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Contact Jamie Gass, 617-723-2277 ext. 210 or jgass@pioneerinstitute.org Overall 4th-grade reading and 8th-grade math scores flat, but percentage scoring in top category continues to rise BOSTON – A review of the performance of Massachusetts students on National Assessment of Academic Progress 4th-grade...

http://www.heraldnews.com/newsnow/x736421379/GUEST-OPINION-Dont-buy-new-content-light-Mass-ICCR-standards?zc_p=1 The state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education’s 2008 Task Force on  21st Century Skills called for refocusing public school curricula on fuzzy  concepts like “cultural competence” and “global awareness.”  But  Massachusetts citizens were less than excited about trading in the...