About MCIEA

The Massachusetts Consortium for Innovative Education Assessment (MCIEA) is a partnership of public school districts and their local teacher unions, joined together to create a fair and effective accountability system that offers a dynamic picture of student learning and school quality. MCIEA seeks to increase achievement for all students, close prevailing opportunity gaps among subgroups, and prepare all young people for college, career, and life.  

Formed in 2016, the consortium is working to advance a new model of assessment and accountability that champions students, educators, and families. This model better reflects what the community wants to know about the quality of schools and the learning experiences of students.

MCIEA’s system focuses on a school quality framework that includes multiple measures of student engagement, student achievement, and school environment, and emphasizes performance assessments in the classroom to gauge students' deeper mastery of content and skills. Teachers are at the heart of improving student learning and are directly engaged in all aspects of the work.

MCIEA is based at the Center for Education Policy at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and is funded in part by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Read the mission statement here.

MCIEA Governing Board

MCIEA’s Governing Board is comprised of superintendents and teacher union presidents from Attleboro, Milford, Newburyport, Revere, and Winchester. The Governing Board is charged with establishing the consortium’s vision, overseeing MCIEA activities, engaging the state in policy discussions, and connecting with local educators and leaders.

Governing Board Members

David Sawyer, Superintendent, Attleboro

Laurie Regan, Assistant Superintendent, Attleboro

Joseph Amaral, Union President, Attleboro

Bill Reilly, Union Vice President, Attleboro

Craig Consigli, Superintendent, Milford

Cherie Peterson, Union Vice President, Milford

Sean Gallagher, Superintendent, Newburyport

Lisa Furlong, Assistant Superintendent, Newburyport

John Gangemi, Union President, Newburyport

Michelle Rybicki, Union Vice President, Newburyport

Dianne Kelly, Superintendent, Revere

Erik Fearing, Union Designee, Revere

Frank Hackett, Superintendent, Winchester

Jen Elineema, Assistant Superintendent, Winchester

Sheryl Norris, Union President, Winchester

Statewide Partners (non-voting):

Sarah Wilfred, AFT-MA Director of Education Policy and Programming

Erica Gonzalez, DESE Associate Commissioner of Data and Accountability

Mary Bourque, MASS Executive Director

Sophia Raymond, MTA Education Research and Policy Specialist