessary and only inflict stress upon the children. My potential thesis statement would be that standardized testing is harmful to students because the students don't get to learn as much as they should, all kids learn at a different pace, and the test is biased.…
High school students planning to attend college usually have a dream school in mind. But what will determine if they get to continue their dream or have to reevaluate their college plan? A student 's standardized test scores and can either make or break their college plan. A student 's ACT score or SAT score will determine if they are at the academic level to be accepted into a college. Test scores throughout all ages are a very object and fair way to measure a student 's knowledge.…