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Direct linkChieppo, 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
Download full textLoveless, Tom – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2009
This study examines tracking--the practice of grouping students into separate classes or courses based on their prior academic achievement--at the middle-school level, and the percentage of high-achieving students in tracked and untracked schools. It focuses on Massachusetts, a leader in "reforming" tracking, and the changes that have…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Track System (Education), High Achievement, Middle School Students
