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Standardized tests should not be required for colleges and should be…
Standardized tests should not be required for colleges and should be either changed or done away with.
Standardized tests can favor different people
People with learning disabilities are at a disadvantage
“While standardized test scores can provide some insight into a student's potential, according to Ann McDermott, director of admissions at Holy Cross College, they don't "provide that more qualitative information that we get from the transcripts, things like motivation, eagerness to learn, willingness to take challenges, and knowledge” In short, students with these disabilities aren't represented in a Standardized Testing model, and a student could do very poorly in an environment like this.
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Standardized tests have been found to penalize women and minority students
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“While standardized tests correlate weakly with success in school and work, they correlate all too well with the income and education of one's parents. Call it the "Volvo Effect." The data are so strong in this regard that one can make a good guess about a child's standardized test scores simply by looking at how many degrees her parents have and at what kind of car they drive. Evidence suggests that this relationship holds even across racial lines.” P 27
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“average SAT scores, high school GPAs, and college GPAs show major differences across racial communities. Average SAT scores are higher for Asian American and white students than for African American and Latino students."
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“The study's conclusion was surprising to some: eliminating the admissions test requirement, when combined with other mandated features of admissions policy at the University of California, would produce very small changes in the eligibility rates for Latinos, Asian Americans, and African Americans”
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It is felt that scores are highly correlated with race and income and do not measure a person’s intellect going into college, a sad truth.
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Scoring high on the SAT or other standardized tests only measures ones capability to do well on those standardized tests. p 27
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Counter Argument: Students may receive accommodations in order to do better on the test.
While allotted extra time, a student with ADHD or a learning disability may still have trouble getting scores that would reflect their intellect or success in college.
Students may still not be good standardized test takers. Even with accommodations, a student might still do poorly.
Standardized Tests are counter-productive
A waste of money; school dollars may be wasted simply due to the fact that they have to have the resources needed to teach students information on the test as well as how to succeed on it. (i.e. ACT/SAT prep classes, books, etc.)
“ If we are interested in children succeeding in school then we need to provide an education rich in context and relevance, accomplished through quality instructional time. Unfortunately, as the use of standardized tests increases, more classroom time is being dedicated to exam preparation and administration, which only results in a narrowing of the curriculum.” P. 30 Stephanie
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“ In 1994, Educational Policy published a study on teachers' views of standardized tests. Just 3 percent of teachers in one sample agreed that such tests are generally good, "whereas 77 percent felt that tests are bad and not worth the time and money spent on them." According to the study, about eight in 10 teachers believe their colleagues teach to the tests.” P 27
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Standardized testing interferes with learning curriculum due to the fact that teachers may have to teach information on the ACT rather than what a student should be learning.
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Doesn't prepare the student for the real world. Encourages working individually rather than collaboration with other students, something that is very much needed and used in real life.
“I am forced to administer this test that prioritizes individual achievement and disallows any collaborative learning” P. 31 Stephanie
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[People should] work collaboratively so that the forms of assessment used would present the most well-rounded, helpful and bias-free information to support student learning.
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For something so important in entering the next stage of a student's life, Standardized tests don't help in any way because both teachers and students are not allowed to see what the student misses.
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Due to the fact that the standardized tests are often changed, it is sometimes difficult to teach students how to pass the test.
“A fellow teacher once shared with me this analogy to standardized testing: it’s like checking to make sure a plant is growing properly by repeatedly ripping it out of the ground and examining the roots.” P 30
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I agree with and see your critiques of standardized testing as valid, no pun intended. The politics and inappropriate uses of standardized testing do interfere with the daily work of teachers and learning in schools. P31 Matt
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Some schools don't even require standardized testing.
Imagining school without standardized testing (or very minimal testing) isn't too difficult because examples already exist. In fact, in some of the most highly regarded private schools, standardized tests are few and far between. Additionally, in the muchlauded example of education innovation, Finland, the standardized test is used infrequently and with low stakes. p 31 Stephanie
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Even highly selective schools have even taken hold of recent findings and made their schools ‘test optional’ p 26
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Standardized tests can be damaging to students due to the fact that so much time is needed in order to score well on them. Even so, if a student does poorly on a standardized test, they feel as though they are subpar or worse than other students who score higher on them.
Students feel as though the SAT and standardized test scores determine entry into schools, preventing them from applying .
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Teachers are also damaged by Standardized testing due to the fact that if a teacher is assessed based of how children do in standardized tests. If a teacher receives a 40% inefective rating, they could lose their job. Standardized tests account for 20% of this.
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Could also harm students by making courses more rigorous due to the fact that teachers want to do everything they can to help you do well on a standardized test.
. New York's Race to the Top application required the state to pass legislation mandating a new teacher evaluation system that "makes student achievement data [i.e., standardized tests] a substantial component of how educators are assessed and supported." "Advance" imposes greater standardization over teachers' labor and education in other important ways as well.
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Cheating takes place merely due to the fact that teacher’s jobs ultimately depend on student success
“… cheating by teachers and administrators whose jobs or bonuses depend on their students' success; testing students on subjects they have never been taught; mistakes by testing companies that have already sent thousands of students erroneously low grades; unequal treatment in most states, which exempt private and parochial school students from the public-school-only test.”
Not testing over things learned in school system.
The 1994 College Board study found that the grades earned in college courses such as AP ones could be a more promising outcome of measures than just GPA or tests like the SAT alone
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The SAT has around a 16% variation from variation in college freshman grades, further proving that Standardized tests don't evaluate what a student needs to learn.
While the point of the SAT isn’t to predict success in college, it is still used to predict freshman grades, something that has been proven to be inaccurate by almost 16% in some cases p 26
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Experts feel as though standardized test questions do not reflect what a student has learned in the classroom and that standardized tests distort the curriculum of schools by teaching merely to the tests.
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The SAT assesses math and verbal/communication skills not formally taught in the school room; they are designed to create standards. However, in the process of doing so, they sacrifice discriminating against students in lower school districts
Counter Argument: Schools should base their curriculum over things tested on the ACT and SAT, to better prepare students for college. (logic)
Could take away from other uses for funds.
Lower income schools would not be able to afford this cost
This would be a major waste of funds for schools
Some students may not have access to standardized testing
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American schooling systems favor wealthy individuals who can afford these resources.
“the American school system is doing too much to reward wealthy students and not enough to create a college-bound culture among disadvantaged students. Upper- and middle-class parents tend to push their kids toward gifted programs and advanced placement tracks, while smart kids from lower-class families miss out when parents don't know how, or are unable to help them with that legwork”
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The SAT assesses math and verbal/communication skills not formally taught in the school room; they are designed to create standards. However, in the process of doing so, they sacrifice discriminating against students in lower school districts
Schools reward advantages that students have no control over, leading to a wealth or situational bias.
“While standardized tests correlate weakly with success in school and work, they correlate all too well with the income and education of one's parents. Call it the "Volvo Effect." The data are so strong in this regard that one can make a good guess about a child's standardized test scores simply by looking at how many degrees her parents have and at what kind of car they drive. Evidence suggests that this relationship holds even across racial lines.” P 27
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"So instead of a level playing field, schools actually help to create unlevel playing fields by carving out these special gifted-and-talented programs, enriched learning experiences . . . the benefits of which primarily go to kids who were born to the right parents."
Even so, Sacks says that makes TVMSC less accessible to low-income students. "When you look at its origins, when you look at who the financial backers of it were, when you look at its admissions policies, when you look at pretty much everything about the school, I saw very, very little evidence that it was trying to create opportunities for kids that were not from privileged families."
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