Standardized Tests

Paper Summary:

This paper examines how the standardized test is the most crucial part of college admission process and how these tests have been severely criticized. It looks at how the format of standardized tests has been labeled as biased and how they are to be blamed for the drop in university enrollment by people of the minority groups. It shows how critics believe that these tests are ethically biased, proving that discrimination still prevails in many American quarters. It also discusses how some believe that these tests are totally unnecessary.

Outline
Introduction
Bias in Standardized Tests
Implications
Language Problems and Sources of Difficulty
Social and Cultural Factors
Reliability and Validity
Opinion

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"Standardized tests don't favor people of ethnic groups at all as their format favors children of upper middle and upper class status. Very few people in the minority groups live in the upper middle or upper class. These tests give a lot of preference to members of these classes. There are sections in the test, which can be too difficult for children of a lower class. For example they might encounter a question regarding opera or symphonies in their test. This may be easy for children of the upper class as they are brought up in an environment where they are subject to listening to such topics."

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