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  • High-Stakes Standardized Testing Supporter: Jeffrey Dinowitz

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    Name: Jeffrey Dinowitz Assembly Link: https://nyassembly.gov/mem/Jeffrey-Dinowitz Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Dinowitz Ballotpedia: https://ballotpedia.org/Jeffrey_Dinowitz Phone: 718-796-5345 Assembly-member  Dinowitz claims the typical “the test is not the problem” position.  He gives no solutions to “the real problem”, just that it’s not the fact we use the SHSAT exam as the SOLE measure of merit for access to Specialized High Schools. Media: Assemblyman…

  • High-Stakes Standardized Testing Supporter: Ron T. Kim

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    Name: Ron T. KimAssembly Link: https://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/Ron-KimWikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Kim_(politician)Ballotpedia: https://ballotpedia.org/Ron_Kim_(New_York_assemblyman)Phone: 718-445-0004 Assembly-member  Ron T. Kim seats on the Democrat Senate’s Education Committee.  He’s a proponent of keeping the SHSAT exam as the SOLE measure of merit for access to Specialized High Schools. Media: https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-pol-carl-heastie-school-desegregation-20180607-story.html Response to 2018 SHSAT Results After lobbying to kill the 2018 SHSAT reform bill, Assembly-member Kim…

  • High-Stakes Standardized Testing Supporter: Toby Ann Stavisky

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    Name: Toby Ann Stavisky Senate Link: https://www.nysenate.gov/senators/toby-ann-stavisky Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toby_Ann_Stavisky Ballotpedia: https://ballotpedia.org/Toby_Ann_Stavisky Phone: 718-939-0195 Senator Stavisky is the ranking member on the Democrat Senate’s Education Committee. She’s also a vocal proponent of keeping the SHSAT exam as the SOLE measure of merit for access to Specialized High Schools. Her son’s lobbying firm also recently took a…