Time Spent Testing Research Paper

Are you tired of spending so much time on taking tests? Obama wants to shorten the amount of time spent testing. There are two sides of what people think should happen with the amount of time spent testing. One side is that people think the time spent testing should stay how it is and the other side is that people want to shorten the time spent testing. My opinion is that we should shorten the amount of time spent on testing because each year, students spend 2.3% of class time on testing. First, we will be talking about how much time we spend on testing. Between Prekindergarten and 12th grade, students take 112 standardized tests. That is around 20-25 hours of class time spent on testing. Some people want to shorten this because they think we should be learning other things and not take tests. They also think we should

Even though it is less time than other grades take on tests, these kids usually spend 4-5 hours on testing. Most times these kids do not even know their numbers or colors, so it is difficult for them to take the tests. The side that wants to shorten the amount of tests say that this is one of the reasons for it. The side that wants to keep the amount of tests say that this will help the kids learn at a young age. This paragraph talked about how even very young kids are starting to take tests now. Finally, we will be talking about how the average 8th grader spends 2.3% of class time testing. 2/3% of class time testing is a lot of class time. This is one of the reasons people want to shorten the amount of time testing. The other side that wants to keep the amount of time testing say that this will help them know if the kids are understanding the things that they are learning. The amount of time that the average 8th grader spends testing is around 7-9 hours. This paragraph talked about how the average 8th grader spends 2.3% of class time on