mcas

In the thirteen plus years since MCAS became the necessary evil to receive the vaulted Massachusetts high school diploma, assessment brainwashing has permeated government system workers, parents and children. I am amazed over the semantics...

Two New Bedford School Committee members are working on a resolution to allow students along with their families the right to opt out of high stakes tests, like MCAS and PARCC. Brian explains not only is it time, but how you should throw your support their way...

A quaint gathering at the downtown New Bedford library, A UMass-Dartmouth Education Professor delivering much more than promised. Dr. Ricardo Rosa bringing to light a release, last week, by the Amherst-Pelham School District. They have affirmed the right of parents and children to Opt out of high stakes testing...

Boston (AP) - The state is looking for help designing a new version of the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System test. The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education on Tuesday formally requested proposals from private companies to help develop and build the ``next-generation MCAS'' test...

Critics of standardized testing are pushing a handful of bills they say are aimed at reducing the state's reliance on the exams as graduation requirements. One bill would allow the state to continue administering MCAS tests, but would create a three-year moratorium on using the test as a graduation requirement...

Massachusetts education officials have released full statewide results from PARCC exam last spring as they near a decision on whether it should replace MCAS as the state's primary educational assessment tool. The figures show 60 percent of students who took PARCC in grades three through eight met expectations in the English Language portion of the test, and 52 percent met expectations in math... R

Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System, or MCAS, is a sore subject for many people. Some educators have expressed frustration with the pressure placed on them to prepare students for exams, often taking over the curriculum. Students don't particularly care for any standardized test, let alone one that could make or break your high school career. And parents, they might feel helpless when it

Sue Demers of GNB Voc-Tech joined me on Saturday morning to discuss Middle School Night this coming Friday, and also addressed the recent news that the school had dropped from a Level 1 to a Level 2 school following the latest MCAS results...

The days for MCAS testing in New Bedford schools are numbered after Monday night's School Committee meeting.

Southcoast school districts performed well on the recent MCAS exams. One of the districts that showed overall gains in their math and english scores was the Fairhaven School District.