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Co-Author of 1993 MA Ed Reform Act Concerned About Current Policies

April 5, 2018 By Shane Vander Hart

Massachusetts Education Reform Act co-author and former Senate President Tom Birmingham praised the historic success that has been achieved since the law was enacted in 1993, but expressed concern that the Commonwealth is veering away from basic principles of the law that produced that success.

Filed Under: Education Reform Tagged With: Common Core, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Education Reform Act of 1993, MCAS, MCAS 2.0, PARCC, Pioneer Institute, Tom Birmingham

With New MCAS-PARCC Hybrid Half of Massachusetts Students Fall Short

September 29, 2017 By Shane Vander Hart

Several years after Common Core implementation only half of Massachusetts students are proficient after taking the new MCAS-PARCC hybrid assessment.

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments Tagged With: Massachusetts, MCAS, PARCC

Rhode Island Introduces a New Assessment

September 5, 2017 By Shane Vander Hart

In April, Rhode Island decided to dump PARCC. They partnered with Massachusetts to develop their new assessment to be administered in May.

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: Mary Ann Snider, Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System, MCAS, PARCC, Rhode Island, Rhode Island Comprehensive Assessment System, Rhode Island Department of Education

Rhode Island Rejects PARCC for PARCC Hybrid

April 20, 2017 By Shane Vander Hart

The Rhode Island Department of Education decided to abandon PARCC for Massachusetts hybrid MCAS-PARCC Assessment and the SAT.

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments, Education at State Level Tagged With: Common Core, Gregg Amore, MCAS, Next Generation MCAS, PARCC, Rhode Island, Rhode Island Department of Education, SAT

Massachusetts Common Core Ballot Initiative Stopped in Court

July 1, 2016 By Shane Vander Hart

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled on Friday that the language in the Common Core ballot initiative is unconstitutional.

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: Common Core State Standards, End Common Core Massachusetts, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Common Core Ballot Initiative, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, MCAS

Fordham Institutes’s PARCC v. MCAS Report Falls Short

February 17, 2016 By truthinamed

Fordham Institute’s report on PARCC v. MCAS reads more like propaganda and lacks the basic elements of objective research.

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments Tagged With: ACT Aspire, Fordham Institute, MCAS, PARCC, Pioneer Institute, Smarter Balanced

Using Two Assessments Could Cost Massachusetts Some Title 1 Funding

December 29, 2015 By Shane Vander Hart

Playing the Grinch on Christmas week the U.S. Department of Education warned that Massachusetts could lose some Title 1 funding for using two assessments this spring.

Filed Under: Elementary and Secondary Education Act Tagged With: Ann Whalen, Boston Globe, Massachusetts, MCAS, Mitchell Chester, PARCC

Massachusetts Education Commissioner Recommends MCAS-PARCC Hybrid

November 12, 2015 By Shane Vander Hart

Massachusetts Education Commissioner Mitchell Chester announced that he is recommending Massachusetts use a “Next Generation MCAS” a MCAS-PARCC hybrid.

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments Tagged With: Charlie Baker, Common Core State Standards, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, MCAS, Mitchell Chester, Next Generation MCAS, PARCC, Pioneer Institute

Study: MCAS Less Expensive, More Rigorous and Provides Better Information than PARCC

October 27, 2015 By truthinamed

Pioneer Institute: Updating MCAS would result in lower costs and more rigorous assessments that would provide better information about student performance.

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments, Education at State Level Tagged With: common core assessments, Jim Stergios, MCAS, Mitchell Chester, PARCC, Pioneer Institute

Study Shows PARCC Does Not Gauge Readiness Better Than MCAS

October 20, 2015 By Shane Vander Hart

PARCC has been plugged as being able to gauge readiness better than Massachusetts current assessment – MCAS. A new study shows that is not the case.

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments, Education at State Level Tagged With: common core assessments, Massachusetts, MCAS, PARCC

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