Editing Standardized test (section)

=== Test anxiety ===
{{Main|Test anxiety}}
Some people become [[Anxiety|anxious]] when taking a test.  This phenomenon is more common for high-stakes tests than for low-stakes tests. High-stakes tests (whether standardized or non-standardized) can cause anxiety.    

There is criticism from students themselves that tests, while standardized, are unfair to the individual student. Some students claim they are "bad test takers", meaning they get nervous and unfocused on tests. Therefore, while the test is standard and should provide fair results, the test takers claim that they are at a disadvantage and have no way to prove their knowledge otherwise, as there is no other testing alternative that allows students to prove their knowledge and problem-solving skills.  

Some students have [[test anxiety]]. Between ten and forty percent of students experience this type of anxiety.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Wood |last2=Hart |last3=Little |last4=Phillips |date=2016 |title=Test Anxiety and a High-Stakes Standardized Reading Comprehension Test: A Behavioral Genetics Perspective |journal=Merrill-Palmer Quarterly |language=en |volume=62 |issue=3 |pages=233–251 |doi=10.13110/merrpalmquar1982.62.3.0233 |issn=0272-930X |pmc=5487000 |pmid=28674461}}</ref> Children living in poverty are struck most with testing anxiety.<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 February 2019 |title=Tests and Stress Bias |url=https://www.gse.harvard.edu/news/uk/19/02/tests-and-stress-bias |access-date=2022-10-27 |website=Harvard Graduate School of Education |language=en}}</ref> Testing anxiety applies to both standardized and non-standardized tests.