High-Stakes Standardized Testing Supporter: Ron T. Kim

Name: Ron T. Kim
Assembly Link: https://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/Ron-Kim
Wikipedia: 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 had nothing to say about the poor diversity in offers. Only 7 Black students got offers to Stuyvesant high school due to the exam.…

High-Stakes Standardized Testing Supporter: Toby Ann Stavisky

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 contract for over $65,000 to lobby for the SHSAT exam.

Media: https://www.timesledger.com/stories/2018/41/staviskyshsat_2018_10_12_q.html…