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"a standardized test is the only fair way" It depends on who writes the tests and who the tests are written for. There's a long and shameful history of standa
by pmoriarty 4y ago
"a standardized test is the only fair way"
It depends on who writes the tests and who the tests are written for.
There's a long and shameful history of standardized tests being written to benefit certain groups over others, or to stigmatize certain groups.
Just because a test is standardized doesn't make it fair.
- ryzvonusef 4y agoMost such standardized tests, atleast now-a-days, are objective-MCQ type questions that feature heavily on certain core stem subjects as Maths, Science etc. This is partially to allow examiners to create a bank of questions that can be rotated around easily, and also to create easily markable exams that can be OCR-ed automatically and don't require manual markers. (I think the SAT English essay is an outlier, in most countries these sorts of subjective questions are simply not a part of standardized test, at least for competitive tests like University Entry) I think it's hard to argue an MCQ marginalizes anyone.