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Band 7+: What are some potential drawbacks of relying heavily on standardized tests to assess students' abilities?

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In my view, I believe that standardized tests are not a great tool for measuring student skills. That is because they have many potential disadvantages. Standardized tests do not account for human errors. In life, you can experience many human errors, but taking a test, if you fail one time, it affects your whole score and your entire grade. So I think that is a problem. Secondly, I believe there are more factors that can indicate someone's skill, such as extracurricular activities and schoolwork.

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In my view, I believe that standardized tests are not a great tool for measuring student skills. That is because they have many potential disadvantages. standardized tastes, they do not account for human errors. In your life, you can experience many human errors, but taking a taste, if you fail one time, it affects your whole score and it affects your whole grade. So I think that is a problem. And second, I think that there are more things that can indicate someone’s skill, such as extracurricular activities and schoolworks.

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