standardized testing

Standardized testing could be one of the causes to the education in gap in U.S. schools. The three problems that i discussed in my paper include: the negative effect it is having on our teachers, the large amount of strain it is placing on our academic curiculum, and the results of the tests not exactly giving the best representation of who that student is. I believe this is one of the main causes in the education gap because we are continuously putting more emphasis on the results of these tests which is ultimately taking away from further educating our students. We are having to prepare students for a test and not preparing them for lessons learned in schools that could potentially help them down the road. If we do not reevaluate what is important in our society in terms of schooling, the education gap is going to continue to get larger unless something is done to take academics back to what they once were.