May 12, 2015 by Mike Bergin

Pros Of Standardized Testing (According to The Onion)

We take standardized tests pretty seriously around here, but that doesn’t mean these exams don’t give us all plenty to laugh at. The Onion really nails many of the absurd Pros And Cons Of Standardized Testing. Here are the pros:

Every student measured against same narrow, irrelevant set of standards
Holds teachers personally accountable for success of large, monolithic testing organizations
Western tradition of critical thinking best embodied in bubble-sheet format
Keeps students quiet for upwards of 90 minutes
Repeated testing carefully develops teachers’ cheating skills
Only biased against kids who couldn’t afford college anyway
Data. More data

Visit the Onion to see the cons of standardized testing, or at least the ones they’ve listed!

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Mike Bergin

Tens of thousands of students a year prep for the SAT & ACT through programs Mike Bergin created or organized. After more than 25 years of intensive experience in the education industry, he's done it all as a teacher, tutor, director, curriculum developer, blogger, podcaster, and best-selling author. Mike founded Chariot Learning in 2009 to deliver on the promise of what truly transformative individualized education can and should be.