Standardized Tests
Are Standardized Tests Fair Evaluations? Evaluations are necessary in different life areas to demonstrate certain knowledge that people must have to be able for applying it in the future or for getting a promotion. That is why many people around the world have been part of standardized tests at any time in their lives. Standardized tests are a kind of assessment which means that a specific group of students will take the same exam that is elaborated and scored in a consistent way. This tests evaluate students’ abilities in mathematical and reading reasoning by multiple choice and with the same rubric for every student. This evaluations are significantly common in countries as United States or New Zealand to promote students to the next level along all of the levels. They are also common for admission processes as the University of Costa Rica admission test. According to Strauss (2011), “S cores on a standardized test ‘usually do not provide a direct and complete measure of edu...