QUINCY Educators from as far away as New Bedford gathered in Quincy s Merrymount Park Thursday afternoon to protest standardized testing in a year they say has been difficult enough for teachers and students alike.
The protest, which called for less testing, more learning was sponsored by the Quincy Education Association. Union members from Quincy, Braintree and beyond lined Hancock Street with signs encouraging families to exercise their rights and opt their children out of MCAS, the statewide standardized tests that will this year be given to students in elementary, middle and high school. In this year, when we ve had so little in-person learning, to dedicate so much to the MCAS doesn t make sense to us, Sean Greene, president of the Quincy Education Association, said. There has been a lot of talk about the social and emotional wellbeing of students . and to take these few in-person weeks and teach solely to the MCAS isn t in the best interest of teachers and their