Talk:Standardized test

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Lack of Neutrality in the "disadvantages" subsection

The "disadvantages" subsection fails to address competing arguments. While there may be merits to the points raised by those mentioned in the section, I feel as though for a live and unclear issue it is a requirement to address multiple sides of the issue to maintain neutrality. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 23.152.128.205 (talk • contribs) 02:49, 17 May 2021 (UTC)

Problems with US focus

Sjalderson, I see a note above that you're considering this article for your class project. I hope that you take it up, because it needs some work.

Historically (and currently), the two main problems this article has had are:

• Confusing Standardized testing ("everyone takes the same test, in the same way, with the same scoring system") with High-stakes testing ("if I flunk this test, my life is ruined"). They're not the same thing (and if you meant to write about that subject, then you might want to switch subjects). Since it's possible for any given test to be both standardized and high-stakes, many US-centric sources write about "standardized tests" when they mean to be writing about "high-stakes tests that just happen to also be standardized tests". This can make it difficult to discern whether a source that complains, e.g., about test anxiety is actually concerned about the "standardized" aspect or the "high-stakes" aspect of the test.
• Volunteer editors, probably from the US, who think that the US is the only country that is worth mentioning. The US population is about 4% of the world's population. The ideal article would probably spend only about 4% of its content talking about the US (anything about the US, including US schools, US laws, US tests, US parents, US students, US policies, US people with disabilities, US people of color, etc.). We especially need information about standardized tests in China and India.

I hope that you find some good sources and have a good time improving this article. Good luck, WhatamIdoing (talk) 03:06, 4 March 2022 (UTC)

Lengthy section title

There should probably be a renaming of the section Standardized test#Testing for students of color, those with disabilities, and those from low-income communities in the United States because this is the longest section title I’ve seen on the English Wikipedia. It gets the point across, but it just seems too long. 𝙰𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚄𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚎𝙲𝚑𝚘𝚒𝚌𝚎 _(ramble) 19:27, 3 April 2022 (UTC)

Information out of date

There should be a place to talk about the update on standardized test in the United States. For example, some colleges or universities are giving up requirement of having SAT/ACT scores for their applicants. Instead of talking about it is right or wrong, you could generally let readers know the on-going related news about the standardized test in the U.S or any other countries. X5mao (talk) 07:35, 25 April 2022 (UTC)

Explained too much about ACT

First, I think the most content are related to the article topic. There is something distracted me is that the information of ACT test is too detailed which make me think is about introducing what ACT test is, Most information is not out of date except some U.S. universities and colleges have given up the requirement on standardized test score for applicants.X5mao (talk) 07:35, 25 April 2022 (UTC)

Sources are little bit biased

I think the most content is neutral except the author talks too much about how the standardized test is negatively having impact on education system. Citations work and the author chose sources from different authors and organizations which is having a various perspectives on explaining the standardized test. Most of the sources are neutral but some sources have critique on the standardized test which express a strong personal opinions toward the standardized test.X5mao (talk) 07:33, 25 April 2022 (UTC)

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