The Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education
Board Documents - March 2017
Regular Meeting
Board of Elementary and Secondary Education
DESE, 75 Pleasant Street, Malden, MA
Tuesday, March 28, 2017
Comments from the Chair
Comments from the Commissioner
Comments from the Secretary
Statement from the Public*
Meeting Minutes ![Download Word Document](/images/icon-word.png)
Routine Business:
Approval of the Minutes of the February 27, 2017 Special Meeting and the February 28, 2017 Regular Meeting
Items for Discussion and Action:
- Michelle Ryan, Randolph High School Social Studies Teacher, 2015 Massachusetts Milken Educator - Presentation
- Lawrence Public Schools (Level 5 District) Progress Report by Supt./Receiver Jeff Riley - Discussion
- Revised English Language Arts/Literacy and Mathematics Curriculum Frameworks - Discussion and Vote
- State Plan for Every Student Succeeds Act: Advancing the Commonwealth's Commitment to Equity and Excellence - Final Discussion
- Next-Generation MCAS: New Achievement Level Descriptors - Discussion and Vote
- Rescission of Obsolete Regulations on Private Occupational Schools, 603 CMR 3.00 - Discussion and Vote
Other Items for Information:
- High Quality Career Pathways Initiative
- Report on Grants
and Charter School Matters
Approved by the Commissioner
Board Members
- Mr. Paul Sagan, Chair, Cambridge
- Mr. James Morton, Vice Chair, Boston
- Ms. Katherine Craven, Brookline
- Dr. Edward Doherty, Hyde Park
- Dr. Roland Fryer, Cambridge
- Ms. Margaret McKenna, Boston
- Mr. Nathan Moore, Chair, Student Advisory Council, Scituate
- Mr. Michael Moriarty, Holyoke
- Dr. Pendred Noyce, Boston
- Mr. James Peyser, Secretary of Education, Milton
- Ms. Mary Ann Stewart, Lexington
Mitchell D. Chester, Commissioner
Secretary to the Board