Standardized tests will always be on my bad side. Recently, a Chicago school decided they were on theirs too. They decided they would not administer PARCC Tests to their students. I find this move very bold and I think people should learn from it. Standardized testing is not ok. The reason it continues is because schools who do not want to administer them and refuse, loose funding. When the school is Chicago was to loose their funding, they decided to actually administer the test. I think this is sad, but who can blame them? Schools need government funding. If the only way to keep that funding is to keep the tests, the schools will keep the test. My little sister is currently in sixth grade and just took a standardized test. The test required them to sit in front of two computers and read questions from one screen and record their answers on the other computer. That, to me, sounds stressful; however, my sister said the test was too easy. If the test is too easy, why bother taking it? I personally do not understand standardized testing and wish more schools would refuse to administer them. But we all know that is wishful thinking when funding gets involved.
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