The Massachusetts Teachers Association began airing a 30-second television advertisement this month that denounces the state’s high- stakes testing program. A frame from the spot, and its voice-over text, are shown below.
| Learning used to be about a lot of things Imagination, creativity, discovery, and dreams. But now, the state says it’s about one thing. A flawed and unfair test. The one-size-fits-all, high-stakes, do-or-die MCAS test. Because starting now, if you don’t pass this test, you don’t graduate. Your dreams die. As teachers we reject using a single test to deny students a high school diploma. Branding them as failures. MCAS should be used to help them out. Not throw them out. |
SOURCE: Massachusetts Teachers Association.
