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Why does there have to be state testing???

This week I had to take state testing for English. This upcoming week I have to take a state test for Math. Anyway, when I was taking my English test we couldn't have phones, computers, ebooks,(Which I could understand). But we also couldn't have headphones. Why is there state testing? Also, why do they have such silly rules?
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Why does there have to be state testing???

You know what's worse? Having to go back to a public school for state testing when you're in online.
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Why does there have to be state testing???

Well I think every country has either a state or the national government(depending on whether it's a federal government or unitary one and how their education institutions are set up). As long as the educational system rests in the hand of a larger governmental institution, it's how it will be.
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Why does there have to be state testing???

State testing is just a set of statistics that decides how much money our "teachers" make off of our labor, also deciding if our labor meets the demands of the educational institutions.
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