Standardized Testing: Help or Hindrance?

•SAT•ACT•ISTEP

At Risk Placed at Greater Risk

Lower Graduation Rates

Higher Test Scores Doesn’t Mean More Learning

Bad Test Scores = Smaller Curriculum

Tests Can Be Flawed

Stressing Teachers Out!

What’s Really Worth Teaching?

No Child Left Behind

Math- 470Verbal- 450Writing- 430Total= 1350

My SAT Scores