Get Rid of Standardized Testing

B2 – Upper Intermediate

When it was first administered, standardized testing was done to evaluate government jobs applicants and help them get into the institutions they wished to get employment in.

Required examinations are given in order to predict academic progress. Standardized testing determines both teachers and students’ potential future success or failure.

Have you ever studied excessively in order to ace this kind of test? In what manner are you retaining it? Please watch the video below to understand more about this topic.

Vocabulary Questions:

  1. What does “aptitude” mean? “Chinese officials used them to determine aptitude for various government posts.” Construct your own sentence using this word.
  2. How about “predetermined criteria“? ” Others measure performances on how well test takers meet predetermined criteria.” Use this in your own sentence.
  3. What is the meaning of “percentile“? “If a diplomat is in the 70th percentile, 70% of test takers scored below her.” Kindly use the word in your own sentence.

Discussion Questions:

  1. What do you think of standardized tests?
  2. Do you think it accurately measures performance at school or at work? Explain your stance.
  3. What do you think of this statement? “Reliability and validity are two critical ideas for understanding standardized tests.” Share your thoughts.
  4. Share about a test you’ve taken in order to land a job. Do you think it was a reliable and valid test? Why/why not?
  5. What are some controversies you know of when it comes to standardized testing?
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4 replies on “Get Rid of Standardized Testing”

Questions:
1. What do you think of standardized tests?
I think they are important tools in order to spot some problems or some capacities… Also to study personality, intelligence, etc.
2. Do you think it accurately measures performance at school or at work? Explain your stance.
Not always, but sometimes it’s because the job profile is not accurate and they are using the wrong tests… The ruler must fit to the job
3. What do you think of this statement? “Reliability and validity are two critical ideas for understanding standardized tests.” Share your thoughts.
All the standardized test must comply with the two factors and also should be very well tested against a representative population
4. Share about a test you’ve taken in order to land a job. Do you think it was a reliable and valid test? Why/why not?
I had to pass some tests batteries to find a job, if the Company used the correct test for measure the job description I think was OK because they didn’t use only tests, you have to pass face to face interviews, etc.
5. What are some controversies you know of when it comes to standardized testing?
I think the problem is that, years before, Standardized Tests were use like the only criteria to hire people in the Companies, they didn’t use the best tests that fit with the job and also because they want also the people with the best scores (that is not necessary on the contrary is contra productive sometimes)

It’s great to see your thoughts on this topic.

See how this response can be revised:

I think the problem is that, years before, Standardized Tests were use like the only criteria to hire people in the Companies, they didn’t use the best tests that fit with the job and also because they want also the people with the best scores (that is not necessary on the contrary is contra productive sometimes)

I think the problem is that, years before, standardized tests were used as the only criteria to hire people in the companies. They didn’t use the best tests that fit with what the job requires. and also because They only want also the people with the best scores which is not really necessary, but on the contrary is actually counterproductive sometimes).

Keep writing.

1. What do you think of standardized tests?
I think that standardized tests must be design correctly to accurately measures performance.
If they are not desigend properly, they can produce unreliable measurements.
2. Do you think it accurately measures performance at school or at work?
3. I believe that they should be combined with other types of tests that measures issues like ability, sociabilitt, or how a person handles a difficult situation
4. What do you think of this statement? “Reliability and validity are two critical ideas for understanding standardized tests.” Share your thoughts. I think that the reliability and validity of standardized tests depends on the appropriately interpretation of the resutls. And also on the aspects that the test traying to measure.
5. Share about a test you’ve taken in order to land a job. Do you think it was a reliable and valid test? Why/why not? When I finished studying, many inexperienced people like me were looking for a job, and companies gave us standardized tests to measure our intelligence, personality and aptitudes without a previous personal interview. The reliability of these tests was very low

Good work answering your lesson’s discussion questions.

Be a bit mindful about spelling, subject-verb agreement, and word choice. See how you can revise this sentence:

I think that the reliability and validity of standardized tests depends on the appropriately interpretation of the resutls.

I think that the reliability and validity of standardized tests depend on the accurate interpretation of the results.

Keep writing!

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