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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 believe that standardized testing cannot really reflect a student's true potential because there are still some external factors that we cannot avoid. For example, if students are nervous or have a health problem at that time, it can directly affect their performance during the test. Not only that, those results are just based on their current knowledge; it's not all about the skills they have. So, I don't believe that it can reflect their true potential.

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I believe that student don’t testing cannot really reflect students through potential because during the test there is still some external factors that we cannot avoid. For example, if there are students who are nervous or they have a health problem at that time, it can directly affect their feeling during the test. Not only that, those stats just based on their current knowledge, it’s not all about the skills they have. So I don’t believe that it can reflect their true potential.

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