- the Commissioner's recommendation ("door #3" for 2017)
- with an amendment to the hold harmless provision extending it to 2017
- *with regards to test scores
Here's the motion and amendment, as it was approved 8-3 pic.twitter.com/jYET0PC6lc
— Amelia Pak-Harvey (@AmeliaPakHarvey) November 17, 2015
*This is important because a) the amendement "with regards to test scores" applies to both 2016 & 2017, and b) this means that the Commissioner CAN STILL DECLARE DISTRICTS AND SCHOOLS LEVEL FOUR AND FIVE. Those were never solely determined by test scores (Level 3 is the bottom 20% of schools on MCAS scores; Level 4 and 5 are declared from those schools and districts at the discretion of the Commissioner.)
UPDATE: DESE's press release has "with regards to test scores" applying only to the second year. We'll see if they stay with that.
The recommendation was adopted 8-3; the amendment was adopted 7-4. And as noted by Alain Jehlen, the three no votes on the adoption of MCAS 2.0 were the student rep, the parent rep, amd the teacher rep.
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