Act fast to submit public comment on the “accountability lite” system! A proposal to report the data collected but drop the complicated “targets” is on the table for the 2022 accountability reporting. Take a look at the proposed Plans for
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Three FIVE opportunities for public comment on regulations are open this week. Any member of the public can weigh in on proposed amendments to regulations during the public comment period. The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) publishes the
2019 MCAS reports and school/district accountability reports are here! If you require assistance in understanding, we have the focused/targeted support for you. The school and district accountability reports were published by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education on September
How can five students sink the ranking for an entire school? Our Real School is in the 59th percentile of all schools, met 75 percent of targets and has a graduation rate of 93.2 percent. For 2018 MCAS, 98 percent
Requiring Assistance or Intervention Designations The 2018 school accountability designations are based on the new system created to meet requirements of both ESSA and Massachusetts statute. This new system using a different set of accountability indicators but is still largely
2018 State test results and school/district accountability reports are coming! The school and district results from the spring 2018 MCAS administration will start to trickle out by the end of August. The public reporting of the first accountability designations under
It is a regulation-palooza! Accountability, English learners, Vocational Education and the Seal of Biliteracy are all on the list! The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) will meet Monday March 26, and Tuesday March 27 at the Department of
Test scores, student attendance, 9th grade course passing and English language proficiency are some of indicators in the proposed redesign of the school and district accountability ratings. The Massachusetts Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) plan requires a redesign of the
Commissioner Mitchell Chester is proposing to freeze school and district accountability for level 1-3 for 2017-2018. A proposed change to the regulations was voted to send for public comment by BESE. The proposed language change to 603 CMR 2.00 is:
Fire up the comment machines. Massachusetts’s draft state plan for school and district accountability is now available. Public comment is open until March 9, 2017. Please submit feedback through this survey, or email essa@doe.mass.edu. For your reading pleasure, you can