Shouldn't be given because there are so many students out there that can show how smart they are hands on but when given a number two pencil and a bubble sheet with limited time most of them freeze and obviously affects the test scores and it takes toll on students and causes anxiety on tests. Especially those who need to pass in order for them to advance to the next grade or even receive a diploma stress can sore because they might forget facts they have memorized or how to preform simple mathematical operations in this way the pressure that is placed on these students to perform well ends up in impeding the very thing that standardized testing was designed to  do