Standardized testing is nothing new to me. As a student in Kentucky, I have taken many of these types of tests throughout my twelve years in school. One reason for this is the Kentucky Education Reform Act (KERA), which holds Kentucky schools accountable for the education of its students. A major component of this is CATS, or the Commonwealth Accountability Testing System. For as far back as I can remember, every spring I have taken a series of tests, that up until a few years ago, I thought were useless. Now however, I realize that standardized testing not only provides an effective…
