standardized testing., is it accurate? necessary? Options

[winsome]

For all of us still trudging through public schools and those whose tax dollars fund our education...

Does standardized testing (SATs ACTs etc.) accurately measure a student's capacity, and, more importantly, should it be as integral to education as it is currently?

[stryker76]

how well off you are academiclly is important yes i mean yeah you need to kno your stuff to go on in life. But we have these test to test us for stuff anf you have kids that in school usually have dirt poor grades yet...pull 1400+ on the SAT's well i can explain that becaus am one such person.....My grades in school suck ill be ther first to admit that...then right after you'll ask y and ill talk you HOMEWORK SUX...i dont do, wont do it and proly never will. Homework is the teachers way of torturing us at home because they didnt have time to do it at school. every test i take at school i score 85 or better....and i never study.....In NY we also have Regents that we have to take for most classes. US and Global history, Math A & B, All sciences, 2 day English test, all Languages, Intro to Occ, etc...And then we have SATs and ACTs.....i mean people think that these test accurately test our ability to live and conduct our selves in the working world....They Dont..Never have never will.....some of the most intelligent people in the world are those that got the worst grades in school....Albert Einstien....lol he failed all grade school math and couldnt tie his shoes....but yet he was and still is one of the leading figures in Physics...a math based science....I feel that standardized testing test our ability to remember material given to us...nothing more....Everything you need to succeed in the world is never tought in the class room but in life. Hard Work, Determination, Teamwork, Cooperation, Communication, Self Motivation.......None of that is tested by an SAT or ACT...because it can only be seen by the character of a person....i personally feel that tests show us how well you have accepted the material the government has let you see.....for a true education you need to travel the world and gain other points of view...because the one we are taught is only that of you governments.....and well as we all kno....most of that information is not correct...