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Why standardized testing?

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Why does the government think standardized testing works? I’ll tell you right now it doesn’t. It wastes my time as a student to spend a couple days staring at a testing booklet and filling in answer bubbles. I didn’t learn anything, I didn’t do well, and I had to do it almost every year I went to school. So why does the government think it works?  The teachers teach to the tests, they waste my time with pointless formulas I never remember when it comes to taking the test. Why do funds require better scores? It sucks for students and teachers alike.
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I have always hated standardized testing. All it really does is limit the ability to learn.
Students spend more time being taught to regurgitate material that will be on the test and aren't given real challenges and exciting scenarios to help them really enjoy school. In fact, they are rarely given the chance to enjoy learning at all!
School used to be fun. Looking at the schoolwork that belongs to children of my friends, I always wonder: where did the fun go?