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Leominster leaders seek clearer assessment data after MCAS messaging misstep
Summary
District administrators reported gains in some measures but acknowledged confusing messaging about MCAS that they say reduced student effort; the committee asked staff to provide grade-level and tenth-grade benchmark data by January to reconcile differences between AP enrollment gains and lower MCAS results.
Leominster School Committee members pressed district staff on how recent assessment results and curriculum changes line up, asking for grade-level benchmark data after administrators acknowledged problems with the district’s messaging around state MCAS tests.
At a committee meeting, a high-school administrator (Speaker 12) said the district "crashed on the messaging on MCAS," arguing that staff had repeatedly told students "don't worry about this" in ways that reduced student effort even as Advanced Placement enrollment rose.…
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