Comments on: The Massachusetts Turnaround Model http://blog.commoncore.org/2010/01/15/the-massachusetts-turnaround-model/ Promoting a full core curriculum. Sat, 31 Dec 2011 04:01:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Eric http://blog.commoncore.org/2010/01/15/the-massachusetts-turnaround-model/#comment-13042 Eric Mon, 18 Jan 2010 04:57:37 +0000 http://blog.commoncore.org/?p=150#comment-13042 On the moral obligation of American business to help produce 21st century citizens: http://www.learner.org/vod/vod_window.html?pid=1347 This is the Annenberg series with John Merrow on New American Schools from the 1990s. On the moral obligation of American business to help produce 21st century citizens:

http://www.learner.org/vod/vod_window.html?pid=1347

This is the Annenberg series with John Merrow on New American Schools from the 1990s.

]]> By: Eric http://blog.commoncore.org/2010/01/15/the-massachusetts-turnaround-model/#comment-12980 Eric Sat, 16 Jan 2010 06:57:55 +0000 http://blog.commoncore.org/?p=150#comment-12980 So how does on measure "school performance and student success" using "measurable annual goals" including "student acquisition and mastery of 21st century skills?" "In order to assess the school across multiple measures of school performance and student success, the turnaround plan shall include measurable annual goals including, but not limited to, the following: (1) student attendance ,dismissal rates and exclusion rates; (2) student safety and discipline; (3) student promotion and graduation and dropout rates; (4) student achievement on the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System; (5) progress in areas of academic underperformance; (6) progress among subgroups of students, including low-income students as defined by chapter 70, limited English proficient students and students receiving special education; (7) reduction of achievement gaps among different groups of students; (8) student acquisition and mastery of 21st century skills; (9) development of college readiness, including at the elementary and middle school levels; (10) parent and family engagement; (11) building a culture of academic success among students; (12) building a culture of student support and success among school faculty and staff; and (13) developmentally appropriate child assessments from prekindergarten through third grade, if applicable." So how does on measure “school performance and student success” using “measurable annual goals” including “student acquisition and mastery of 21st century skills?”

“In order to assess the school across multiple measures of school performance and student success, the turnaround plan shall include measurable annual goals including, but not limited to, the following: (1) student attendance ,dismissal rates and exclusion rates; (2) student safety and discipline; (3) student promotion and graduation and dropout rates; (4) student achievement on the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System; (5) progress in areas of academic underperformance; (6) progress among subgroups of students, including low-income students as defined by chapter 70, limited English proficient students and students receiving special education; (7) reduction of achievement gaps among different groups of students; (8) student acquisition and mastery of 21st century skills; (9) development of college readiness, including at the elementary and middle school levels; (10) parent and family engagement; (11) building a culture of academic success among students; (12) building a culture of student support and success among school faculty and staff; and (13) developmentally appropriate child assessments from prekindergarten through third grade, if applicable.”

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