Standardized testing is one of the controversial subjects in any school

Standardized testing is one of the controversial subjects in any school, college, and household. They were created to determine a students intelligence, critical thinking, and problem solving skills. Do these standardized test scores truly asses and inform of us of the performance of a student? Many would argue that a student’s scores on any given standardized test do not reflect a student’s true abilities or achievements. The demands and high expectations for testing has been well criticized across the board. There are many types of standardized tests from elementary to high school and beyond. The STAR testing in elementary school to the SAT test for college admissions were all created to assess a students’ abilities but now they are part of also assessing the teachers ability to teach.