About Standardized Testing- Fair, or No?
Standardized testing is a practice where all students in a particular school district or state or region are administered test questions that are consistent or standard (across the board) and scored using a consistent predetermined rubric. This means that students in a particular state or school district are tested in a consistent manner regardless of their unique situations or experiences. I think that standardized tests, as far as assessments go, do serve an important use in education for the following reasons. These tests are a fair and robust way to assess the learning and/ or skills of students who have been taught using the same curriculum at specific points in time. They are also a tool for equity. They show when students in a specific school or area do not possess the level of knowledge or skill that their peers in other areas have mastered, so that attention and resources can be channeled to helping those groups of students, thereby ensuring that every student is exposed to si...
