These particular tests appraise what is being educated in classrooms and support essential standards. (Debbie Thompson) As Mckinsey & Company said, " 20 school systems that have achieved significant, sustained, and widespread gains on national and international assessments used proficiency targets for each school and frequent, standardized testing to monitor system progress." (Pro- Con) Standardized test are very comprehensive and one- sided they fit every student so that way someone who has disabilities does not feel left out or has to take an alternative test. .
Standardized testing has evolved tremendously since its first appearance in China it was not as meaningful as it is in today's society nor was it as depended on by school districts. (Sarah) These tests are devised to measure the performance of the standards given by the district. (Valerie) Ever since the NCLB stepped into this situation standardized testing has become more of a major priority. With education being such an efficient enforcement in America standardized testing helps keep the education department more organized. Around the year of 2001 that's when shifts started to turn, The Board of Florida State Education entrenched that a passing score for the FCAT was an obligation in order to get your high school diploma. Student achievements have latterly been lifted in order to pass a compulsory class such as Algebra 1, Geometry, and Biology and so on and so forth. Furthermore, the fundamental intentions for these assessments are to present information required to enhance public schools by improving the learning growth of all students. .
In view of the fact that standardized test are becoming more involved in today's society students are developing into stage that is causing severe stress due to all of the standardized test because of the mandatory passing score credits this has increased authorized grade retention, authorized instructional time and authorized intensive remedial classes for students in middle school and high school.
