…hybrid test came on an 8 – 3 vote Tuesday after two years of debate on whether to replace the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System test with the PARCC test. …
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Local author shows how memory is critical to teaching struggling learners
…Dr. Francis Bailey is an Associate Professor at the University of Kentucky, where she directs the master’s program in Teaching English as a Second Language. For more information visit: https://www.collaborative.org/areas-focus/curriculum-assessment-instruction/supporting-struggling-learners…
Local Coalitions to Urban Outfitters: “Not far enough”
…Coalition; South Hadley Drug and Alcohol Coalition; Greenfield 4SC; Pittsfield Prevention Partnership; Gill-Montague Community School Partnership. iiData Source: Bach-Harrison L.L.C, Prevention Needs Assessment Survey, 2011 Hampshire County, MA. spiffycoalition.org/wp-content/documents/Hampshire-County-Profile-Report5.111.pdf _…
Students are still struggling in the classroom
…The Program for International Student Assessment Measurement found the U.S. ranks 31st in math literacy and 23rd in science among 15-year-olds. “I think we have to do better in the…
Mass Cultural Council Funds Artist in Residence Working with the DYS Education Initiative
…Instruction, and Assessment, for the DYS education initiative said of the award: “We thank the Mass Cultural Council and everyone involved for their support in making this happen and for…
Uncovering Security Flaws in Digital Education Products
When Tony Porterfield’s two sons came home from elementary school with an assignment to use a reading assessment site called Raz-Kids.com, he was curious, as a parent, to see…
Lisa Goldsmith, LICSW
…Action Pioneer Valley, where she led a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program, a regional needs assessment and planning process, and supported the startup of…
Orange pushing ahead for more state school aid
…schools and schools with a high percentage of special education students. Orange is both. Reinig has presented to the Selectboard her assessment that the town’s elementary schools are grossly underfunded,…
Statement from U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona on New Nation’s Report Card on History and Civics Education
…from the National Assessment of Educational Progress further affirms the profound impact the pandemic had on student learning in subjects beyond math and reading. It tells us that now is…
Due to coronavirus pandemic, Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education looks to waive MCAS testing requirements for certain students
…classes of 2021, 2022 and 2023. The determination requires that students pass one high school science and technology/engineering Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System test to graduate. Many students take the test…