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Jennifer Courtney
Position Paper
March 26, 2016
Standardized Testing
A typical day in Elementary used
to include art, music, science, history
and social studies. Students explored to
their hearts content. The yearly science
fair was something students were
excited for and parents dreaded. Field
trips to the zoo or park or museum were
long awaited. Music and art time
couldnt get here fast enough during the
day, a much needed escape from all the
learning little growing brains had taken
in that day. This average day, or,
average school year, is quickly
changing. Quickly changing because of
standardized testing. A broad and
general of measuring how students all
together learned and retained
information. When measuring everyone
as a whole and not considering different
styles of learning and application, you
will get opposition. Parents are
concerned with their childs progress
and learning path. Federal law now
requires an annual assessment.
Assessments are a
part of life
The education department
argues that there needs to be a sort of
measurement on a childs progress.
While Mayor Marc Morial, a mayor and
civil rights leader, addresses
standardized testing, he says,
Assessments are part of life, and, while
they are not comfortable, they are
necessary. He goes on to say, We
wouldnt ask a parent not to take their
child to the doctor for an annual
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Morial, Marc H. "Testing Provides Crucial Information." Phi Delta Kappan 97.1 (2015):
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