February, 2015 - Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education

February 12, 2015

Educating Students for Success: A Comparison of the MCAS and PARCC Assessments as Indicators of College- and Career-Readiness

This February 2015 report compares MCAS (Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System) and PARCC (Partnership of Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers) as indicators of readiness for credit-bearing college courses and the work force, and concludes that MCAS does not indicate a […]

February 11, 2015

MCAS v PARCC as Indicators of College and Career Readiness

This year, Massachusetts will make a decision as monumental as the one made in 1993 when the Commonwealth adopted standards-based education reforms that propelled us to the top of the nation on many measures of student achievement. Our choice will […]

February 5, 2015

Building on What Works

Massachusetts’ economic vitality and leadership in innovation depend on the state staying ahead of the national curve in education. The business community must do all we can to keep our foot on the pedal of progress. Over the past two decades, […]

February 2, 2015

Presidential Politics and the Common Core

Karen Nussle, Executive Director of the Collaborative for Student Success recently shared some information we think is worth repeating. This blog post draws heavily on that information. With the 2016 presidential campaign already gaining steam, some presidential candidates who originally supportedCommon […]

February 1, 2015

The Patriots and the Common Core

As a Boston sports fan, I may not be a totally objective observer of “Deflategate”, but I find myself very ticked off at the innuendo, sniping and sore sportsmanship demonstrated in attacks on the Patriots. One of the motivations I see behind the attempts […]