Mitchell Chester
Posted Feb. 16, 2016
Now It’s Clear That Massachusetts Should Have Simply Kept PARCC
Hindsight is always 20/20, but Boston Superintendent Tommy Chang doesn’t need any since he and many others were right about PARCC all along. Chang was…
Posted Dec. 1, 2015
Reflections on a Critique of a New York Times Story
This week, I sent an email to our partners across the country describing as “inaccurate” a recent article in The New York Times about the…
Posted Nov. 23, 2015
Get It Straight: Massachusetts Isn’t Scrapping PARCC
As predicted, Massachusetts’ recent decision to create its own hybrid exam to measure student progress has proven to be a way for all sides to…
Posted Nov. 4, 2015
PARCC Over Politics? My Hope for Massachusetts
It makes sense that Massachusetts sits at the top of the K-12 education rankings consistently. While so many states struggle with mediocre standards, poor student performance…
