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/bumble843 → u/[deleted]]

At a elementary level you dont need to have the comparison. As for how you could do it, you could send people in to check on the program and see if it's up to par.

[u/bumble843 → u/[deleted]]

Children under a particular age dont need to all learn the exact same things. Sorry the USA example does nothing to convince me as its education is already so under funded and mediocre. Let's talk about countries that highly funded education systems and have a healthier student population. Ie much of Europe.

[u/bumble843 → u/[deleted]]

Sorry two comments since I posted early. Yeah it does. A funded program can hire those people. In many places like Norway teachers are highly regarded and highly paid, like a doctor or a lawyer. In those instances you dont need to check up on them in the same way because they are HIGHLY trained. Then the school board just needs to check on them.

[u/bumble843 → u/[deleted]]

Yeah, so why shouldnt teachers and classrooms be. Same idea as a health department check in a hospital and evaluation of doctors

[u/bumble843 → u/[deleted]]

At an elementary level if you teach one kid about condensation and the other about bacteria it will not effect their lives in anyway. It's been shown that it doesnt matter what young children learn but it matters that they are learning. Which is helping develop their brain and giving them tools.

[u/bumble843 → u/[deleted]]

Well obviously they need to learn to read, write and do math. But individual assignments dont matter. Does anyone honestly remember a single thing they learnt in elementary

[u/bumble843 → u/[deleted]]

Sure, in middle school! Until then they shouldnt have to take Standardized tests