Public Hearing at the Massachusetts State House: Proposed Legislation to Reform the Use of the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS)
June, 23, 2009
To support House Bill 3660 or other bills proposing to improve the MCAS, contact your state legislators and the Joint Committee on Education: http://www.mass.gov/legis/city_town.htm
Click here to download a summary of House Bill 3660
Discuss how to change the MCAS at the MCAS blog: www.mcasblog.com
Click on the names below to go to their respective testimonies.
Parents Janet McDermott and Tom Gillispie
Professors Louis Kruger, Emanuel Mason, and Chieh Li (Northeastern University)
Tim Collins (Springfield Education Association) and Professor Jonathan King (M.I.T)
Lisa Guisbond and Ruth Rodriguez (Citizens for Public Schools)
and David Krane (Acton Public Schools)
Representative Barbara L'Italien
Dr. Kathleen Skinner, Massachusetts Teachers Association
Representative Frank Smizik
Representative Alice Wolf of Cambridge
Parents Janet McDermott and Tom Gillispie
Professors Louis Kruger, Emanuel Mason, and Chieh Li (Northeastern University)
Marilyn Segal (Citizens for Public Schools), James Nehring (UMASS-Lowell),
and Monty Neill (FairTest)
Tim Collins (Springfield Education Association) and Professor Jonathan King (M.I.T)
Lisa Guisbond and Ruth Rodriguez (Citizens for Public Schools)
and David Krane (Acton Public Schools)
Representative Barbara L'Italien
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Kathleen Skinner, Massachusetts Teachers Association