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The MTEL is designed to align with state-regulated expectations of subject matter familiarity and state curriculum frameworks. Most MTELs contain sub-areas that correspond to the broader academic subjects, i.e., the General Curriculum Multi-Subject test includes various sub-areas such as language arts, history and social science, etc.
The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), sometimes referred to as the Massachusetts Department of Education, is the state education agency for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, identified by the U.S. Department of Education. [4] It is responsible for public education at the elementary and secondary levels.
The Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment system, commonly abbreviated as MCAS / ˈ ɛ m k æ s /, is Massachusetts's statewide standards-based assessment program developed in 1993 in response to the Massachusetts Education Reform Act of the same year. [1]
The Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks serve as the foundation for the K–12 curriculum, with some fusion with the Core Knowledge Curriculum pioneered by pedagogue E.D Hirsch. [5] It blends traditional academics intended to get students ready for college expectations with hands-on learning via Projects & Workshops. [6]
The Commissioner attends BESE meetings, but does not vote. He is responsible for managing the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and receives a salary which is determined by the Board. [8] Prior to legislation introduced by Governor Patrick in 2008, the BESE was composed of 9 voting members.
A curriculum framework is an organized plan or set of standards or learning outcomes that defines the content to be learned in terms of clear, definable standards of what the student should know and be able to do. [1] A curriculum framework is part of an outcome-based education or standards based education reform design. The framework is the ...
The Massachusetts Education Reform Act (MERA) of 1993 was an act of legislation passed in Massachusetts that "greatly increased the state's role in [a] funding public education and in [b] guiding the local education process."
This is a list of school districts in Massachusetts. The majority of school districts in the state are dependent on town governments. Some are dependent on city governments, two are dependent on county governments, and Essex Agricultural and Technical High School is directly a part of the state government.