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Swift River School forum on standardized testing draws large crowd

Posted on Tuesday, January 19th, 2016 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Martha Maloney, Collaborative for Educational Services
Date: 1/19/16

The Swift River School School Committee hosted a public forum on standardized testing Thursday evening. Sharing information about standardized testing was one of the goals of the forum during the planning stages, according to Johanna Bartlett, school committee chair. Town officials and school committee members from Wendell and Union #28, Hatfield, Longmeadow, Holyoke and Gill-Montague… [Read More]

State education board approves new hybrid test

Posted on Wednesday, November 18th, 2015 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Steve LeBlanc/Gena Mangiaratti, The Gazette
Date: 11/17/2015
Link: Complete Article

BOSTON, MA – Massachusetts students will soon be facing a new standardized test after the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education voted to combine elements of the existing MCAS test with another test aligned with Common Core state standards. Approval of the hybrid test came on an 8 – 3 vote Tuesday after two… [Read More]

PARCC test pros and cons debated at Massachusetts Board of Education hearing

Posted on Thursday, July 9th, 2015 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Jeanette DeForge, Republican
Date: July 8, 20115
Link: Complete Article

SPRINGFIELD, MA – College professors were pitted against public school educators and parents over the question of changing the state’s main standardized exam from the MCAS to the new PARCC test during a public hearing Tuesday. The state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education held its fifth and last hearing to discuss the proposed switch… [Read More]

Buckland-Shelburne Elementary climbs from a ‘lowest-’ to a ‘highest-performing’ school

Posted on Monday, May 11th, 2015 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Diane Broncaccio, The Recorder
Date: May 11, 2015
Link: Complete Article

SHELBURNE FALLS, MA — In 2011, the Buckland-Shelburne Elementary School MCAS scores caused the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to declare BSE a “Level 3” school, which meant it was among the lowest-performing 20 percent of schools and districts. That’s when the Mohawk Trail Regional School District sought help from a state agency… [Read More]