Essays on Standardized Testing

Reforming Standardized Testing The majority of my academic career has been spent preparing for standardized tests. Tests that, while at the time seemed unimportant and a waste of my time actually ended up shaping my future in academics. In third grade, my Virginia SOLs determined...

Do you remember taking standardized tests as a kid? I sure do. I’m sure you remember the stress, strain, and preparations you and your teacher had. Well, it is my belief that we should do away with standardized tests because standardized testing has been proven...

The question of this essay is “Is it truly possible for one, single test to determine the college-readiness of a kid?”. Standardized tests, such as the ACT or SAT, were first introduced in America in 1901. The initial purpose was to create a uniform exam...

“Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish on its ability to climb, it will live its whole life believing it is stupid” -Albert Einstein. This quote applies to standardized testing, and how it doesn’t measure the creativity of students. Although standardized testing...

An Analysis of Standardized Testing In recent years, standardized testing has become the basis for learning standards. Lesson plans and school activities tend to be built around what will be on the standardized tests that year, leaving little room for teachers to come up with...

I took the Implicit Association Test twice and it was fun, especially when it got to the categorization part. It felt more like a mind game and it was quite entertaining because there are some things I already associated together on my mind which I...

Numerous studies have been conducted on the various aspects of standardize testing since Horace Mann coined the idea in the year 1845. Horace Mann’s idea behind standardized testing was that instead of oral testing at the end of each year, student’s should rather have their...

It is true that standardized testing is commonly used in most schools and other institutions of learning to compare the performance of students. This is a scenario where similar tests are administered to the students and the answers or responses given by the students are...

Standardized testing is a form of test that involves all test takers to answer the same question and scores them in a consistent manner wherein it is possible for those who gave the tests to compare and evaluate the performance of each students. Multiple-choice questions,...

IQ testing for hiring is the best way of determining a person’s ability to perform a task. This is shown in the fact “it is illegal to induct anyone in the US Armed Forces if they have an IQ less than 83”. This was created...

The strange situation was a testing procedure created by Mary Ainsworth et al. in 1978 to measure attachment. The aims of this study were to assess how infants between 9 and 18 months behave under conditions of mild stress in order to test stranger anxiety,...

Cons of Standardized Testing The distribution of standardized tests within American classrooms has been implicated since the late 1800s. A standardized test is “any form of test that requires all test takers to answer the same questions, or a selection of questions from a common...