During the spring of 2014, the Senate Education Committee in Texas asked the Texas Council of Teachers of English Language Arts to testify at their committee meeting about the new English Language Arts assessments for high school students. Margaret Hale, the TCTELA SLATE Representative, presented the testimony that can be heard at the time of 1:57:55 at the following link:

http://tlcsenate.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=10&clip_id=8424 .