Changes ahead for teacher exam, in effort to get more educators of color in Massachusetts classrooms
An update is in the works for the required communication and literacy skills portion of of the Massachusetts Tests for Educator Licensure or MTEL.
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An update is in the works for the required communication and literacy skills portion of of the Massachusetts Tests for Educator Licensure or MTEL.
The changes to the communication and literacy skills tests could also yield another significant benefit, potentially reducing the racial and ethnic disparities in pass rates on the exams, which often keep Black and Latino educators out of public school classrooms.
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