The end of MCAS is the end of an era. Now let’s figure out what comes next.
With the number of states requiring students to pass exams in order to earn a diploma now down to the single digits, this feels like the end of an era. What should we do now? Let’s start by getting the gang back together—a bipartisan group of governors and state education chiefs—to work on a rational set of high school graduation requirements reflecting the multiple pathways to upward mobility and post-secondary success.
Michael J. Petrilli 12.5.2024
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Summer school in New York City
Diane Ravitch 8.29.2001
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Charter Schools as laboratories for personnel policy experiments
8.29.2001
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Taking aim at AIMS
Diane Ravitch 8.29.2001
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Teacher Labor Market Imbalances in Massachusetts: A Review of the Evidence The New England Council
Kelly Scott 8.29.2001
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Teacher Workload Survey: Interim Report
Kelly Scott 8.29.2001
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Is the GED as good as a high school degree?
8.29.2001
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Options for Restructuring the Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities Act: Report with Background Papers and Focus Group Summary
Judy Goss 8.29.2001
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About Harold O. Levy
Diane Ravitch 8.29.2001
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Why new teachers leave (and what would make them stay)
8.29.2001
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On the road with the KIPP Academy Orchestra
8.29.2001
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How can one science education system produce elites and illiterates?
8.29.2001
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Class Dismissed
Karen Baker 8.22.2001
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