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Revere teachers’ executive committee withdraws from MCIEA; superintendent warns of lost supports and grant opportunities
Summary
Superintendent Dr. Kelly said the Revere Teachers Association executive committee voted to withdraw the district from the Massachusetts Consortium for Innovative Educational Assessment (MCIEA/MCIA), a move the district says will end access to coaches, task banks and survey dashboards and could cost the district opportunities including a potential $890,000 multi-year grant application. Wayland School staff and students demonstrated the consortium’s deeper-learning tasks and portfolios earlier in the meeting.
Principal Shanley and Wayland School teachers presented examples of task-based, deeper-learning assessments developed through the Massachusetts Consortium for Innovative Educational Assessment (MCIEA), showing student portfolios and classroom tasks that staff say offer alternatives to traditional pen-and-paper tests.
"MCIA has kind of propelled us forward with deeper learning," Principal Shanley said, describing roughly a decade of district participation in the consortium. Lindsay Conrad, a grade-level teacher, said students find performance tasks "much more engaging" and that projects let diverse learners show mastery in ways conventional tests may not capture. Student Luciano Schille demonstrated a recent fourth-grade task and described why project-based work felt more hands-on.
Later in the superintendent’s report, Dr. Kelly told the committee he had been "very disappointed to hear late last week that our teachers union has elected to stop our work with the MCIEA." He said the decision came…
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