Standardized tests can be scary for students. I remember getting nervous if there was any test that I knew was important. And I saw how my kids had to endure them. So that inspired this standardized tests cartoon.
There are pros and cons to using them. And let’s face it: no one likes standardized tests! But for adults, none of our tests are standard.
Teachers hate giving them. Students hate taking them. Parents hate seeing their kids endure them. Who likes standardized tests besides politicians and the makers of these tests?
You finally see some politicians take up the cause of less testing. But some fear the pressure has already done too much damage to students, parents and schools.
Whether standardized tests are good or not, there was never any good campaign to promote standardized tests with the public. The marketing was poor or nonexistent. It was merely seen as a measuring stick by which all schools should be measured. The problem is, if all a school has time to do is measure whether the kids are learning, there is never any time for teaching… or at least the kind of teaching that makes kids fall in love with lifetime learning.
Cartoon of a boy and a leprechaun. The boy says, “Why couldn’t you and your luck show up when it was a test day?”
Happy Saint Patrick’s Day!
Cartoon of a boy and teacher. The boy hands a paper to the teacher and says, “I found this coupon online. It entitles me to a 25% improvement on my grade.”
