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Updates on the Student Discipline Guidance

March 15, 2023March 13, 2023 Center for Education Policy + Practice

DESE released updated guidance related to student discipline and out-of-school suspensions following a 2022 mental health law. Take a look at what this language does – and does not- include regarding schools and student discipline policies. As part of An

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Reading the Future: Is 3rd Grade Retention on the table?

December 20, 2022 Center for Education Policy + Practice

At the first meeting of the Special Committee on Pandemic Recovery and Literacy, hand wringing was abound. One BESE member specifically called for Massachusetts to explore a legislation to implement potential changes in early literacy. Don’t worry, the ink is

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Licensure Updates: Fall 2022. Comments due by Jan 3

October 29, 2022November 7, 2022 Center for Education Policy + Practice

BESE put out a set of revisions and proposed changes to educator licensure and Provisional licenses for administrators, a military spouse license and an elementary Digital Literacy/Computer Science licenses are among the proposals. Take a look at our summary and

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Dyslexia…er…Early Literacy Screening Regulations Update

September 23, 2022September 23, 2022 Center for Education Policy + Practice

Who knew reading screening would be so popular? BESE approved an amendment to special education regulations to require early literacy screening and identify follow up supports for students. The September Board of Elementary and Secondary Education meeting was a short

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Aug 15 BESE Meeting: More MCAS Score Increases

August 11, 2022August 11, 2022 Center for Education Policy + Practice

If you didn’t like the proposal to increase the 10th grade MCAS scores, you are going to dislike the 11th hour, no-public-comment proposal to increase them even more. The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education is scheduled to meet on

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MCAS Regulations Delayed – Again. UPDATED!

July 25, 2022July 26, 2022 Center for Education Policy + Practice

The MCAS can was kicked down the road again with the postponement of the July 25, 2022 BESE meeting. The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education was scheduled to meet on a rare Monday meeting on July 25, 2022. However,

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Proposed Regulations for Reading Assessments – Comments due Aug 19, 2022

July 15, 2022July 13, 2022 Center for Education Policy + Practice

Public comments are due on August 19 on a proposed regulation which will require schools to assess each student’s reading ability from kindergarten through third grade at least twice per year. The proposed language will implement a screening process mentioned

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2022 School & District Accountability

July 12, 2022 Center for Education Policy + Practice

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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About those MCAS scores…

June 24, 2022 Center for Education Policy + Practice

The BESE agenda for June 28 is out – an MCAS scores are not on the agenda. Is this a case for Scooby Doo? You may remember the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education put draft amendments to the regulations

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CVTE Teacher Testing – Proposed Regulations

May 10, 2022 Center for Education Policy + Practice

DESE has proposed changes to testing requirements for some Ch 74 teacher licenses. Public comments are due June 3, 2022. At the April 2022 Board of Elementary and Secondary Education meeting, the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education proposed a

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