<P> With the relationship between teachers and students, the school system is advocating for the break down of communities and fostering competition . Educators are wanting to raise test scores by teaching to the test and only working on their own students . Avoiding work with fellow teachers allows for them to look better compared to the ones next to them if they do successfully raise scores, it gives room for them to shine, letting go of the idea of community . The competition gives way for an unhealthy environment that's placed in the school setting, and could be damaging to the students by limiting the information they are given, and maybe different ways to go about solving and interpreting certain questions / problems . </P> <P> Standardized tests have caused the quality and depth of the educational curriculum to diminish (Rooks, Noliwe, and Noliwe Rooks). Instead of teachers developing a curriculum that addresses the needs of the actual students in their classrooms, they end up using the required material which they did not take any part in creating . The required material often contains pacing guidelines which regulate when substance should be taught and scripted lessons which often limits the teacher's abilities to make relevant decisions in a classroom . The tests have narrowed the curriculum to a lot of schools, usually squeezing out classes such as art and music simply because they are excluded in the tests, then they are wiped out of the curriculum . Teachers are then forced to teach subjects that only influence the literacy level and comprehension ability of a student and leave out the ones that often require talent or skill . </P> <P> Standardized testing places a lot of stress and pressure on children and teachers . Teachers are put under a lot of stress because the better students do on the test the more federal funding that school and district will receive . This causes teachers to teach to the test rather than teach to the life skills children will use and need . In some cases, schools have shortened or removed recess so that more time can be spent preparing and practicing for the standardized tests . The pressure of this and the removal of a stress outlet, recess, means that children, along with teachers, are going to become depressed and sleep - deprived . Being depressed and sleep - deprived causes children to act out more than usual which places more stress on the teachers . Teachers do not get the results back until the end of the summer which means they will not be able to use those results to help those children because they will already be on to the next grade . Standardized tests place an unnecessary amount of stress on teachers and students without yielding any information in a timely manner . </P> <Ul> <Li> <Ul> <Li> Standardized testing puts pressure not only on students, but on teachers as well . New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has proposed educational reform in New Jersey that pressures teachers not only to "teach to the test," but also have their students perform at the potential cost of their salary and job security . The reform calls for performance - based pay that depends on students' performances on standardized tests and their educational gains . However, students vary based on cognitive, developmental, and psychological abilities, so it is unfair to teachers with students with difficulties on the test . </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul>

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