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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
Massachusetts State Dept. of Education, Boston. – 2002
This guide explains the results and other information contained in the "Test Item Analysis Report," the "Test Item Report Summary," the "School Report," and the "District Report" for the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) tests of spring 2002.The report contains these sections: (1)…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, School Districts, State Programs
Massachusetts State Dept. of Education, Boston. – 2002
This report shares with educators and the public all of the test items on which spring 2002 student results from the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) are based. The release of these items provides information on the kinds of knowledge and skills students are expected to demonstrate on the MCAS tests. Local educators are…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, State Programs, Test Items
Massachusetts State Dept. of Education, Boston. – 2001
This overview of the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) tests is designed to help schools implement the Massachusetts"Curriculum Frameworks." For this fourth administration of the MCAS tests in 2001, the design of the tests remains essentially the same, but there are some changes highlighted in this overview. The first…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education, State Programs
Massachusetts State Dept. of Education, Boston. – 1971
The testing of every fourth-grade classroom in Massachusetts was carried out in an effort to answer the following questions: (1) What are the levels of mastery of basic skills in Massachusetts fourth grades? Are there differences in achievement between skills?; (2) What educational needs can be inferred for Massachusetts' students, based on basic…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Basic Skills, Grade 4
Wheelock, Anne – 2003
Scores on the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) tests are used to select exemplary schools in Massachusetts, and the schools thus identified can receive awards from three different programs. This study examined the evidence about the use of MCAS scores to assess school quality. These three programs use MCAS to identify exemplary…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Awards, Educational Quality, Excellence in Education
Wheelock, Anne – 2002
This paper makes the case that the high-stakes testing and accountability program currently in place in Massachusetts misuses scores from the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) to select particular schools as exemplary. School awards and recognition programs in Massachusetts imply that score gains are equivalent to school…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests
