I have attached my written testimony to the Massachusetts State Legislature’s Joint Committee on Education in regard to House Bill 3660, which proposes to modify the current MCAS. If you have submitted testimony to this Committee in regard to the MCAS, please feel free to upload it to this site. lk_testimony_hb-3660.pdf
To hear the compelling arguments for why the MCAS must be changed, go to http://www.childrenleftbehind.com/6.htmlThese videos are from the June 23rd, 2009 public hearing at the Massachusetts State House in regard to proposed legislation to reform the use of the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS).
Please contact your state legislators and the Joint Committee on Education, and voice your support for House Bill 3660, “House Bill 3660.” Please see attachment. A list of state legislators by town/city is available at: http://www.mass.gov/legis/city_town.htm Read the entire Bill: http://www.mass.gov/legis/bills/house/186/ht03/ht03660.htm
Lou Kruger | kruger@neu.edu | childrenleftbehind.com
The purpose of this blog is for people to share information about how we can influence the state government of Massachusetts to modify its use of the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) so that the use of the MCAS is consistent with promoting social justice, the research on high school exit exams, best practices in assessment, and ethical conduct in using assessment instruments.