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Compelling Issues: Testing, Solutions

Surviving the Test
Solutions to Testing
There are ways that we can solve the issue of standardized testing. One possible solution is to create a better meaning for the testing.
It would not only benefit  those who are taking the test, but the educators that prepare the students for the test.
PR Newswire explains that “ their use promotes a narrow curriculum and drill-like "teaching to the test," and that excessive testing undermines America's ability to produce innovators and critical thinkers”(2011).
My solution would be to enforce changing the material of the test to what is truly taught in the classroom. It would be more beneficial for those who create the test have current educators involved in the test making. 
It is more common for states to have a standardized test that is developed by companies.
This can be a problem because the test may reflect extremely higher expectations that are not yet developed in the schools. This will ensure that the students are not tested on unrealistic content.

Reference

PR Newswire. (2011, June 22). Standardized Testing Pros and Cons: Latest Research Analyzed on New ProCon.org Website.
PR Newswire US. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com.proxy-library.ashford.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bwh&AN=201106221415PR.NEWS.USPR.DC24690&site=eds-live&scope=site

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