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HAWK WEEKLY GAME EDITION The Truth About Standardized Testing By Yamilet Merchan In recent years, many parents have become concerned with their children’s test scores. The reason behind this is that most parents feel like test scores don't accurately correlate with actual learning and future success. In addition to this issue, there are potential negative impacts that these tests could have on students that may be knowledgeable, but don’t perform well in testing environments. But the question is, what are the pros and cons of testing?
teaching and student’s learning. Teachers become pressured to start teaching to the test and having student’s memorize the material instead of understanding it on a deeper level. This often comes at a steep cost; the cost of engagement, creativity, and risk taking in student learning. Others can argue that these tests can motivate students to study more and build healthy work habits. But, there have been many cases where students have managed to demonstrate a clear understanding within a subject or concept but not score as well on tests. Going deeper on this topic, several studies have shown that a student might excel on an assessment, showing an understanding of the material, but struggle taking multiple choice tests, thus negatively impacting a student's confidence.
Though there might be more cons than pros, there are still advantages to standardized testing. Standardized testing allows educators to determine whether the curriculum being taught in the classroom meets specified learning goals and objectives. In addition it provides assistance by pointing out areas Standardized testing causes for improvement in education students to create a mindset and aspects of students’ where they determine the amount education that could be lacking. of success they might have in the Unfortunately, the con to this is future based on a test they take that standardized exams become once a year. Which is completely important in school districts, having a massive impact on HAWK WEEKLY page 1