The Ugly Truth About Standardized Testing Nobody Talks About
Teachers Off Duty
Bored Teachers
4.6 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 31 August 2025
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
This week, Bri, KC Mack, and Anna are diving into the wild world of standardized testing — the stress, the funny fails, the endless paperwork, and why it makes both teachers and kids lose their minds.
From shimmying across the Bored Teachers Comedy Tour stage to debating if kindergarteners should really be tested on life skills (like tying their shoes ), the crew gets candid about how testing impacts classrooms everywhere. We're talking testing buckets, crazy school rules, snack scandals (Oreos?!), and why teachers end up pacing thousands of steps during exam week.
And of course, it wouldn't be TOD without plenty of laughter, roasting, and a few Disney detours (because yes, somehow state testing and Disney magic do connect).
Whether you're a teacher, parent, or just here for the laughs, this episode will remind you why educators everywhere deserve a standing ovation.
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| 0:00.0 | Because I don't think we need to get rid of state testing. |
| 0:02.8 | I just think we need to do less testing. |
| 0:04.8 | And say to New York, they have to pass what's called the regents exams. There's five of them. There's like seven or eight of them, but they only have to pass five. He was making these. Was it easier to prepare teaching high school students for the test or preparing middle school students for the test? I'll tell you this right now. I don't even really talk about the test into middle schoolers. |
| 0:02.4 | I don't pressure them talk about the test into middle schoolers. |
| 0:22.3 | I don't pressure them at all about it. |
| 0:24.8 | I don't ever say the words test prep in front of them. |
| 0:27.6 | I'm just teaching you the basic reading skills that you need to succeed on the test. |
| 0:32.2 | Interrogation in my mind when I'm like, I didn't do it so it wasn't me. |
| 0:35.3 | I had to use my imagination. |
| 0:36.3 | This is the most hydrated generation of all time. Girl, okay. I'm like, did I even drink water? In elementary school? I don't think I did. We have to go to the wall. Y'all are the most hydrated. The person who wrote the test, come outside, I just want to talk. We ain't going to jump you. Like, we for show going to jump in. Hey, best friends. |
| 1:10.9 | Hey, best friends. |
| 1:13.0 | Welcome to this week's episode of Teachers Off Duty. |
| 1:15.2 | If you don't know me, I am your bestie. |
| 1:16.2 | Honest Teacher vibes. |
| 1:18.2 | My bestie. |
| 1:20.0 | We just took the cutest picture. |
| 1:22.2 | I know, we guys, we have to put it online. |
| 1:22.9 | It's very cute. |
| 1:26.2 | The lighting was lighting. |
| 1:28.0 | The lighting was given when it was supposed to give. That's right give that's right see hello everybody it is your man Casey Mac Casey Mac funny you already |
| 1:33.6 | know that I'm the way the wink the little wink he doesn't I'm taking away from that wink I'm |
| 1:38.3 | Anna Coal all read away with Miss Kaye wait I'm gonna wink too that is it's magical |
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