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Direct linkSusan B. Pellegrino – ProQuest LLC, 2024
In this state, one constant that students with disabilities have experienced has been the lack of accessibility to the high-stakes standardized test, the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS). The purpose of this Action Research study was to investigate and improve the access, to MCAS testing for students with disabilities in…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Action Research, Standardized Tests, Testing
Download full textCenter on Education Policy, 2009
This general achievement trends profile includes information that the Center on Education Policy (CEP) and the Human Resources Research Organization (HumRRO) obtained from states from fall 2008 through April 2009. Included herein are: (1) Bullet points summarizing key findings about achievement trends in that state at three performance…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Educational Legislation
PDF pending restorationMassachusetts State Dept. of Education, Boston. – 2000
This documents provides a comprehensive list (including the name of the dictionary, name and address of the publisher, ISBN, and cost) of dictionaries in numerous languages approved for limited-English-proficient student use when taking MCAS (Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System) tests. Examples are provided for 55 different languages.…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Dictionaries, Limited English Speaking, Standardized Tests
Massachusetts State Dept. of Education, Malden. – 2000
This manual is designed to assist educators in using the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) Alternate Assessment, an assessment intended to allow students with the most significant disabilities to participate in MCAS. The manual provides guidelines, materials, and procedures necessary for the preparation of student portfolios for…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines, Portfolio Assessment, Program Implementation
Wilson, Steven F. – American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, 2008
Teachers may be the most important element of an effective school, but does that mean that K-12 improvement must wait on the ability of schools or systems to recruit, nurture, and retain outstanding teachers? Such a strategy implies that widespread excellence hinges on the ability of publicly funded school systems to attract more than 3.3 million…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Charter Schools, School Culture, Teacher Recruitment
Peer reviewedCostrell, Robert M.; Betts, Julian R. – Brookings Papers on Education Policy, 2001
Standards-based reform is a strategy that includes specifying what is to be learned, devising tests to measure learning, and establishing consequences of performance for students and schools. Popular support remains strong for standards-based reform, according to national polling data as well as local data in the states implementing this strategy.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Public Education, Educational Change, Incentives
