Standardized testing facts:
-There are many people who simply do not perform well on tests.
-Today, as an acknowledgment of the inherent racial and economic inequity of standardized achievement tests, hundreds of colleges have already stopped requiring the SAT for college admission decisions.
-It is widely recognized that standardized testing is an inadequate and often unreliable measure of both student learning and educator effectiveness.
-Standardized testing has negative effects for students from all backgrounds, and especially for low-income students.
-S.T causes many teachers to only “teach to the tests”.
-S.T can create a lot of stress on both educators and students.
-S.T can be wrongfully used as fuel for those with political agendas.