Massachusetts
State Coordinators:
- Another good MA website is http://www.massparents.org
- New June 2008 - FairTest's Lisa Guisbond participated in the MCAS and Assessments subcommittee of Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick's Readiness Project. Here is a one-page summary of the subcommittee report."
- Coalition for the Education of the Whole Child report proposes major changes in state testing and accountability.
- Massparents site features Research Showing that MA Dept. of Education inflates MCAS pass rates for classes of 2005 and 2006, masking wide opportunity and achievement gaps.
- Legislation to replace MCAS tests with a comprehensive assessment system modeled on the CARE plan is S. 315 http://www.mass.gov/legis/bills/senate/st00/st00315.htm