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MCAS results sink state’s accountability system

MCAS results sink state’s accountability system

Last week, test scores reported to the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education missed the mark. The accountability system designed to ensure ever-improving outcomes is falling short.

October 9th, 2024 >

As Brockton’s school money dried up, state raised the heat and split

As schools shut down for the pandemic in 2020, evaluators from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education finished their six-year review of the Brockton Public Schools. The reviewers were critical of the district.

August 21st, 2024 >

Changes possible in state education policy

Changes possible in state education policy

With just five months left in Gov. Charlie Baker’s administration, Baker and Education Secretary James Peyser made a move that raised eyebrows, replacing two members of the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE), the body that votes on state policy and decides who will serve as commissioner of the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE).

November 16th, 2022 >

State won’t test teachers in COVID classrooms

State won’t test teachers in COVID classrooms

After a pool test for COVID-19 in her school yielded a positive result, Ellison/Parks Early Education Center teacher Annie Shah-Solle knew what would come next — rapid tests for each classroom in the school.

December 30th, 2021 >