Although I agree with the author of
the blog Normalcy Not Nostrums in their fifth blog post about how the current funds
reward system to schools are based on standardize test scores is a bad system
that ultimately widens the gap between “good” and “bad” schools, I do not share
the same opinion of standardize testing themselves as I think they serve as a
good benchmark for gauging the readiness of students. For example, most of
these standardize tests include a reading comprehension, essay, and math
problem section, which are used to estimate a student’s preparedness in them pursue
in higher academia.
No matter what career or occupation
people decide to choose to pursue, any job requires a base line capability of being
able to take in data and information and understand those appropriate subjects.
This is what the reading comprehension part of the section in indirectly tests.
This capability is a necessity especially if a student is planning to attend
college where courses require you to be able to absorb large amounts of boring
long texts to be able to relate to more complex ideas.
Math problems happen to be a very sufficient
may of testing problem solving skills as you are given a limited amount of
information and must try to work out a solution with pertain prior knowledge.
This skill is essential in almost everything we do, problems occur not only in
the professional and academic life but can arise anywhere and anytime and being
able to deal with such problems with a limited amount of resource is a
prerequisite to being an adult.
The essay portion allows colleges and
the state to know how articulate their students are as they need to show they can
get across an idea or argument under stressful and timed conditions. This is
quite useful in real world such as writing emails, presenting to an audience,
or just general writing communication.
I think these tests are needed so
schools know what to work on with students to better prepare them for, however
it should not be a determinate to how the federal funds their school as they
will give the least money to the schools that need the most help.
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