SBAC Battlefield Blues
Posted by Kathy Irwin
Dear Mother, Dear Father, Dear Teacher, Dear Friend
Public School as we knew it, has come to an end
Across the U.S. we dissect and discuss
How Smarter & Balanced is a spectacular BUST
All true, can't deny it, I loathe it, I hate
Fabricating fragile inferences on coyotes and the wild honey they ate
But Yotes are carnivores, aren't they? So why would one mimic, a bear in a beehive?
It is ALL one big gimmick
Teams of technocrats sitting far from the fray
Of imaginative 4th graders on Pearson Testing Day
Don't care that the passage is a "diversity" bore
A deliberate distortion of Native/Hispanic lore
A topic we don't study, but maybe we should
Is how corporate conglomerates came to conquer our Hood
Every subject manipulated to maximize shame
While misguided systems chase after profit and blame
So here we all sit, not to be fooled
Stewing in outrage, not about to be cooled
We're smart! We know it! This test is no measure!
Of US, Your Children, Your National Treasure
Public School as we knew it, has come to an end
Across the U.S. we dissect and discuss
How Smarter & Balanced is a spectacular BUST
All true, can't deny it, I loathe it, I hate
Fabricating fragile inferences on coyotes and the wild honey they ate
But Yotes are carnivores, aren't they? So why would one mimic, a bear in a beehive?
It is ALL one big gimmick
Teams of technocrats sitting far from the fray
Of imaginative 4th graders on Pearson Testing Day
Don't care that the passage is a "diversity" bore
A deliberate distortion of Native/Hispanic lore
A topic we don't study, but maybe we should
Is how corporate conglomerates came to conquer our Hood
Every subject manipulated to maximize shame
While misguided systems chase after profit and blame
So here we all sit, not to be fooled
Stewing in outrage, not about to be cooled
We're smart! We know it! This test is no measure!
Of US, Your Children, Your National Treasure
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