Speaking Out Against High-Stakes Testing
MTA educators came from all over the state and waited hours to testify at a State House hearing on testing held on June 11, 2015. In written or oral testimony, more than 50 members told their personal stories about how the focus on high-stakes testing is disrupting teaching and learning in their schools, increasing stress on students and teachers and narrowing the curriculum.
"A student’s strengths and struggles exist regardless of whether they can score well on a standardized test. "
Carrie Foley, Easthampton Teacher
Read Why These MTA Members Oppose High-Stakes Testing
- Marie Bagarella - Attleboro
- Scott Beaulieu - South Hadley
- Adeline Bee - Attleboro
- John Bracey - Weston
- Russell Brandwein - Saugus
- Neil Clarke - Lee
- Martha Cleveland - Newton
- Tim Collins - Springfield
- Rebecca Cusick - Fall River
- Carol DiAnna - Falmouth
- Kaitlin Eaton - Springfield
- Karen Engels - Cambridge
- Bob Erlandsen - Cohasset
- Jean Fay - Amherst
- Erik Fearing - Revere
- Carrie Foley - Easthampton
- Framingham Teachers
- Andrew Frankenfield - Westwood
- Terry Gist - Cambridge
- Kalpana Guttman - Newton
- Linda Hanson - Arlington
- Katherine Kelly - Belmont
- Deb King - Watertown
- Heidi Lahey - Sterling
- Peter Lahey - Everett
- David Lane - Leominster
- Louise London-Choate - Malden
- Erica Manville - North Adams
- Deb McCarthy - Hull
- Betsy McEneaney - Amherst
- Elizabeth McNeil - Southbridge
- Jason Mosall - Belchertown
- Merrie Najimy - Concord
- Tom Meyers - Andover
- Phyllis Neufeld - Lexington
- Sarah Newcomb - Quincy
- Ruthie Page Weinbaum (student) - Amherst
- Diane Ogorzalek - Ludlow
- Laura O'Keefe - Ludlow
- Joel Patterson - Cambridge
- Rob Powers - Freetown-Lakeville
- Lori Silveira - New Bedford
- Nancy J. Swidler - Newton
- Sarah Talbot - Amherst-Pelham
- Karen Tokos - Newton
- Kristin Tracy - Bedford
- Jessica Wender-Shubow - Brookline