Sinceschoolcomesintobeing，theteststandardhasbeenusedtoappraiseperformanceofstudents.Sofaritisstillbeingused，whichmaysuggestthatactuallytherearesomeadvantagesinit.However，itisalsohighlypossiblethattheteststandardisanotidealwaytofindoutwhatstudentshavelearnedandwhattheyhavent.Mostschoolisstillusingitjustbecausethereisnobettermethodtoreplaceit.
Inmyopinion，thefollowingthreepointsarethecriticalflawsintheteststandard.
Oneofthemostharmfuleffectsonthetestmethodisthatitwillforceustostudyjustforpassingtests，notforacquiringknowledgeespeciallyinChina.Obviouslythefinalobjectofeducationismakingusintellectivebylearningmoreknowledge.Whilethetestisonlyawaytoexaminethelevelofstudentsstudies，ithasbeendeterioratedtoasifterdecidingthefateofstudents.Whycanitbecalledaterriblesifter？Nowinthetests，whichdecidewhocanenterahigherschool，thousandsofpoorstudents，whowantasplendidfuture，mustprepareforthetestsbyfinishingagreatdealofpractices.Thosepracticetestsareheavy-ladentothem.Sointhiscase，howcantheybeexpectedtostudytoobtainknowledge？Tothemthatareenoughiftheycanreachthelevelwhichtestsneed.Intheendwhatournationwillget，genuinepersonswithabilityorjusttestrobots？
Secondly，testswillbringtheexamineesgreatpressure，whichcanaffecttheirlives.Atypicalexampleofthisisthatmostyoungstudentshavewornglasseseventhoughsomeofthemarestillchildren.Forpreparingfortests，theymustspendalotoftimeondoingtheirhomeworksothattheireyesightbecomesworseandworse.Andthemoretimetheyspendonthose，thelesstimetheyhaveforplayingandrelaxing.Consequently，thereisabadinfluenceontheirhealth.
Thirdly，infact，testsystemitselfcannotveraciouslyestimatewhoisbetterthanothersbecausetherearemanyfactorsimpactingtheresultsoftest.Forinstance，someonecheatedintestsothathisscorewouldbehigherthanothers.Orsomeonewhowastoonervoustoperformwellfellinthetest.
Onlyinsparetimeandnopressureoftestsexistent，studentscanstudysimplyforthefun，forobtainingknowledgeandforthethingsthattheyarereallyinterestedin.Butnowthetestsystemistheonlywaytoselectwhichoneisbetter，whocanreachbetterschoolandwhocangetgoodjob.Thenwhatwecandoistoimprovethetestsystemorhopethatsomethingbetterwillbeinventedandreplacethetestsystem.