The state’s largest teachers union is blasting the MCAS test, saying it “has allowed white supremacy to flourish in public schools,” and has endorsed legislation designed to rethink the standardized test.
“Public schools in predominantly Black and brown communities have been taken over by state bureaucrats who have been using standardized testing as a tool not to improve opportunities for students, but instead as one to pry public education from the hands of the families and educators who know best what their students need,” said Massachusetts Teachers Association President Merrie Najimy in a statement.
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