(last update: 08-Sep-2002)
Education Reform Act - complete
Education Reform Act - PDF format
Section 1 - States goals of the education system
Section 1A - Duties of the Commissioner of Education
Section 1B - Duties of the Board of Education
Section 1D - Academic goals and graduation requirements
Section 1E - Frameworks
Section 1F - Vocational-technical education
Section 1I - Assessment of students and schools
Section 1J - Under-performing schools - definitions
Section 1K - Under-performing schools - remedies
Official overview of the MCAS - html
Official overview of the MCAS - complete - PDF format
Education Reform in Massachusetts by Craig Bolon
Up And Over The Bar - by Mass Insight - a private organization dedicated to promoting the MCAS, a report that looks at causes of failures and what can be done about it.
Example of a confusing question that was poorly graded
Common Core of Learning - commission report
Resolution passed by Arlington School Committee
State Student Advisory Council is against MCAS graduation requirement
Proclamation by Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents
When Bad Things Happen To Good Children - about special needs students taking the MCAS
Making Massachusetts Dropout Crisis Worse by FairTest
Testing Mania by Gary Orfield and Johanna Wald
How Children View the MCAS by Anne Wheelock, Damian J. Bebell, and Walt Haney
The Myth of Texas Miracle in Education by Walt Haney
Do Higher Test Scores Make Better Schools by Carnoy, Loeb and Smith
School Rating System Needs to be Fixed by David Tuerck
DOE wastes money by Scott S. Greenberger
Testing Flaws Take Toll, Careers and Reputations Suffer by Diana B. Henriques and Jacques Steinberg