Massachusetts Teachers Union Chief Says More Testing Threatens “Hope for Democracy”

MALDEN — Standardized tests present a threat to democracy and shouldn't be expanded, the state teachers union president told the state's education board today. Barbara Madeloni, president of the Massachusetts Teachers Association, spoke out against several new high school testing proposals at Tuesday's monthly meeting of the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education meeting.

MALDEN — Standardized tests present a threat to democracy and shouldn't be expanded, the state teachers union president told the state's education board today. Barbara Madeloni, president of the Massachusetts Teachers Association, spoke out against several new high school testing proposals at Tuesday's monthly meeting of the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education meeting.…