Are Standardized Tests Harming Our Educational System?

You have just entered the classroom and the teacher tells you to put everything away and take out a number two pencil. First you receive a sheet of paper full of bubbles. Your teacher reads to you five minutes worth of scripted instructions so you know exactly how to fill out each bubble and what to do if you aren't sure of an answer. For the next two to four hours you will sit in the test room reading over questions that you hopefully know the answers to. Most of them you recognize because your teacher has already gone over the exact same curriculum. …