It's Time to Get Rid of Standardized Tests

Since the International Student Assessment Program (PISA) was announced in December 2010, many people in the government and the community have learned how to reform America's educational system to provide American students the greatest opportunity of success looking for. According to reports, American student test results are not as high as other countries in the world (Duncan, 2010). There are many factors that the United States participated in the educational system, but being attached to standardized tests is considered one of the most influential problems.

Standardized tests began in the mid 1800's. The test has been done for a long time, but it is still controversial whether it should accurately "score" students. According to the law passed by Congress, students often receive standard tests while studying. - Implement standardized tests to make reliable and effective comparisons among students. Two major standardized test types, specification reference and standard reference are currently in use. Standard reference tests are tests performed on student's representative samples to determine performance specifications. Each student taking the exam is given a score that can be compared with that student's standard, normal, or sample.

Normative reference testing is a standard test designed to compare and test interactions and rankings among participants. You can use standard reference tests to compare individual scores to a number of statistically selected individuals (usually already participating in the test) with the same age or grade level. Standard reference scores are usually reported as percentile rankings. For example, an individual graded at the 90 th percentile appears to be equal to or better than 90% of other candidates at the same age or grade level (ie, those of the specification group).