Standardized Testing

Do the benefits of standardized testing outweigh its drawbacks?

Side #1 YES Side #2 NO

SIDE #1

"Standardized Testing." Gale Opposing Viewpoints Online Collection, Gale, 2023. Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints, link.gale.com/apps/doc/PC3010999023/OVIC?u=pl1539&sid=bookmark-OVIC&xid=3eb1baa3. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
"Standardized Testing." Gale In Context Online Collection, Gale, 2021. Gale In Context: Middle School, link.gale.com/apps/doc/KCZOJG959579609/MSIC?u=mech31013&sid=bookmark-MSIC&xid=855bca4f. Accessed 1 Dec. 2022.
Cooper, Preston. "Eliminating Standardized Testing Will Worsen Inequality." Gale Opposing Viewpoints Online Collection, Gale, 2022. Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints, link.gale.com/apps/doc/UKDCWB604311749/OVIC?u=pl1539&sid=bookmark-OVIC&xid=e233cf3f. Accessed 21 Dec. 2022. Originally published as "Harvard's Stance against Standardized Testing Will Worsen Inequality," National Review, 5 Jan. 2022.
Buckley, Jack. "Standardized Tests Provide Valuable Indicators of Student Potential." Gale Opposing Viewpoints Online Collection, Gale, 2022. Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints, link.gale.com/apps/doc/AKBCDO039718475/OVIC?u=pl1539&sid=bookmark-OVIC&xid=4f391fc0. Accessed 21 Dec. 2022. Originally published as "Standardized tests offer 'a neutral yardstick' in college admissions," The Hechinger Report, 24 Apr. 2018.
Rhee, Michelle. "Opting out of standardized tests? Wrong answer." Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2014. Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A363994614/OVIC?u=pl1539&sid=bookmark-OVIC&xid=e2b26615. Accessed 21 Dec. 2022.
"Harvard reinstates standardized testing requirement, following Yale, MIT." Axios, 11 Apr. 2024. Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A789718508/OVIC?u=pl1539&sid=bookmark-OVIC&xid=81e99f77. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
Wai, Jonathan, et al. "No one likes the SAT. It's still the fairest thing about admissions." Washingtonpost.com, 22 Mar. 2019. Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A579785765/OVIC?u=pl1539&sid=bookmark-OVIC&xid=c9a63543. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.

SIDE #2

"Standardized Testing." Gale Opposing Viewpoints Online Collection, Gale, 2023. Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints, link.gale.com/apps/doc/PC3010999023/OVIC?u=pl1539&sid=bookmark-OVIC&xid=3eb1baa3. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
Strauss, Valerie. "This educator turned lawmaker wants to end standardized testing." Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2023. Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A742646474/OVIC?u=pl1539&sid=bookmark-OVIC&xid=7f6245e1. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
Johnson, Mark. "Standardized Testing Is Overrated. Here's How I'm Working to Change It in My State." Gale Opposing Viewpoints Online Collection, Gale, 2022. Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints, link.gale.com/apps/doc/BAALBE047542319/OVIC?u=pl1539&sid=bookmark-OVIC&xid=a3ce9a8d. Accessed 5 Dec. 2022. Originally published as "Standardized Testing Is Overrated. Here's How I'm Working to Change It in My State," The Daily Signal, 30 Jan. 2019.
Natanson, Hannah, and Susan Svrluga. "The SAT is coming back at some colleges. It's stressing everyone out." Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2024. Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A786794744/OVIC?u=pl1539&sid=bookmark-OVIC&xid=1bcb0cb2. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.

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