…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…
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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…
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Data Informed Decision Making
…evidence to monitor student learning and program and/or school effectiveness. The course requires a minimum of 40 practicum hours, which will address Performance Assessment for Leaders (PAL) Task 1: Leadership…
Amherst-Pelham school district devises new funding formula
…for educating students at the middle and high schools beginning July 1, 2018. The latest assessment methodology, which was recommended by the Amherst Selectboard last week, will include a factor…