PARCC

If Amherst-Pelham Can Opt-Out, New Bedford Should Be Able to Refuse
If Amherst-Pelham Can Opt-Out, New Bedford Should Be Able to Refuse
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...
Some Improvements
Some Improvements
Although some New Bedford elementary schools' PARCC results showed improvement, Superintendent Pia Durkin says the district still faces challenges. At Monday's School Committee meeting, members recognized a number of schools for showing growth in their PARCC exam results...
State: City Schools Improve
State: City Schools Improve
The latest accountability numbers, compiled by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education show some improvement in New Bedford Schools.  The numbers come from the latest round of PARCC testing.   Two new schools, Casimir Pulaski and William Taylor schools have joined the Jirah Swift school as level one schools in the Whaling City. Sup...
MCAS VS. PARCC
MCAS VS. PARCC
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...
PARCC Scores Released
PARCC Scores Released
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
Common Core Lobby Day at the Massachusetts Statehouse
Common Core Lobby Day at the Massachusetts Statehouse
This video is creating serious buzz in social media. The writer/producer Linda Twiss Gioscia (pronounced Josha) will be one of my guests today on BRIANS BEAT. . Common Core Revolution is a song parody mocking educational reforms, instituted by the federal government, that are quiet sweeping the nation...