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 …

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