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A teacher is looking over a students work. A teacher is seeing how well the student did on the test. The title "Looks Ready to Me," the title symbolizes that the test is getting the student ready for the California Standardized Test. The point that the cartoonist is trying to get across is that the student is prepared to take the California Standardized Test

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Is Standardized Testing Worth It? by Derek Guerrero 

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Is Standardized Testing Worth It? by Derek Guerrero 

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Standardized testing is used to tell the school where the student is, but students are starting to notice that the test is a waste of time. In the past students did not like to take the California Standardized Test, and to this day more and more students feel like the test is a waste of time and resources. Other students say that the CST is good and can help the students with bad grades get into a good school after high school.

The overview of this standardized testing comic is that there are seven different types of animals and there is a teacher telling them all to climb a tree. There is a bird, a monkey, a penguin, an elephant, a fish, a seal and a wolf and they are all different from one another. The title isa "Our Education System," because the animals that are being tested on are like students that are capable on doing different objectives. The animals in the picture represent students that are about to take a standardized test, but all the students are capable of doing other things, and should be focused on those things instead of wasting time on the test. The cartoonist is clearly trying to say that standardized tests put students into situations that they're no suited for.

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Standardized testing is supposed to accurately measure the students' scores to see if they are learning the material and increase student achievement. A study shows that a student will take about 112 standardized tests in their public school time. with the increase of test taken going up, our scores in america are going down. Standardized testing should be removed or a vast majority of them should be altered.

It has been proven that standardized testing does not cause an increase in student performance or achievement. When the NCLB ( NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND) act was passed in 2002 that allows the state to give mandatory federal educational programs for these test, the United States has seen a significant drop in their students standardized testing scores according to reporter Valerie Strauss of the washington post. The U.S. was dropped from 19th in the world to 31st in math and another drop in science. The test makers are still unsure how they are going to increase student achievement.

Most people would say that standardized testing is a good way to properly measure students progress. That is true but only to a certain point in their public schooling years because as the students get older, they tent to rush through the test no matter what because it simply doesn't count against their grades. A study shows that students who are not motivated to take a standardized test, they will simply give up no more than half-way through.

Standardized testing is also just another form of competition between school districts. This can be a good thing in some cases but it takes attention away from the main purpose of the test ( the students success). This can also lead to parents removing students from a school district simply because of previous testing scores from that school district. This has happened to me numerous times in elementary school.

Unlike what standardized testing fanboys would say, standardized testing is focused on certain things the students have learned throughout the school year like reading, math, and writing, but doesn't focus on social skills, collaboration, and school drive. an anonymous author from the denver post goes over the fact that these kids are seeing these test as boring because they are forced to "DANCE" around these steps that they were told important instead of being tested on other important skills. These are important if not most important skills that will bring students success. If this is the case then why are there not test for these subjects.

Testing for students progress is not necessarily a terrible idea, but school districts are taking focus off of the big picture of what standardized testing is supposed to achieve. these test need to be altered to where they do not cause more stress on students, but they cover every aspect of what will lead them to success in the future and motivate them to do their best.

If these test makers weren't blind as they seem to be, these main points in this argument can be considered obvious, but the community still is not demanding

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Standardized testing is very helpful for schools. The testing will show where a student is academically, and is will help the school determine where the student should be placed. Standardized testing will also show a student's growth. If a school isn't doing their job then the government will know so that changes can be made.

Through standardized testing many schools can help their students to succeed. It is nearly impossible to determine where a student should be in their classes. Standardized testing solves this issue. Based on standardized testing results schools can place students where they need to be.

Standardized testing can show if a school is doing their job. Imagine viewing high scored tests from one school and low scoring tests in another school, a change would need to be made for the school with low scoring tests. With schools not keeping up sometimes the state will take over.

Everyone is involved in standardized testing. It is a big part of children's lives and adults lives. Standardized tests determine where people go in life. Standardized testing helps parents know where there child is compared to other students. Teachers can help guide students to do better with standardized testing.

According to the Huffington post Dr. Gail Gross says in his article The Value of Standardized testing, "We must not fear that which can offer us the best possible opportunity to transfer information in the most effective way. One important measure for that transfer is the standardized test." Being able to transfer data through standardized testing is helpful to schools all across the globe. Standardized testing is beneficial for schools and  students. The SAT is a standardized test for college admission. With as many students and adults applying to college it would be difficult for schools to keep track of students and it would be difficult knowing who is ready for college without standardized testing.

Thanks to standardized testing, student data is easier to send to other districts and it's easier to compare students data. Standardized testing is a huge help to society and the varieties of Standardized tests can help with jobs and hiring employees.