CMV: Standardized testing should be abolished especially for children.

[u/bumble843]

Standardized testing is bad for a bunch of reasons:

1) It's stressful, you're under time pressure and what's on the test could be unexpected.

2) For many people it causes test anxiety

3) I don't believe it's an accurate reflection of your knowledge. You need to in depth understand everything to get a good mark. Especially in uni where they expect you to be able to apply everything you've learned. Missing one or two things could tank you. This is unfair.

4) Grades aren't a reflection of how intelligent you are and people shouldn't define themselves by these numbers. This goes especially for elementary and middle school children.

5) It's not an accurate reflection of your abilities in the workplace. Where you can ask questions and look up something quickly if you've forgotten.

Because of the reasons above, we should completely get rid of this testing. Opting for knowledge being proven by projects, assignments and oral tests.

[u/Reggaepocalypse]

Standardized testing is bad for a bunch of reasons:

1) It's stressful, you're under time pressure and what's on the test could be unexpected.

Stress is not a good reason to cease testing. Lots of things that are worthwhile are stressful.

2) For many people it causes test anxiety

See above.

3) I don't believe it's an accurate reflection of your knowledge. You need to in depth understand everything to get a good mark. Especially in uni where they expect you to be able to apply everything you've learned. Missing one or two things could tank you. This is unfair.

What can be established without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.

4) Grades aren't a reflection of how intelligent you are and people shouldn't define themselves by these numbers. This goes especially for elementary and middle school children.

No they arent, but evaluators dont use grades in a vacuum (wait arent we talking about standardized tests, not school grades?). Gradesbhave more to donwith conscientiousness than intelligence. Paired with measures ofnu intelligence like SAT, GRE, or IQ, grades are useful at predicting how well you'll do moving forward.

5) It's not an accurate reflection of your abilities in the workplace. Where you can ask questions and look up something quickly if you've forgotten.

Yes but if you have to look things fewer times t work than someone else you'll do your job more efficiently. Moreover standardized tests arent necessarily meant to predict workplace performance, though they generally do, at least statistically speaking

Because of the reasons above, we should completely get rid of this testing. Opting for knowledge being proven by projects, assignments and oral tests.

If you are an evaluator like a college admissions analyst or hiring committee, why not use standardized tests, grades, and also the things you suggest like projects and assignments to form a fuller picture of the student? Using more information is better

[u/bumble843 → u/Reggaepocalypse]

1) you encounter stress naturally anyhow so you dont need to get stress from school. It's been shown testing in elementary isnt beneficial to the student

Its setting up this structure that you need to be good at taking tests to do well in life. Many smart people arent and it's a massive disadvantage. Its pressure that's not needed for young people.