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Accountability, Data and Test Scores 2019

October 3, 2019 Center for Education Policy + Practice

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

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Real Examples – Accountability #DataVizDay

October 16, 2018 Center for Education Policy + Practice

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

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Assistance and Intervention Designations (Not Levels!) -Accountability 2018 #DataVizDay

October 2, 2018 Center for Education Policy + Practice

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

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2018 MCAS + Accountability Results

August 27, 2018 Center for Education Policy + Practice

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

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BESE March 2018 Agenda

March 19, 2018 Center for Education Policy + Practice

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

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New Year, New Accountability System

January 9, 2018 Center for Education Policy + Practice

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

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Freezing School Levels for 2017

March 3, 2017 Center for Education Policy + Practice

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

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MA ESSA State Plan for School Accountability

February 8, 2017 Center for Education Policy + Practice

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.

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A delay for ESSA?

January 26, 2017 Center for Education Policy + Practice

An executive order by the current White House administration to delay any regulations that have not yet taken affect for up to 60 days. This

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2016 MCAS Results – Preliminary Data

August 16, 2016 Center for Education Policy + Practice

Preliminary 2016 MCAS Results: Districts and schools now have embargoed access to their full preliminary MCAS and MCAS-Alt results in English language arts, mathematics, and

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MA DESE and ESSA Stakeholder Outreach

June 27, 2016 Center for Education Policy + Practice

The Elementary and Secondary Education Act requires state education agencies engage with stakeholders – students, parents, educators, community – in developing their new accountability, funding,

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Speak up on School/District Accountability

April 27, 2016 Center for Education Policy + Practice

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

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