student ought not be required to take standerdized exit exams to graduate

I will first back-up my case. My opponent says that just being a good test taker, cheated or gotten lucky does not prove what a student has learned thru the school year. I believe that becoming a good test taker is a skill that you learn through school, making it part of the test itself. Cheating is a major issue, but in many tests there are moniters and teachers and even the small majority that may get through is to small to accuralety maesure and in many states there are more than just one exams. (EX. in Oklahoma there is 7) As long as students learn the information and the material they need for the course it doesnt matter in what way they learned it. I mentioned that there is no way for the teachers to know what is on the test, just an outline for the test so all the information will be conveyed and a general idea of it will be put on the test. The general may not be all the information but it will be made up by teachers and school officals, so it should be the correct knowledge needed to be conveyed. People are often tested in the real world is just an example. My oppenent aggress that people thrughout thier lives are tested in general which agrees with this idea. When I say that "not all tests are written on paper and I beleive that those are the harest test", I mean that they are the hardest not the most important. My oppenent has agreed that people are tested throughout thier live so this rebuttal is obsolete. Job applications and test in college are examples of how it helps you in the long run. These test help show the people how to convey knowledge and to further themselves in life. My value, by passing these tests it proves that you are ready for society and ready to be given more oppertunities and more rights. Teleology is the end effect determines the means. I am saying that no madder how you learn the knowledge, as long as you learn it you should be able to pass the test. My opponent says that not all people will do well on these tests, i agree to this up to a point. On many of these tests you only have to know 70% of the knowledge, just as in the classroom. Even students that dont know all of the knowledge should be able to pass the test and also pass the class. There are many chances to take these tests, you can retake the test and also as I have said in Oklahoma you only have to pass 4/7 tests to grauduate high school. Students that have learning disablities have differnt tests if tests at all and will have special treatment from teachers. My value is Ind. rights not equality, i said these test are equal to a point and people with special needs shuld be helped even if that is not fair to other students. Having a learning disablinity isnt fair to the other students so that is not a valid argument. I have gone over that no matter how you learn, as long as you learn the info you should be able to pass the test. If a students has the grades to pass a class they should be able to pass the test. If they are just a bad test taker, i beleive that that is also a skill learned in school and that is part of taking the test. My opponent says that some people need to graudute to go farther in life, but i have already proven that by saying they are given more rights and through that it is easier to lead a more individualized life. If a student cant pass a test to see how much knowledge then why should we allow them to go defend our county or even worse lead it. Studies show that people who pass these tests and graduate make almost twice as much money conveying a better life. My opponent says that these test should maybe just show the parts of school a student may need to focus on, yet these tests are taken within 2 years of them graduating so what they need to focus on has nothing to do with the resolution. My opponent says that these test cost money yet they come from the state and not from the school districts so it will be costing the districts nothing yet showing the state which schools to give the money based on how bad or good the schools are doing. I have proven that these tests are needed. They show the knowledge that students have and what they have retained throughout the school year. These test prepare people for the real world because people have many tests in the real world. I thank you and urge you to vote for the negative.