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Band 7+: Do you believe that standardized testing is an accurate reflection of a student's overall potential?

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I don't believe that standardized tests are an accurate reflection of a student's overall potential because, let's say, that student didn't study enough for the exam due to his own reasons. I don't think that this exam should reflect on his potential because he might be capable of doing more than he demonstrated, but he couldn't show it. So, no, I don't think.

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I don’t believe that standardized test is an accurate reflection of a student’s overall potential because let’s say that student didn’t study enough for that exam because he had his own reasons. I don’t think that this exam should reflect on its potential because he might be capable of doing more stuff than he did but he couldn’t show it so no I don’t think.

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