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Title: Good or Bad: The Affects of Standardize Tests

Standardize testing and the changes in the lives of students

I. Introduction a. Back ground on what standardize tests are b. How testing have been affecting students

II. Thesis Statement: a. Students are worrying too much about how their standardize tests scores will change the way schools look at them; they change their lives in order to pass their tests.

III. Students are worried about their tests scores that they lose interest in school. a. Some students end up dropping out of school because their tests scores show that they won’t be able to get into a good college or university.  i. Feel like the test are wasting their time 1. Don’t have enough confidence in themselves to do better a. Leads to failure b. Students that fail their test end up giving up too easily because they feel like it’s a waste of their time to retake the test over and over until they reach a certain level where they can pass their grade.  i. Some seniors in high school have to retake their state test that they took their junior year 1. Many students’ grades haven’t changed

IV. Students are not the only ones that are affected by standardize tests a. Teachers have to change the way they would like to teach because they have to prepare their students to take these test.  i. Scores of the students are reflecting the ability of teachers <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">1. If students don’t pass it doesn’t look good on the teachers <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">2. Students must pass in order to graduate <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">a. Teachers don’t like to see students fail <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">b. Parents feel that their student have the ability to succeed but the tests are holding students back from showing their full potential <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> i. Don’t agree with the way tests are laid out <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">1. All multiply choice which <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">a. Doesn’t allow people to realize how students really think and perform <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> ii. Believe that tests are holding their students back <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">1. Sections of the tests don’t show what a student really know <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">2. Testing things that many students might of not learned yet

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">V. Even though some people might argue that testing are good, many people feel that students are wasting their time and shouldn’t have to change what their lives’ because of these tests <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">a. Testing is a good thing because it allows colleges to see what a student has learned in high school <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> i. Scores give colleges the opportunity to look at a student ability to: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">1. Answer questions <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">2. Write <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">b. Scores allow parents and the high school to see what the students have learned, but schools shouldn’t single anyone out <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> i. Schools don’t have time to waste on students that missed three questions out of the entire section and they could only miss two <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">c. If schools want to work with students, they should put them in groups in order to get students the chance to work and help each other <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> i. Some students learn better from other students instead of teachers <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">1. Better connection with other students <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> ii. Most schools aren’t going to do this for standardize tests <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">1. Waste of time <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">2. Students should already know most of the material on the tests <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">d. Students end up studying for standardize tests and forget about the rest of their school work because they want to pass these tests <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> i. Grades drop <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">1. Don’t want to have to retake the tests until they get to a passing level or higher on the test <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> ii. Teachers might ask questions and contact parents/guardians <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">1. Students might get in trouble and parents might cut out their other activities, such as: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">a. After school sports <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">b. Clubs <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">c. Activities <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">d. Hanging with their friends <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">e. Work

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">VI. Conclusion