Standardized Testing

Kenyatta Day
Dr. Swensen
ENGL 123 P22
12/6/2011


As Jay Mathews, in his article precisely Whose Idea Was All This Testing, reported, interchangeable interrogation has been used in the American education system for the past two centuries. During this time, the change of similar testing questions has changed; up until World Wars II, interchangeable tests were administered in open-end or essay format. The change in format came more or less because educators needed a quick and efficient way for testing students. Educators felt that there was not time to be leisurely. Mathews says, … some(prenominal) members of the board, during a previously scheduled lunch, decided that the outbreak of mankind war would require faster decisions and less leisurely testing. They finally canceled the boards old exam format. The SAT ruled, (the SAT was the multiple-choice format of evaluating students college readiness). The change has brought up several disputes on the strength of the multiple choice format of standardized tests. Educators and parents began to question if standardized testing truly tests the knowledge of students or it is just pedagogics American students how to test. In this essay I will rhetorically analyze Mathews negative view of standardized testing.




Mathews analyzes the history of standardized testing and how the changes that have been made to the test have negatively affected students. Mathews feels that multiple choice standardized testing is belongings students back from thinking and solving problems. He compares his theory to Socrates, an past Greek philosopher. Mathews says, Socrates tested his students through conversations. Answers were not scored as remunerate or wrong. They just led to more dialogue (Mathews). This direction shows the logos in the authors article, the dialogue was a chain of reasoning. Having open-ended questions would create an environment for students to create and think. Since standardized testing questions only have one right answer, students...If you demand to get a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay



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