Since being exposed to standardized testing, with the Connecticut Mastery Test in 3rd grade. I’ve always wondered, what was the purpose of taking a mandated test? Which essentially is wasting time, where the student could be learning new skills in the class room; now that I’m in high school, I see that these tests can do more harm than good. For example students whom don’t do very well on the test can face retention in grade, fail a core class, or be put in a “watered down” class.

Standardized tests are not very helpful for evaluation, as the persons answer the same questions usually in the multiple choice form

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