Does standardized testing truly test a child’s knowledge?
By: Samantha Sidell
At the end of every school year children are given standardized tests so that schools can get a look at what they have learned this year. But to me, those tests do not get a good look at the true knowledge of the child. The multiple choice tests are just methods of elimination to get the right answer, and that does not show good thinking strategy. Honestly, most children will just pick an answer that looks good to them, without even thinking.
Standardized testing is also not great, because it's just trying to get the little bit of information from that year out, and not other knowledge. Children need to remember things from past years, but if they know it'll only be used for that one test, then most do not even try to remember it. I think that there is a newer, better way of testing, and that should be used at the end of each school year for testing!