"For students who struggle academically, high stakes testing can diminish both their self-efficacy for learning and their motivation to attempt academic pursuits" (Content Area Reading 2011)
Students that are poor testers may be wonderful writers and/or artist. They may be able to tell you all about a subject BUT test poorly. By judging the student and thus the teacher solely on these high-stakes standardized test we are telling students what they can do is not good enough. It tells students that what motivates and interest them isn't important. Thus we limit their choices in school and ultimately can end up limiting their futures based on a bubble test.
"Some students simply do not test well. Many students are affected by test anxiety or do not show their learning well on a standardized test, resulting in inaccurately lower scores.... But if students do not have access to an adequate and equitable education, they end up being held accountable while the system is not. States must take responsibility and be held accountable for providing a strong educational opportunity for all."(http://www.fairtest.org/dangerous-consequences-highstakes-standardized-tes)
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