Standardized Poems - Poems about Standardized

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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Some students finish standardized tests quickly Others take elaborate amounts of time My cousin Suzette always finished first She filled in the oval bubbles with faeries and butterflies Made elaborate designs that required all of the ovals in a row If a teacher thought to look at her oval answer sheet she went ballistic. Reporting her to my aunt, her mother,...

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Stop teaching! Stop teaching! Stop teaching! What do we have to do to get this through your heads. We want them to know how to take standardized tests. I guess we will have to start grading you teachers We have discussed it. The committee of Non-teachers and I. We have decided to issue you demerits on the stuff the...

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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 students have computer skills and typing skills. R Ridiculously limited as to...

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Author Note: A poem in memory of the dreaded ACT, FCAT, SAT, and other Academic Testing Standards. Wrapped in a web of preconceived deceit, cornered by the sound of their retreat that echo’s throughout the halls as they silently scream in the throes of their defeat, lost in hopelessness, perceptibly stressed, feeling the heat, intensity visible in tightly clenched teeth, they would never admit...

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