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70619400 - Student and School Assessment
Data Current as of: 8/10/2018
Account | Description | FY2018 Spending |
FY2019 GAA |
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7061-9400 | Student and School Assessment For student and school assessment including the development and implementation of related curriculum standards and instructional support, including the administration of the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System exam established by the board of elementary and secondary education under sections 1D and 1I of chapter 69 of the General Laws and for grants to school districts to develop portfolio assessments for use in individual classrooms as an enhancement to student assessment; provided, that the portfolio assessments shall not replace the statewide standardized assessment based on the curriculum frameworks; provided further, that the department of elementary and secondary education shall expend funds for school and student assessment in accordance with the determination made by the board of elementary and secondary education as to the method of assessment in the 2018-2019 school year; provided further, that up to $1,000,000 shall be expended for the development of new high school assessments and assessments aligned to newly adopted standards in the areas of civics, history and social science, as well as the inclusion of professional development programs to support educators and promote the effective implementation of those newly adopted standards; and provided further, that all school assessments shall center on the academic standards embodied in the curriculum frameworks and shall involve gauges which shall be relevant and meaningful to students, parents, teachers, administrators and taxpayers under the first paragraph of said section 1I of said chapter 69 |
31,094,275 | 32,134,648 |
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