Debate Questions Standardized Testing

A contentious debate has arisen around the increased use of standardized tests to gauge student achievement and teacher effectiveness.

Debate questions standardized testing. The testing season is upon us. On each test there are 10 experimental questions that don t even count towards the score. Debaters can argue about all of the following tests common core sat act nclb and many other state level tests. This lesson will give a brief overview of both sides of this.

Us students slipped from being ranked 18th in the world in math in 2000 to 40th in 2015 and from 14th to 25th in science and from 15th to 24th in reading. We use anecdotal records to assess our students development. Questions about standardized testing. There may be other good reasons as to why standardized testing shouldn t be removed but i found that there is at least one more reason to the yes side of the debate.

However until a new method for testing student achievement is found standardized testing will remain a major component of every public educated american student s school day. Others say such a one size fits all approach to assessing academic achievement can be inflexible or even biased. Their use skyrocketed after 2002 s no child left behind act nclb mandated annual testing in all 50 states. The debate regarding standardized testing is far from over and has yet to provide many solutions to some of the disadvantages of standardized testing.

The new standardized exams from the multi state testing consortia do not appear to be significantly better and will likely be scored by computers which cannot gauge higher order thinking. Not even all of the test questions are real questions. Here s what education leaders need to know about continued disruptions and infection risks posed by testing. Debate over standardized testing is focusing on the wrong questions.

Like many issues in public education standardized testing can be a controversial topic among parents teachers and voters many people say standardized testing provides an accurate measurement of student performance and teacher effectiveness. Sat act testing is standardized testing and therefore could be debated as a case assuming specific cases are debated in your area under the first resolution. The pandemic disrupted standardized at state and national levels this spring. The education debate should not be over whether students spend too must time testing but on which tests are actually useful to.

How do i know all this. I can feel the stress tick up a notch and i don t even test my students.