MPS presents 2025–26 assessment plan; union says added non‑mandated testing increases classroom burden
District staff described a streamlined assessment plan for 2025–26 emphasizing I‑Ready, reduced redundancy and embedded progress monitoring; Milwaukee Teachers’ Education Association raised concerns that the district omitted non‑mandated local assessments from the slide and that testing time has increased dramatically in some schools.
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Milwaukee Public Schools staff presented an overview of the district’s balanced assessment system for the 2025–26 school year and described several changes intended to reduce redundancy and better align diagnostics to instruction. During public comment, the president of the Milwaukee Teachers’ Education Association (MTEA) said district slides undercounted local, non‑mandated testing and urged immediate meet‑and‑confer with the union.
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