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Cara Candal – Pioneer Institute for Public Policy Research, 2024
In 1993, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts dramatically overhauled its K-12 education system and created a new school finance formula, building an educational accountability structure to ensure every child has access to a high-quality education. The Massachusetts Education Reform Act (MERA) established academic standards in core subjects, mandated…
Descriptors: National Competency Tests, State Legislation, Educational Change, Kindergarten
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Kannan, Priya; Sgammato, Adrienne – ETS Research Report Series, 2017
Logistic regression (LR)-based methods have become increasingly popular for predicting and articulating cut scores. However, the precision of predictive relationships is largely dependent on the underlying correlations between the predictor and the criterion. In two simulation studies, we evaluated the impact of varying the underlying grade-level…
Descriptors: Regression (Statistics), Cutting Scores, Prediction, Accuracy
Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, 2016
This report has been provided to the Legislature on an annual basis since the year 2000. This report is issued in the context of a change in focus for the U.S. Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), the federal agency which oversees the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) implementation in each state. OSEP's new accountability…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Special Education, Alignment (Education), Federal Government
Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, 2014
This report has been provided to the Legislature on an annual basis since 2000 when the legislature amended the language of G.L. c. 71B to align Massachusetts special education terminology with the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). This year reports the context of a major change in the way state systems of special…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Special Education, Alignment (Education), Federal Government
Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, 2013
This report has been provided to the Legislature on an annual basis since 2000 when the legislature amended the language of G.L. c. 71B to align Massachusetts special education terminology with the federal "Individuals with Disabilities Education Act" ("IDEA"). The Department is required to submit an annual report on compliance…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Special Education, Compliance (Legal), Academic Achievement
Finn, Chester E., Jr.; Petrilli, Michael J. – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2010
Over the past year, the nation's governors and state school chiefs have achieved laudable consensus around a set of math and English standards, developed voluntarily and without federal involvement through the Common Core State Standards Initiative (CCSSI). Most states have signed on to them. More recently, the states have again teamed up--this…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, State Standards, Educational Change, Foreign Countries
Center on Education Policy, 2010
This paper profiles the student subgroup achievement and gap trends in Massachusetts for 2010. In grade 8 (the only grade in which subgroup trends were analyzed by achievement level), Massachusetts showed across-the-board gains--improvements in both reading and math at the basic, proficient and advanced levels for all racial/ethnic subgroups, low…
Descriptors: Scores, Trend Analysis, Reading Achievement, Mathematics Achievement
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Chieppo, Charles D.; Gass, James T. – Education Next, 2009
This article reports that special interest groups opposed to charter schools and high-stakes testing have hijacked Massachusetts's once-independent board of education and stand poised to water down the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) tests and the accountability system they support. President Barack Obama and Massachusetts…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, School Choice, Mathematics Achievement, Reading Achievement
Massachusetts Department of Education, 2008
The Massachusetts Department of Education's Accountability and Targeted Assistance (ATA) Center maintains and manages the state's School and District Accountability System. Results from the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) are used to identify public schools and districts that are likely to require state intervention in order…
Descriptors: Intervention, Accountability, Underachievement, Identification
Wiener, Dan – National Center on Educational Outcomes, University of Minnesota, 2006
Alternate assessment acts as a mechanism for inclusion in large-scale educational assessments for those students with disabilities who cannot participate in regular state and district assessments, even with accommodations and modifications. The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB), the Individuals with Disabilities Educational Improvement Act…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Portfolios (Background Materials), Grade 10, Educational Improvement
Center on Education Policy, 2009
This year the Center on Education Policy analyzed data on the achievement of different groups of students in two distinct ways. First, it looked at grade 4 test results to determine whether the performance of various groups improved at three achievement levels--basic and above, proficient and above, and advanced. Second, it looked at gaps between…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Low Income, American Indians, African American Students