college and career readiness. Massachusetts has met five of the ten State Actions identified by the Data Quality Campaign, providing a foundation for strong and sound student-level data collection and use. Massachusetts is one of 26 states with a P-20 longitudinal data system that regularly matches student-level K-12 and postsecondary data Massachusetts tracks and uses only one indicator of college and career readiness, and will need to expand its range of indicators to get a more complete picture of how their students are faring in K-12 and beyond. College- and State Incentive Publicly Career-Ready Set to Reported Indicator Goal Improve Formula CCR Diploma YES YES CCR Assessment Postsecondary Remediation Exceeding CCR How Massachusetts Can Further Advance the College- and Career-Ready Agenda the promise of the Common Core State …Fully realize Standards by implementing them fully and successfully, taking into account the related curricular, professional development, and policy changes. college- and career-ready graduation …Adopt requirements aligned to the Common Core State Standards (such as MassCore) and to the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education’s admissions requirements, to ensure all students are prepared, and eligible, for entry into college and skilled careers. to the goals of PARCC …Remain committed developing and administering a next-generation, computer-based assessment system anchored by college- and career-ready tests in high school that will let students know if they are ready for college-level coursework and measure the full range of the CCSS. to make progress on the data …Continue state’s collection efforts, particularly around making data available to relevant stakeholders, such as teachers, parents and counselors. the K-12 accountability system …Re-examine state’s to determine how it can further reward measures of
Massachusetts has met five of the ten State Actions identified by the Data Quality Campaign, providing a foundation for strong and sound student-level data collection and use. Massachusetts is one of 26 states with a P-20 longitudinal data system that regularly matches student-level K-12 and postsecondary data Massachusetts tracks and uses only one indicator of college and career readiness, and will need to expand its range of indicators to get a more complete picture of how their students are faring in K-12 and beyond. College- and Career-Ready Indicator Publicly Reported State Set Goal Incentive to Improve Formula CCR Diploma YES YES CCR Assessment Postsecondary Remediation Exceeding CCR How Massachusetts Can Further Advance the College- and Career-Ready Agenda …Fully realize the promise of the Common Core State Standards by implementing them fully and successfully, taking into account the related curricular, professional development, and policy changes. …Adopt college- and career-ready graduation requirements aligned to the Common Core State Standards (such as MassCore) and to the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education’s admissions requirements, to ensure all students are prepared, and eligible, for entry into college and skilled careers. …Remain committed to the goals of PARCC developing and administering a next-generation, computer-based assessment system anchored by college- and career-ready tests in high school that will let students know if they are ready for college-level coursework and measure the full range of the CCSS. …Continue to make progress on the state’s data collection efforts, particularly around making data available to relevant stakeholders, such as teachers, parents and counselors. …Re-examine the state’s K-12 accountability system to determine how it can further reward measures of college and career readiness.