We have all seen these political cartoons about politics, people, and even education. The one above is something that caught my interest when I came upon it. Standardized testing has become more and more of a focus in our schools these days. It is hard to think that young kids are being overwhelmed with test, one after another. Education should not be students preparing for the next test to come along. However, this is what our educational has become of the past couple years. It truly is quite sad. Looking at the political cartoon above it is clear that there has been a major shift in the focus on school. It used to be the younger grades were not as focused on grades and testing, but that is no longer. This huge change in the education of our young children is truly terrifying.
http://www.education.com/magazine/article/Standardized_Testing/
The link above is right in line with the idea of our standardized testing ruining a child's educational experience. It would seem that the more and more we throw at students, will only turn them off of school. Though standardized tests show us where students are struggling and where they need help, at what cost are we paying for that information. It would seem that we spend more time teaching to the tests than we do actually teaching the material. School used to be a place that students could learn and grow in their education, however, now students and teachers are so worried about performing well that they loose this love and drive for education.
I agree with what you had to say. Teachers need to quit shoving standardized tests down students' throats. The unfortunate aspect is it really is not the teachers' faults that students are forced to worry about standardized tests. Indiana is the problem. Rather than students learning, they have to be worried constantly about how their performance is in class and how they will show their performance while taking standardized tests. Teachers are shoving standardized tests down students' throats because teachers are getting standards shoved down their throats. When I was in elementary school I loved school and enjoyed learning. Teachers took the time to teach and did not worry about enforcing the standards. Now teachers only worry about standards and tests. Hopefully this can change where teachers love to teach and students love to learn!
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