Standardized tests are fundamentally bad | News, Sports, Jobs - Adirondack Daily Enterprise
Guest Commentary In the May 7 edition of the Press-Republican there appears a Newsday editorial, part of a summary of views from around the state, concerning the need for standardized testing. Their viewpoint is that “testing kids has merit,” and their perceived importance of standardized testing is being eroded during this pandemic, perhaps never to recover once the virus is defeated. They claim “properly designed and administered [standardized] tests can tell us what students have mastered and where they need work.” They claim “poorly designed tests, over-testing, teaching to th...