Best Tests Poems

Pen flies when out of sight,
Boy, I hope that I'm right.
No award for me,
What a shame that'd be,
At least I gave it all my might....

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Shakespeare would have failed Naplan,
That was not in his cunning plan,
Yes, his folks would have him tutored,
To make young Billy become more learned,
He would have lost all his homework,
Billy so did not want extra work,
Shakespeare, that teen scallywag,
It was total fun,  such a lad.
Now...

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Third grader is braiding her hair in an elaborate way.
Not students are supposed to do on testing day.
I do not care, keeping my opinions about this test at bay.
Validity of this idiotic waste of time has plenty of frivolous fray....

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Tests, tests, tests,
We really do our very best,
Revising for hours,
Can't marking be ours?

Can't teachers do tests,
instead of picking on us,
And let us go home early on the bus.

But oh tests, tests after test,
We always do our very best,
Every week and every day,
"Down with tests!" I...

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They were just venting
Needed someone to talk to
As time goes by
The pile of lessons built high
Emotional, worries
The time lapsed
The journey seemed long
All sources are gone.

Venting through technology
Social gatherings amongst
Studies of Sociology, and Psychology
Education overwhelmed
Grades were just passing
All other subjects did not matter.

Until one-day classes were...

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Revision revision revision 
There is no decision

When it comes to exams you
need to stop. learn and revise
because it is the only way to become
number ONE!

The journey may not be fun
But in 10 years time you'll be 
in a penthouse with your hun

So stop, wait a...

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Fight after fight, challenge after challenge, test after test. 
While were in this life it will never stop, its inevitable, like the sun rising day after day.

I feel weaker with every hit, yet ironically stronger too?

I could be deemed as miserable or always looking at...

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S	Sorriest type of assessment
T	Two answers always sound right; one is author’s idea of more right.
A	Assumes we have identical life experiences, exposed to same words
N	No one likes them- not the students, teachers or parents
D	Do not guess, but what to do when you have no idea whatsoever?
A	Assumes...

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TESTS
IN LIFE I FACE A THOUSAND TESTS
I'M NOT SURE WHY I DO
I'VE ALWAYS HAD TO PROVE MYSELF JUST TO MAKE IT THROUGH
	AT HOME I HAD TO TOW THE LINE
	AT SCHOOL I COULDN'T FALL BEHIND 
	AT WORK I HAD TO BE ON TIME
WHAT MUST I PROVE...

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Dashing through the store
As you rummage through the shelves.
Why are there no more?
We need some special elves.
Order them online
But you may wait for weeks.
Though you’re feeling fine right now
These germs are little sneaks! Oh…

Covid tests, Covid tests – 
Stick ‘em up your nose.
Hope that you...

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Feed the mind,
It’s so cluttered,
Left behind,
I’ll murmur to you,
Feeling the truth,
Left inside,
I’m along for the ride,
Tonight we release,
This night, full of peace,
Freedom drips,
From every pore,
Feeling sore,
From past wounds,
It’s coming soon,
The day of reckoning,
The day of decision,
Destiny rides with us,
Dragging us along,
We’re never wrong,
We need the...

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The computerized MAP test
Who could take it seriously?
Not even norm-referenced
A state test, only in Missouri
I watch a fourth grader complete his
Answering forty-two questions in seven minutes
Hooray for him I think...

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When existential angst tests faith, we hope
     that in the new-risen day there's a God
from high above Who inspires us to cope, 
     tho' life strikes us as if we're lightning rods.
When existential angst tests faith, we...

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The civilization of askers
Waits in the world of deciders
The queues tend to go faster
The lost need to find their finders
Any road needs an excavation 
Some fenced pits of debris
What looks clean needs contamination
Regardless if some may disagree 
I need to take my annual tests
Maybe I’ll...

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Teachers feel heat.
Standardized tests
So Boring
Breaks

Teachers feel heat
Principal evaluation
So Scary
Run

Teachers feel heat
Out of Control student
So Exhausting
Recruit

Teachers get told
Their job is easy
Nothing to do all summer
Try it....

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