Essays on Standardized Testing

It was recently proposed that Ontario should institute compulsory, standardized tests for all students in Grade 12. The best way to analyze this idea is to look at other cases of standardized testing. In the United States, all seniors are subjected to a rigorous set of standardized tests called the SATs. In Ontario, we administer…

If ignorance is bliss, then our public school system should be doing a back flip while singing God Bless America. Education is the second largest expenditure in the US, yet we rank below many nations who dont even come close to equaling our budgeted allowance. For some reason I am not a fan of the…

Tests always make me nervous. The night before a test I can not sleep. Waiting for a professor to pass out a test is like waiting for a jail sentence. When the test is returned and I am expecting a B or better, I see an F, waving back and forth in red ink like…

Standardized testing in America has not improved student achievement. Studies show that after No Child Left Behind (NCLB) passed in 2002, the U.S. slipped from 18th in the world in math on the Progamme for the International Student Assessment to the 31st place in 2009 and the same happened for reading. I think that this…

High-stakes testing, also known as standardized testing, is quoted as the new American education reform. Throughout the last two decades, this issue has become more political than ever. It has become so politically heated, that students and their future are being played with in a way that parents, teachers and administrators cannot even fathom. Throughout…

Standardized Testing is used practically worldwide for all sorts of various criterion. A standardized test could be used for getting into a top-of-the-line college, or to see if you meet the requirements for a job. Such tests include the well known ACTs and SATs. There are many different ways that standardized tests can be graded….

Standardized tests have historically been used as measures of how students compare with each other or how much of a particular curriculum they have learned. Increasingly, standardized tests are being used to make major decisions about students, such as grade promotion or high school graduation, and schools. More and more often, they also are intended…

Every year thousands upon thousands of children, ages seven and upwards sit down to take their scheduled standardized tests. This generation has been classified as the most tested in history. “Its progress through childhood and adolescence” has been “punctuated by targets, key stages, attainment levels, and qualifications” (“Stalin in School” 8). Each year the government…

“No issue in the U. S. Education is more controversial than (standardized) testing. Some people view it as the linchpin of serious reform and improvement, others as a menace to quality teaching and learning” (Phelps). A tool that educators use to learn about students and their learning capabilities is the standardized test. Standardized tests are…

Higher Standards:Problems with Standardized Testing Essay”Where is the standardized test that can measure passion for learning, respect for others, and human empathy?” These are the words of Tom McKenna, a disgruntled high school teacher from Portland, Oregon. Like many other educators and students across the nation, Tom is tired of the system. The educational system…