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MA’s Remote Learning Regs Should Specify Consistent District Grading Policies, Return of MCAS in 2020-21
The COVID-19 pandemic-related revisions to Massachusetts’ remote learning regulations should restore state and local accountability by specifying that any remote academic work shall, to the same extent as in-person education, prepare students to take MCAS tests, and that grading criteria should be the same across in-person, remote, and hybrid learning environments, according to a new policy brief published by Pioneer Institute.
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Public Statement on MA DESE Blocking Federal Funding to Religiously Affiliated Special Needs Students
The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education’s (DESE) legal office has played a key role in denying students at religious schools services funded by the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) for more than a decade.
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Study Finds Student Growth Percentile Is Unreliable, Limits Access to Charter Public Schools
High degree of error, especially in small school districts, leads…