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McQuillan, Mark; Phelps, Richard P.; Stotsky, Sandra – Pioneer Institute for Public Policy Research, 2015
In July 2010, the Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) voted to adopt Common Core's standards in English language arts (ELA) and mathematics in place of the state's own standards in these two subjects. The vote was based largely on recommendations by Commissioner of Education Mitchell Chester and then Secretary of…
Descriptors: Reading Tests, Writing Tests, Achievement Tests, Common Core State Standards
Stansfield, Charles W. – 1998
All states are addressing the problems of accommodations for English Language Learners (ELL's) in state assessment systems, but Massachusetts is noteworthy for the way in which it handles this problem. Since the early 1980s, over 40 states have created a statewide assessment program. Testing in these states is typically modeled on the National…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Equal Education