Fifty-two Cambridge educators and a teacher from Hull are refusing to administer the state-mandated MCAS tests and are calling themselves “conscientious objectors” in protest of what they say is an added layer of stress during the pandemic. (GBH)
Lisa Guisbond, executive director of Citizens for Public Schools, a statewide public education advocacy organization founded in 1982, said they’ve been actively advocating for years to revamp the assessment. Her organization wants to move away from high stakes uses of MCAS, such as making passing the test a high school graduation requirement.
Guisbond said it’s in the best interest of the students’ social and emotional health not to administer the MCAS this year with the trauma of the pandemic. McCarthy has been teaching in Hull for 25 years. She sent four children through the Hull school system and has two grandchildren in the schools. McCarthy’s 86-year old mother had a 50-year teaching career in Hull and attended the standout holding a sign that said, “Don’t discipline Deb.” McCarthy is scheduled to offer the science MCAS test to students June 3, and it’s unclear if she’ll be sent home again.
“I’ve had my best year teaching and I love what I do,” McCarthy said, “ but MCAS is a test that weaponizes race and class.”Support for GBH is provided by:
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