I think standardized tests give all students an equal education. because it helps teachers teach what is important for students to know, not what they think is important. It helps students who move from school to school or from one state to another to be at the same place in their learning as the same grade or same school age students. It mostly tells schools & teachers if the material & manner in which they are teaching is working to reach most students. If their were no standards in teaching then schools & teachers would have no road map of what is most important for them to teach. All schools teach in order for students to be able to be successful in college, even if individual students do not have that path. They may decide later in life to attend college & they will have the base they will need, because they were taught it. That is the whole purpose of standardized tests. It makes sure the school are doing their job.