Taking standardized tests tend to cause the students to become stressed with over studying and over working in order to perform well. Standardized testing is a time where students from schools everywhere during multiple times of the year tend to become more stressed, so is there any importance of taking them just to show a simple score.
“I don’t think that it’s an effective way to determine every students knowledge,” junior Alicia Lamon said. “There are many factors that affect someone’s test scores.”
Many students tend to perform different on standardized tests because of stress or anxiety levels. This can cause them to not perform as well as they probably could even if they know everything about the topic being tested.
“A main purpose of taking standardized tests is to have something to rank schools with,” freshman Ethan Gomez said.
Schools are given ranks based off of how well their schools tests on certain exams. However, some students could bring the scores down if they usually perform badly on standardized tests, so the school could be better at teaching and it’s just the state testing that brings their name down.
“Standardized testing helps improve grades by extra credit,” junior Alaura Goodsell said. “It strengthens the knowledge of the subjects being taught.”
Some teachers will put in the scores for the test as extra credit, which can help boost up their percentage. Having the tests will bring more knowledge to the student then they originally thought.
“These tests help you see how far you’ve grown,” junior Aiyana Phillips said. “It shows where you might need improvement as well.”
Having standardized tests gives the students and teachers an overall idea of how far you have come, but also where you might need to pay more attention.
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