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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]

PARCC VS. MCAS: Fitchburg Site of First Battle

Posted on Monday, May 4th, 2015 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Anna Burgess, Fitchburg Sentinel & Enterprise
Date: 4/29/15
Link: Complete Article

FITCHBURG, MA – During Tuesday’s public-input session on PARCC, a newly developed standardized test that will likely replace the current state test, the state board of Elementary And Secondary Education heard rants, raves and everything in between. PARCC — Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers — is based on the Common Core… [Read More]

ESE to hold five public forums on PARCC – first is Tuesday April 28 in Fitchburg

Posted on Monday, April 27th, 2015 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Jacqueline Reis, Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Date: 4/9/15
Link: Complete Article

MALDEN, MA – The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education will hold a series of public forums across the Commonwealth on the upcoming decision on whether to sunset the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) and adopt the Partnership for the Assessment of College and Careers (PARCC). Members of the public will be invited to attend… [Read More]