Does Standardized Testing Make the Grade
Evan Brown
July 24, 2007

Abstract
The rise in standardized testing has become a real problem within the educational system. The problems with it and statistical evidence that has been collected show a clear correlation in the fact that standardized tests are not good predictors. The uses of standardized test results have also gotten out of control and need to be regulated. The government and state have gone overboard and lost touch with the core value of education.
Introduction
Almost every American has taken at least one standardized test. A standardized test is defined as an examination given to a large group of students to gauge performance against a national average (called norm-referenced) (Pick, 2003). Standardized tests have been around since the early twentieth century, but it really began to rise in the middle of the 1960's. Around 1965 standardized tests began to play a more important role in the educational realm.......

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Title: Standardized Testing
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