Did you miss the BESE meeting this week? We got ya covered! The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education documents are now available here. Don’t forget to check out the Special Meeting held on Monday May 23, 2016 on Educator Evaluation.
Author: Center for Education Policy + Practice
DESE wants your thoughts on making the Autism Endorsement available (but not required by regulations) to general education teachers who are not licensed or working as special education teachers. Is this a good idea? Will it help support students with
Got opinions on education policy? DESE is accepting applications for the 2016-17 Teacher and Principal Advisory Cabinets. From DESE: Additionally, members will work closely with ESE staff on a year-long project aligned with key educator effectiveness initiative. Applications are available
If you have an opinion on the methods Massachusetts uses to rank schools based upon test scores, DESE wants to hear it! DESE Seeking feedback on MA Accountability System The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education is collecting feedback
DESE is looking for your good ideas about making that Byzantine licensure system, well, a bit less byzantine. Applications due April 22, 2016 Opportunity to Join the Working Group for Streamlining Educator Licensure Regulations & Policies: The Department plans to engage
The United Stated Department of Education (ED) has made available a set of free tools for schools on Safe Supportive Learning. This set of tools includes surveys for students, staff and parents in districts as well as the software to
MCAS 2.0 is not taking the Commuter Rail to the next-generation assessment station. This train has left the building. DESE has published the Development Process and Timeline with a goal of rolling out the new English language arts and mathematics MCAS 2.0
Do you have what it takes to develop the next-generation MCAS test? Read the press release from DESE announcing the opening of the request for responses (RFR) by DESE to assessment development vendors. The complete set of documents can be downloaded
The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education documents are now available here. On the agenda this week: Items for Discussion and Action Update on Southbridge Public Schools – Discussion Update on Holyoke Public Schools – Discussion Every Student Succeeds
Speak now or hold your peace until the next round of revisions! DESE is collecting feedback on the current English Language Arts and Mathematics curriculum frameworks. This project will support potential revisions to the frameworks in fall 2016 as well as