So, I just took the HSAs (Maryland High School Assessments) today and some people in school were having a debate on whether or not assessments like these (and the ones we had to take in like....3rd/5th grade) are really necessarry.
Some people were saying things like the government had to know how smart kids really are and have to figure out why SAT scores are the staying the same but more and more high school graduates leave with 4.0s. Then other people were saying that kids won't work all of the school year, but when it comes to the final tests, theyll pass, so theyre allowed to pass the grade (like my sister who used to live in NC, she got Ds all through 8th grade, but she got As on her tests, so the were requiered to pass her).
So, since fellow TPunkers have so many opinions, i was wondering how you guys felt about this?
Should standerdized testing stay, or is it bad?
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