Effects of Standardized Tests
The Effects of Standardized Tests It is not always true that, if you are considered intelligent, you will make it far in life. ... So, when 50 states make you take a standardized test to enable you to get to a certain college, how is that fair? ... Although these tests are there to make it more fair, I believe everybody deserves to have a more equal chance at his or her own future. ... He doesn’t believe a school should be judged on the student’s performance on these standardized tests. I agree with Lemann, but I want to take a closer look on these standardized tests. Nicholas Lemann mentions that if Rip Van Winkle were to be reawakened, he would be very surprised about the standardized tests that are going on. For a person to be reawakened and the first thing he notices is not war or poverty, but standardized tests, means this is a huge deal. Standardized tests have somewhat taken over the U. ... It doesn’t matter if you have no desire to succeed, just if you can score well on these tests. ... I was always book smart in class, but when it came to tests, I had a harder time concentrating on them. ... Although, most situations are not perfect in life, the makers of these standardized tests should at least consider this problem. ... The elementary teachers were also told to change their curriculums to teach the students what was going to be on the end of the year standardized tests. These tests also came back and reflected not only on the school, but the teacher her/himself. ... The school decided that students needed to do well on these tests, since it is reflecting them. ... If this was never the purpose of the standardized tests, then why were they invented? ... Having standardized tests to test a student is not fair. Even the Supreme Court is still deciding whether to do away with these tests.