Annotated Bibliography MLA

Student Name

A. My research topic: Standardized testing

B. The sources I have found so far are:

Meador, Derrick. "Examining the Pros and Cons of Standardized Testing." ThoughtCo, Jun. 21,

2019, thoughtco.com/examining-the-pros-and-cons-of-standardized-testing-3194596.

Accessed 20 October 2019

In the article, “The Pros and Cons of Standardized Testing”, written by Derrick

Meador, the pros and cons of standardized testing are, addressed. Meador is the

superintendent for Jennings Public Schools and has a master’s degree in educational

leadership. He writes that proponents say, it is the best way to gather data from diverse

populations. They believe that it gives accountable, it’s analytical, it’s structured,

objective and can be granular. The article also reads of the opponents against

standardized testing. Their arguments against standardized testing is, it’s inflexible, it’s a

waste of time, it can’t measure true progress and it’s political. The article gives

arguments from both views of standardized testing.

West, Charlotte. "Teaching to the Test: Pros and Cons." ThoughtCo, Dec. 7, 2018,

thoughtco.com/teaching-to-the-test-pros-and-cons-4158535.Accesed 21 Oct 2019

In the article “Teacher to the Test: Pro and Cons.”, written by Charlotte West, she

discusses the No Child Left Behind ACT ( NCLB) , (President Bush) and the Every

Student Succeed Act (ESSA) that replaced the NCLB, when President Obama was in

office. West’s article reads how critics of the initiatives want a bi-partisan approach to

education.

Commented [CB1]: This is what the student would say during the presentation, but she just made 3 brief points on the outline form so that she wouldn’t be reading from a paragraph. The outline for this source looked like this: Point 1 – Meador’s background and stance Point 2 – Pro - testing is accountable, structured, and granular Point 3 – Con – inflexible and political Note: you may read brief quotes during the presentation, so you can paste those onto the outline form or bring your full annotated bibliography to read those from.

Dixon, Bruce “The Testing Emperor Finally Has No Clothes.” Modern Learners, Oct. 6, 2017,

modernlearners.com/the-testing-emperor-finally-has-no-clothes. Accessed 20 Oct 2019

In this article “The Testing Emperor Finally Has No Clothes.” written by Bruce

Dixon writes, “It's about time the absurdity and deceit of standardized testing was called

out for what it is: A multi-billion dollar industry that is profiteering by inflicting harm on

our young people.” He states the deceit of standardized testing and the little research to

support its use. Dixon states that learning is not a competition and that school ranking is

shaming. That Rote memorization is not learning and the testing kills curiosity. He writes

that testing hurts our student, teachers and schools. “We are testing for the wrong

reasons.” He believes threat there are viable alternatives to such testing with advice from

highly respected educators whom are also against all the testing.

This touches me personally because I have children in school who fill pressured

to test. Testing has been a factor in my two boys currently in school disliking school. My

hope that laws change and that children can enjoy school again.