Some schools across the country are using standardized test scores in order to get recognition from the government. However, a number of analysts suggests that standardized tests had become too predictable for some, which is why New York state decided to make math and English tests more difficult.
Now that proficiency has dropped, The New York Times reports that this may not be due simply to the fact that the tests are harder than before, but rather that there are flaws within the new system. Some analysts believe that because there has been such stress upon teachers to have well-performing students, they’ve simply been teaching pupils the exam material.
"They just kept upping the stakes with the scores, putting more pressure on the schools but not really looking at what it all means," Pedro Noguera, an education professor at New York University who has worked with the city’s Department of Education to help improve struggling schools, told the news provider.
The news source suggests that because these standardized tests had been in place for a number of years, they became too predictable, and now many feel as though they’ve been thrown a curveball with the new exams.
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