Standardized Tests Should Not Be Required in School

Standardized Tests Should Not Be Required in School
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Standardized Tests Should Not Be Required in School
Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience that standardized tests should not be required in school
Central Idea: Standardized tests have produced adverse impacts on students because they judge students based on tests that do not reliably correlate with the actual learning or abilities of the student.
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Standardized tests have sparked debates on a global and national scale, with many parents and stakeholders arguing that learners are judged based on tests that do not relate to and reveal their actual learning and strengths.
Many educational experts have argued that the test does not focus on students' strengths but rather generalizes their abilities.
There are no considerations for skills and abilities that cannot be understood or acknowledged through standardized tests.
Proponents also argue that standardized tests present opportunities to gauge areas of improvement in the education system.
It offers meaningful data to assist students in their learning goals. While these aspects are true, scores are not reliable indicators of future success.
Many students who would perform better in certain careers are denied opportunities because they failed to meet the criteria set in standardized education.
The standardized tests only showcase minor abilities in students, especially those who are better at cramming and reproducing content from books pass the tests.
There is no meaningful determination of development and rarely improves student performance.
The tests are usually perceived to be undermining disadvantaged and marginalized members of society.
The scores can never be used to predict the students' future success.
Today, I would like to persuade you why standardized tests should not be required in school because of the detrimental impact on students.
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While proponents support the criteria, stakeholders have seen that standardized tests only determine which students are better at passing tests with no objective measure of learning or development (Kelleghan et al., 2012).
There is no evidence that undertaking standardized tests have improved students' performance.
In many instances, the tests are strongly influenced by external factors, including hunger, stress, domestic factors, and other components.
Therefore, students are not equal, and their...