Systemic educational reform in Massachusetts: Teacher perspectives on standards, assessment and school-based decision making in underperforming schools

The Massachusetts Education Reform Act (MERA), which impacts most aspects of K--12 education in the Commonwealth, was officially signed into law in June of 1993. This systemic Act called for changes in funding, curriculum, school governance, teacher licensure, time on learning, as well as district,...

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Main Author: McCrohon, Caryn M
Language:ENG
Published: ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst 2006
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Online Access:https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI3215899