While I don’t think that a school should be run like a business/corporation, I can’t say completely that this is the fault of the creators of the system. Earlier in my studies as an Education minor, I felt that standardized testing was a huge problem with the education system, probably one of the main issues of our educational systems today. As I continued with my studies, I started to challenge my argument. For this arguments sake, I will focus upon standardized testing.
While cutting costs shouldn’t be the main reason for the implementation of standardized testing, I don’t know if there is much more that the school can do to assess every students’ knowledge of the subject matter. While it would be great if there was another way for colleges to look at all applicants without such standardized testing, I do feel it does create a more even, equal playing field for all. Now with that, there are of course issues with the SATs themselves, like catering to higher socioeconomic classes, but there are also problems with looking at non-standardized factors, like a student’s high school GPA. Due to a lack of a common curriculum, different students have different curriculums, some may be easier, some harder. The point I’m getting at is while people may not want to mass produce things, there may be no choice, due to what I feel is over population.
My question is, if standardized testing was to be ridded from the curriculum, what is the alternative that would be put into its place?
