Standardized Testing

     In regard to assessing a child on solely standardized testing, i feel that this process is not even accurate or fair. In my opinion children should be tested not just cognitively, but socially, emotionally, and maybe even on fine and gross motor progression. In addition, I feel that there should  also be a life skills age appropriate assessment. In my opinion sometimes children may not know exactly what to do in a subject like math or science, however, he/she may know how to survive in real world situations that adhere to the same concepts, such as counting money, or following directions to a recipe.

     With this being said, I choose to research standardized testing in France. In contrast to America most french students do not take a standardized test until the age of thirteen or fourteen. The tests that french students take at this time are basically used to assist them in choosing what study path that they would like to study in high school. In addition, after this in France, the students do not take standardized tests each year, they only take one more test at the end of high school that determines whether they graduate or not. This is unlike American students who start testing at the age of five/six years and continue to be tested each year thereafter.

     I feel that Americans should take some pointers from some other countries when addressing this issue. Standardized tests are not  good representation of what a child knows or can do as a whole, and this is not beneficial to American's children.

Reference

http://fhsworldacademy.weebly.com/standardized-testing.html