Many argue that standardized testing is a fair and objective way to assess students' academic abilities, while others believe it stifles creativity and promotes a narrow curriculum. Discuss both sides and provide your own perspective on the value of standardized tests in education.

There is an ongoing debate about whether to maintain standardized tests, or to rely on personal characteristics to emphasize individualities. Finding a solution to this dilemma is more than ever urgent. On the one hand, some maintains that standardization is the most accurate predictor of a performance, providing affordable criteria to judge people with consistency. […]