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Download full textMcQuillan, 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
DeVito, Pasquale J. – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2010
The purpose of this paper is to provide information and insight into how state assessment programs are governed, how individual state and state-consortium assessment programs actually operate, and how key policy and technical decisions on these programs are made. To address these issues, this paper is divided into three sections: First, the New…
Descriptors: State Standards, High Stakes Tests, Program Effectiveness, Consortia
Achieve, Inc., 2008
States are increasingly focusing the mission of their elementary and secondary education systems on preparing all students for success in postsecondary education and 21st century careers. As standards have increased, so too have graduation requirements. Today, 20 states and the District of Columbia have adopted such high school graduation…
Descriptors: High School Students, Graduation, Graduation Requirements, Accountability
Peer reviewedGreenberg, Daniel – Paths of Learning: Options for Families & Communities, 1999
The Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System is a damaging and dangerous "reform" with fundamental flaws: assumptions that all children undergo the same developmental process and that everyone requires the same knowledge to be successful; the fact that the guide and exams cover irrelevant material; and the idea that testing is…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Child Development, Educational Change, Educational Malpractice
Direct linkChauncey, Caroline, Ed.; Sadowski, Michael, Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2005
"Harvard Education Letter" is published bimonthly at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. This issue of "Harvard Education Letter" contains the following articles: (1) Testing Goes to Preschool: Will State and Federal Testing Programs Advance the Goal of School Readiness for All Children? (Robert Rothman); (2)…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Reading Programs, Testing, After School Programs
Hartman, Allan S.; And Others – 1979
To comply with official state regulations, public school districts in Massachusetts must establish minimum standards for reading, mathematics and writing by September 1980, and for listening and speaking by September 1981. The standards must apply to three grade levels: early elementary, late elementary, and secondary. Parents, teachers,…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Involvement, Educational Assessment, Educational Policy
Nochumson, Bayla S. – 1978
This resource guide is divided into three sections. The status of the competency movement is described in section I, both on the national level and for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Descriptions of locally developed competency programs in Massachusetts are given in section II and contain information on the area's demography,…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Basic Skills, Educational Objectives, Educational Policy
