Has The MCAS Killed Creativity In The Classroom?

The MCAS was introduced as part of the 1993 education reform package in Massachusetts as a way to measure student success and hold teachers and schools more accountable. But has putting so much emphasis on the standardized test had negative consequences in the classroom?

Beth Kontos, president of the Massachusetts chapter of the American Federation of Teachers union. She tweets @beth_kontos.

Jamie Gass, director of the Center for School Reform at the Pioneer Institute. The institute tweets @PioneerBoston.