The sign reads, "We unite against standardized testing - Mancos High Student Body."
The students hope the message goes viral.
Why? Isn't testing part of being a student?
Mancos Secondary Schools Principal Adam Priestley said the number of hours students spend testing has been growing and growing. In fact, seniors at the school sat down this week for the first Science and Social Studies Assessments or CMAS. The test came in two parts, science an social studies. The test was taken over two days, and each section took three hours.
Priestley said this is the first time seniors have been tested on science and social studies and that the seniors are a bit fed up.
By the times students are seniors, they have already taken the ACT, SAT ASVAB and the Accuplacer
"Most of our seniors know where they stand. This is a waste of their time, having to take this test," Priestley said. "That is a total of six hours per kid."
This year's senior class has 26 students.
On Monday, Priestley was unaware of the photo placed on the Mancos Secondary Schools' Facebook page.
"We've been teaching our students to think for themselves," Priestley said. "It will be interesting to see what happens."
The students in the photograph are part of a high school social media class.
Priestley said that teachers can use other assessments to determine how students are doing, and the assessment results come back that day, not four or five months later.
"We get the results in August. It is too late for our teachers," Priestley said.
