If I Could Change Education, I Would......

I  f I could change education, I would do away with standardized testing. I think that many students suffer from test anxiety, so even though they might know the material well, they still do poorly on the test. Also, I think that a child's knowledge of a subject cannot be decided on one test, alone. I think a fair replacement from standardized testing would be a collaboration of the student's work throughout the year. It would reduce the costs of thousands of tests being printed each year, just to be thrown away after the four hours of the actual testing. And with the money the school board saves, we would have extra money to spend on repairs to schools, salary raises, projects like Project Celebration, and other school activities.