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Whyschoolsshouldhavestandardizedtesting

SchoolsshouldhavestandardizedtestingbecauseStandardizedtestingkeeps
schoolsaccountablefortheiracademicscoresithelpsjudgeifstudentsarebehindstate
standardsandhelpsparentsunderstandwhattherekidsneedhelpwith.

Standardizedtestingkeepsschoolsaccountablefortheiracademictestscoresby
seeingiftheschoolhaslowtestsscoresorbehindinacademics.Alsoitgivesdatafor
themtofigureoutifthestuffkidsarelearningiswhatneedstobelearned.Alsoitisfair
becauseitgivesasetofquestionstoprovideaccurateanswersunfilteredandhelps
measurewhatastudentmayknow.(Churchill)Standardizedtestinggivesasignalto
teachersthatsomekidsmayneed1on1helptoassiststudentsinwhattheydont
understand.

Standardizedtestinghasapositiveimpactonstudentsscores.93%ofstudiesproved
thatstandardizedtestslargescalehadapositiveimpactonkidsscores(Standardized
TestingHelping?).AlsoChinahasatraditionofstandardizedtestingandleadsthe
worldineducation(StandardizedTestingHelping?).standardizedtestingimproves
educationbygivingareliableobjectivemeasureofastudentachievement.Last,but


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certainlynotleast,scoresontestscanhelpmotivatekidstodobetteriftheycareabout
thereeducationenoughtoputthetimein.

Youmaysayteachersgradesareareliableresourceofastudent'sacademics,butthat
isclearlynotthecaseonateacher'sgradingyoucangetE.C.,orextracredit,tobump
upyourgradebutinstandardizedtestingyouhavetoanswerthequestionscorrectlyto
getahighscore.Teachersgradingiswildanduneven.AlsoE.C.canbegivenon
homeworktestsandanyassignmentsfromtheteachers.ParentsMaythinktheirkidis
doinggoodinschoolwithAsbutstandardizedtestingprovesifthatistrueby
comparingyoutowherethey'resupposedtobeinacademics.Thetruthisstandardized
testsofferprecise,accurateinformationforevaluationoftestscorestojudgestudent
scores.

Therearethreemainreasonswhyyouneedstandardizedtesting.Firstteachergrades
arewildandunreliable.Twostandardizedtestsarereliable,keepsschoolsaccountable
and93%ofkidswhotookstandardizedtestsgotapositiveimpact(Almagor).
Withoutstandardizedtestingwewillstrayfartherandfartherawayfromgreat
academicslikeChina(Almagor)


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WorksCited
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Thegoodinstandardizedtesting.ThegoalinstandardizedtestingMar.2015.Web3.
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Alamagoer,Dave."TheGoodinStandardizedTesting."
TheGoodinStandardized
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