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Boston teachers receive bonuses
06 Feb 2012
…performance of the school, rather than individual classrooms. Staff members whose students showed strongest improvements on MCAS tests, attendance, or graduation rates reportedly received the biggest bonuses. The highest was around $750. Read more… ...
MA to take over Lawrence Public Schools
29 Nov 2011
…committee of its power to run the district. As FOX 25 has reported, Lawrence schools have come under fire for failing to improve MCAS scores and not helping students whose first language is not English. FOX 25 will have continuing coverage of the vote and bring… ...
MCAS error caused lower scores
30 Sep 2011
Massachusetts education officials said Friday that more than 3,000 students who passed the spring 2011 Grade 10 MCAS math test achieved a higher performance level than first indicated. ...
Low income students still lag in MCAS
26 Sep 2011
…gap between low income students and those who are better off still remains. The Boston Globe reports that the state's latest MCAS scores show students who qualify for free or reduced school lunches lag behind the overall student population by about 20 percent… ...
MCAS scores up, but yearly progress lags
20 Sep 2011
BOSTON - State education officials say about two-thirds of schools designated as chronically underperforming a year ago showed significant improvement in the MCAS English and math exams taken this past spring. ...
Local MCAS scores to be released
20 Sep 2011
…release the latest district-wide Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System results. The local results of last year's MCAS exam are scheduled to be released Tuesday. Gov. Deval Patrick plans to visit the Charlotte M. Murkland Elementary School in… ...
09 Sep 2011
BOSTON - State education officials say fifth-graders made marked improvements on the math and English portions of the MCAS exam in the past year, while 10th-graders showed improvement on the English section. ...
Evaluating MA teachers: New standards
29 Jun 2011
Public school teachers in Massachusetts will as interested in MCAS scores as students themselves, as the state board of elementary and secondary education voted yesterday to evaluate teachers based largely on MCAS results. ...
Board to vote on new teacher evaluations
28 Jun 2011
…measurable student performance, such as their scores on the MCAS. Students would take new district-wide tests to evaluate teachers who do not teach grades or subjects tested by the MCAS. Evaluations would also be based on student performance in… ...
26 May 2011
SOMERSET - State education officials have invalidated every MCAS test taken last year by students at a Somerset elementary school after finding evidence of cheating. ...
State House unveils Birmingham portrait
12 May 2011
…Reform Act. The law helped guarantee more equal state support for schools. The law also laid the groundwork for the state's MCAS test. Birmingham, a Chelsea resident, was first elected to the Senate in 1991 and served for 12 years. In 2002, he launched… ...
MCAS may impact teacher evaluations
27 Apr 2011
Students' MCAS scores may have a larger impact on their teacher evaluations than they did before. ...
Plan: MCAS factor in judging teachers
27 Apr 2011
MALDEN - Student MCAS scores would play a major role teacher evaluations in Massachusetts under a plan to be discussed by the state Board of Education. ...
State invalidates test results at school
12 Apr 2011
SOMERSET — State education officials have invalidated last year's MCAS math test results at a Somerset elementary school after determining that an unusually high number of wrong answers had been changed to correct ones. ...
Public high schoolers not college-ready
11 Apr 2011
…on to higher education should be taking four years of math. Kirby told the Enterprise another problem is using the grade 10 MCAS tests to determine if students are prepared for college. The conference on Wednesday will include a number of panels to discuss… ...
Probe finds MCAS 'irregularities'
08 Apr 2011
BOSTON - Boston's school superintendent said Friday that MCAS math tests taken last spring by students at a troubled elementary school are being thrown out because of "testing irregularities" that apparently falsely inflated some scores. ...
MCAS scores in Somerset under scrutiny
14 Mar 2011
State education officials are investigating a dramatic jump in MCAS performance by students at a Somerset elementary school. ...
23 Feb 2011
Some students in Massachusetts will have a little longer to prepare for the MCAS tests thanks to all the snow days this winter. ...
State throws out MCAS results of school
20 Jan 2011
MALDEN - State education officials have tossed out the 2010 MCAS results of a Worcester elementary school after an investigation found that teachers coached students and helped them write answers to questions. ...
Urban 8th-graders face dropout risks
29 Nov 2010
…Education Department used a new system for measuring students' likelihood of dropping out by looking at factors including low MCAS scores, high absenteeism, and suspensions. The system found that about 7,700 urban students are at risk. The rate at suburban… ...
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Boston teachers receive bonuses
BOSTON – Teachers and classroom aides at 12 Boston schools received big bonuses for the first time in the city's history.
“…rather than individual classrooms. Staff members -- student a -- improvements on MCAS. . Attended graduate re reportedly received the biggest bonuses. The highest one was around 750. Dollars. …”
MA to take over Lawrence schools
MALDEN – Lawrence school leaders have lost control of their school district. The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education today voted 10-1 Tuesday to designate Lawrence Public Schools a Level 5 "chronically underperforming" district and authorized Elementary and Secondary Education Commissioner ...
“…learn Lawrence school has come under fire for failure to improve MCAS or. And helping students and language not English we will have continuing coverage of this vote coming up the morning and bring …”
MCAS error caused lower scores
Massachusetts education officials said Friday that more than 3,000 students who passed the spring 2011 Grade 10 MCAS math test achieved a higher performance level than first indicated.
“…When the gores were adjusted. The Arafat -- student who took the MCAS math test last spring -- more. The company responsible for the error measured progress and hit inadvertently used a conversion table from …”
Evaluating MA teachers: New standards
Public school teachers in Massachusetts will as interested in MCAS scores as students themselves, as the state board of elementary and secondary education voted yesterday to evaluate teachers based largely on MCAS results.
Wed, 29 Jun 2011
Board approves new teacher evaluations
BOSTON - Public school teachers will soon be evaluated on student performance in the classroom and on Massachusetts standardized tests.
“…them and we. War. I think right now too much to the MCAS got a -- and cash and cash and and out as teachers' evaluations. And or entity that we're gonna -- even more. …”
MCAS may impact teacher evaluations
Students' MCAS scores may have a larger impact on their teacher evaluations than they did before.
Wed, 27 Apr 2011
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