It's Time to Speak Up Again!

THE STATE LEGISLATURE IS TAKING TESTIMONY ON AN MCAS MORATORIUM UNTIL 5 P.M. ON MONDAY, AUG. 10

The Legislature is holding a hearing on S.2814, An Act responding to the COVID-19 emergency by instituting a moratorium of the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System. This is Senator Jo Comerford’s bill, which would place a four-year moratorium on administration of the MCAS.

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the new school year before it has even started. There is no way that educators, students and families should be preparing for the MCAS under these circumstances. We know there are better ways to judge the quality of our schools and measure students’ growth. S.2814 won’t just stop the MCAS for four years – it will create a process for replacing MCAS permanently and center the expertise of educators and families in determining how we assess our students.

We urgently need you to write the Education Committee chairs, Representative Alice Peisch and Senator Jason Lewis, telling them why the Legislature should pass S.2814 for an MCAS moratorium.

TAKE ACTION NOW!