“For any young people looking for job opportunities, good grades and academic results are important, but what is more important may be showing you are someone who has the drive and capability and can fit in the company culture.”
Punit Renjen
When I was in school, I used to take so much stress of the tests, I kept preparing myself for test and couldn’t really prepare myself for real-life experiences, but after some time one of the international organizations shortlisted me for volunteering. I went for an interview and realized that they didn’t ask me any definition, they neither asked me about my grades nor about my percentage. I think it was just unnecessary stress which was given to me through standardized tests. But now it’s wonderful to see all the protests around the world against standardized testing.
At Garfield High School in Seattle, Washington, teachers are refusing to administer the Measures of Academic Progress (MAP). In Texas, hundreds of school districts have passed a resolution saying standardized tests are ”strangling” public schools. The National Resolution on High Stakes Testing, which calls on government officials to reduce standardized testing in our schools, has been endorsed by hundreds of organizations, and over 13,000 individuals.
Exams are not the only way to a successful future. Lots of people achieve success in life without doing well in school exams. What does this mean?
Students, as well as parents, think that test scores may affect their future lives, they do whatever they can to pass them which is not right.
Standardized tests occur in an artificial learning environment: they’re timed, you can’t talk to a fellow student, you can’t ask questions, you can’t use references or learning devices, you can’t get up and move around.
Many students worry about getting a good grade or simply making time to study if there is more than one upcoming test. Test stress doesn’t just affect struggling students, either—high-achievers usually experience a lot of stress about doing well on tests.
We are all different kind of learners and have different talents, ideas and thoughts. Some of us can write so well while some can speak amazingly, some can be moody and some can be so energetic in every situation.
“How can the tests, consist of just three pages judge your overall capabilities?”
DHS
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