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A new coalition called The Voices For Academic Equity, which includes influential groups including Teach for America Massachusetts, announced a campaign to continue backing the state's standardized test with a new report, saying its benefits far outweigh possible flaws. This follows recent calls to eliminate the MCAS.
BOSTON — Going into a week where students across Massachusetts will sit for state-required standardized tests, a newly formed coalition of education organizations will step into the arena and throw its support behind the controversial exams against a...
Union members say Worcester teachers make $10,000 to $13,000 less than educators at similar districts, and it is creating a retention crisis.
The shortage of school teachers and staffers has reached a crisis level in some public schools. An education advocacy group is making recommendations to fix that. Pennsylvania serves more than 1.7-million students in grades K through 12. ...
"The score ... is simply a measure of who is a good test taker."