Por: The Boston Globe Nation August 06, 2023
The Massachusetts Teachers Association’s board of directors voted unanimously Sunday to support a ballot question that would drop the requirement that high school students pass MCAS exams in order to graduate — a move that will allow the union to spend money and other resources to win over voters.The vote came four days after union members to the state’s Attorney General’s Office for the 2024 election cycle. The question calls for... + full article
The Boston Globe USA Opinion July 25, 2023
Columnist Scot Lehigh once again has taken aim at the president of the Massachusetts Teachers Association ( Opinion, July 14). This time it is about Max Page’s strong opposition to MCAS testing, which wastes precious classroom time and takes autonomy away from educators in a... + más
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The Boston Globe USA Opinion June 08, 2023
With all Democratic control on Beacon Hill, teachers unions have launched a (renewed) push not just to eliminate the MCAS exam as a graduation requirement, but also to end the state’s ability to take over chronically underperforming districts. Under their it would be left up... + más
MCAS is the problem, not the solution | The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe USA Opinion June 03, 2023
It’s a problem when an educational policy debate sounds the same as it has over the past two decades. The suggestions offered by the new Voices for Academic Equity coalition provide a starting point for a more sophisticated public discussion ( Editorial, May 27).High... + más
The Boston Globe USA Opinion April 11, 2023
Citizens for Public Schools believes students who meet the state academic standards by passing all required courses have earned their diplomas and should receive them (“,” Opinion, April 3; ”,” Opinion, April 7).We calculated the number of high school seniors who were... + más
The Boston Globe USA Opinion April 06, 2023
It’s an unfortunate state of civic affairs when organizations that are regular and influential participants in the public debate get their facts so wrong that it renders their claims the equivalent of misinformation.But that is just what’s happened with the and , a nonprofit... + más
The misleading arguments of MCAS foes | The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe USA Opinion April 01, 2023
For years, it’s been the mantra of opponents of the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System exam: Requiring students to pass a test set at a 10th-grade level in order to graduate high school is unconscionable and cruel. It establishes such a hard-to-clear bar that... + más
The Boston Globe USA Nation September 29, 2022
Massachusetts students continue to struggle academically, posting below pre-pandemic levels on the MCAS exams taken in the spring, according to results released Thursday.Students statewide performed worse on the English language arts exams than they did last year, when scores... + más
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