CPTV Special

On CMTs

For the past 15 years, Connecticut Mastery Tests have been a measurement of academic success for schools statewide. But are we trading our children’s ability to think critically and creatively for high scores on standardized tests? Are the CMTs a uniform measure to help provide equal access to education for all students? And does the test recognize the needs of both inner city and suburban students?

These are just a few of the questions posed during Connecticut Journal’s newest special, “Connecticut Mastery Tests: Searching for Answers,” premiering on CPTV on Friday, September 29, at 9 pm.

“Connecticut Mastery Tests: Searching for Answers” features a panel of local and nationally known experts and an audience of educators, administrators, and parents on both sides of the standardized testing controversy. Panelists include Ted Sergi, commissioner, Connecticut State Department of Education; Rosemary Coyle, president – Connecticut Education Association, the state’s largest teachers’ union; Anthony Amato, superintendent, Hartford Public Schools; Walter Haney, professor, Boston College, and a national expert on standardized testing; Lisa Norwood, principal, Hamden Middle School; and Pedro Mendia-Landa, teacher, New Haven.