Futility of Standardized Tests by Jumbo Moos Presents Arguments Against the Use of Standardized Tests and Alternative Assessments

Standardized Testing
As a sophomore in high school, I have endured years of 'standardized tests.' If we start counting in third grade, I have wasted at least 30 days of my life taking tests so that I might be compared to a 'standard' student that doesn't even exist; all this so my school can make more money to spend on six TV's in the weight room. For me, these tests have generally been unbelievably easy, scoring at least the 90 percentile in everything; but I have also been raised in an upper-middle class family who actively seeks communities with better (meaning richer) schools. …