Source Title and Author	Quotations from the Source to Support Your Claim	Connection Between Source and Claim	Citation
1. The Pros and Cons of Standardized Testing Bryan Nixon	"There are many cases where students have demonstrated clear understanding within a subject or concept through various assessments, but aren’t as skilled at taking multiple choice tests. Nevertheless, it can be hard on a student if they feel that they didn’t perform as well as they’d like. In worst case scenarios, instead of determining the entire picture of learning through a review of all assessment data with their teachers, a student might determine their success based on a standardized test score that is taken once a year."	When a student performs poorly on a test, it undermines their test-taking confidence; which hinders their ability to improve and achieve success when taking them again later on as they are in the mindset that they are not good enough for the test. This helps my position because it stresses how confidence can really affect a student's performance, and that something as simple as that can make or break how well they do on the test.	Nixon, Bryan. "The Pros and Cons of Standardized Testing." Whitby School, www.whitbyschool.org/passionforlearning/the-pros-and-cons-of-standardized-testing. Accessed 26 Sept. 2022.
2. 15 Reasons Why Standardized Tests Are Problematic Thomas Armstrong	“Standardized tests don’t provide any feedback on how to perform better. The results aren’t even given back to the teachers and students until months later, and there are no instructions provided by test companies on how to improve these test scores.”	Standardized tests do not provide insight as to what the student actually did wrong on the test, which could be used to improve on future retakes. This helps to support my position because it emphasizes how testing companies do not do enough to support their test takers when they do not perform as well as they had hoped to.	Armstrong, Thomas. "15 Reasons Why Standardized Tests Are Problematic." ASCD, www.ascd.org/blogs/15-reasons-why-standardized-tests-are-problematic. Accessed 26 Sept. 2022.
3. Why Standardized Testing is Ineffective Justine Wheeler	"Standardized testing also fails to provide feedback to help students improve their scores. The results of the test often do not come back until months later and they are not thorough enough for students to truly know what to work towards improving on."	The feedback received from the tests does not help a student to learn from their mistakes to better improve, as well as come back until significant time after the test was taken, when they may be well past that subject matter. This assists in supporting my position because it explains the lack of support from testing companies, as well as the vagueness/delay to the feedback itself.	Wheeler, Justine. “Why Standardized Testing Is Ineffective.” The Green Pride, 19 Apr. 2019, dhsnews.org/opinion/2019/04/09/why-standardized-testing-is-ineffective. Accessed 26 Sept. 2022
4. 20 Standardized Tests Pros and Cons Chris Drew	"Lots of students struggle with test-taking and face anxiety when it comes to these types of assessments. Level of stress, mood and emotional state can all impact a person’s ability when it comes to completing these kinds of assessments. As a result, it makes it difficult to know whether these tests are truly reflective of students’ skills and competencies."	Not everyone is a naturally-born test taker. It is hard to compare everyone's success and ability as some may be better at taking a test than others, as well as perform better in other evaluation forms other than a standardized test. This helps to strengthen my position because it gives an insight as to the differences among everyone, and how not everybody is the same when it comes to taking these tests.	Drew, Chris. “20 Standardized Tests Pros and Cons (2022).” Helpful Professor, 26 July 2022, helpfulprofessor.com/standardized-test-pros-cons. Accessed 26 Sept. 2022.
5. Test scores aren't always an accurate predictor of future success Don Bell	"Studies have shown the standardized test data that has been utilized over the last decade to predict student success has only been accurately predicting 1 out of every 4 student's success at college. Still more research showed the bulk of predicting college success is not found in standardized test scores."	This form of evaluation is not proficient in predict how a student may perform in the future. Research has shown that it has only successfully predicted it in very low numbers. This strengthens my position because it provides actual research that was conducted to evaluate how effective tests are at predicting one's future performance.	Bell, Don. “Test Scores Aren't Always an Accurate Predictor of Future Success.” PennLive, 31 Mar. 2016, www.pennlive.com/opinion/2016/03/test_scores_arent_always_an_ac.html. Accessed 26 Sept. 2022.
6. Standardized Test Scores Are Not Predictors of Future Success ProCon	"Standardized tests can only, at best, evaluate rote knowledge of math, science, and English. The tests do not evaluate creativity, problem solving, critical thinking, artistic ability, or other knowledge areas that cannot be judged by scoring a sheet of bubbles filled in with a pencil."	Tests do not accurately measure one's full set of skills, as they only measure their capability in the given subject matter. Because of this, they can miss out on opportunities for things that apply to them simply because they were not proficient in non-related subject matter. This supports my position because it shines a light on the reality that these tests affect the opportunities that students receive and do not receive to help them succeed in the future, and that these tests do not accurately reflect their skills in that manner.	“Standardized Tests Scores Are Not Predictors of Future Success” ProCon, 7 Dec. 2020, standardizedtests.procon.org/arguments/standardized-tests-measure-only-a-small-portion-of-what-makes-education-meaningful. Accessed 26 Sept. 2022.