Semester Topic Proposal

My topic for this semester for my English 1312 class will be about the public school systems in the United States, mainly standardized testing. Standardized Testing affects all students in the United States who are attending a Public School. Standardized Testing was put into effect in an attempt to reform the education system in the United States. Although the intentions of standardized testing were good, it ultimately affected the students and teachers in a negative way. Because of this, many individuals have been attempting to find alternatives to the standardized testing. I myself was affected by standardized testing and therefore I know how it affects students and teachers. I feel that students do not get the full learning experience that they should receive and teachers are not able to teach everything that they would like to teach. Students are only taught what is on the test and teachers are given a curriculum to follow based off of the test. I feel like this is a great topic to write about, because it affects many people and I experienced it myself as well. My topic will also help me stay connected with my community and I will be able to see how others feel about the schools and standardized testing and why they feel that way. My original topic was very broad, just the public school systems and therefore I decided to narrow it down to one main problem that exists in the public schools, standardized testing. We should all be aware of how standardized testing affects us, because in reality it affects almost every single one of us, parents, teachers, students, school boards, etc. I believe that it will be fairly easy to find articles and opinions on this topic. Overall, I see my topic being very interesting and informing.