Stress and Its Effects
Standardized tests are inaccurate due to the amount of
stress and pressure put upon the students. During the week of standardized
testing, many students become very stressed and feel the pressures from the
school to perform at their best. “Standardized tests provoke considerable
anxiety among students that seems to increase with their age and experience"
(Edelstein 1). As students become older and the tests become more and more
important, they are forced to deal with more stress. For any student it would
be almost impossible to not feel this stress about a single test that would
determine their entire future. Feeling this stress can have many side effects
that could affect how a student feels and tests on the testing day. Some of
these side effects of stress can include “disturbed sleep patterns, tiredness,
worry, irregular eating habits, increased infections, and inability to
concentrate” (Edelstein 1). With all of these stresses, it is obvious that a
student will not be able to perform to the best of their ability when the time
to test comes. Standardized testing must be abolished in order to relieve
students of the testing stress.