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Thursday, December 6, 2012

Mansfield Schools Reevaluating Goal Evaluation

Mansfield Schools looking into better ways to achieve state mandates.

The Mansfield School Committee is already looking into requirements for the Race to the Top school mandate concerning school goals and goal evaluation. While Mansfield is not yet required to adhere to the program’s initiatives, Mansfield is pushing forward and starting early to get in gear before the fall of 2013. “Not in a race to the top district but we’re starting early,” superintendent of Mansfield schools Brenda Hodges. Michael Gilbert, of the Massachusetts Association of School Committees, presented the initiative plans for goal evaluation to adhere to MCAS requirements and other state and federal education mandates. The first thing he talked about was instituting “smart goals” which have a process of evaluation that requires …

Tina Silverio

1:29 pm on Thursday, December 6, 2012

"....starting the process begins before the budget is passed in town". *Assuming* it gets passed, he means?   more ›

Thursday, September 20, 2012

Mansfield Making Strides in MCAS, Preliminary Results

Mansfield Improving in the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System.

This year, Mansfield Public Schools outperformed the Massachusetts state average in the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) in almost every category (with the exception of eighth grade science and engineering) Mansfield has, in the past , consistently scored above the state average. Schools superintendent Brenda Hodges said that this year progress is moving forward in terms of state testing.  “I’m very appreciative of the efforts that our teachers, students and parents have made,  she said “I think everyone working together to provide an excellent education to our students is really indicative of our MCAS scores.” Hodges said that Mansfield made improvements over last year. For instance, Mansfield’s tenth grade scores have…

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