... , and high school students can lost as much as two weeks worth of class time (Bizar, 2001). Those numbers do not even take into account the amount of heavy-duty studying is conducted before exam week. Most or all of the information being taught in class is geared specifically for the test. Jeanne Heifetz, a columnist for the New York Daily News ... summed it up best by saying "If it's on the Regents test, it counts. If not, fuhgeddaboudit (sic) ". Schools are also being forced to cut programs such as recess, studying of the arts, and other programs that do not serve as preparation for th...

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... career was the amount of standardized tests given. It seemed to me that all the schools, teachers, and students were all focused on preparing for the standardized tests; such as SAT's or the Regents in New York State, and not focusing on the art of learning, creativity and so on. I learned that these standardized tests are increasingly being used to determine ... . Since there are standardized tests in just about every subject in high school, a student could have up to 5 at the end of the year. The students spend so much time studying and preparing for the tests that the students become ...

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