March 2018

Dedham Public Schools Office of Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment

Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

Overview of PD Training and Infrastructure Dates for the Elementary and Middle School

MCAS PD training and infrastructure dates

Did you know?

We are testing students grades 3-8 using Chromebooks? In addition, 25% of our 10 grade students will be participating in a "field test" math assessment. Fortunately, we are in a great position to support this computer based testing requirement. We are ahead of the computer based testing requirements , as depicted by the chart below.

MCAS NextGen Testing 3-8

From the DESE:

MCAS Grade 10 Field Test Assignments

As ESE communicated earlier this school year, groups of 10th graders from each high school will participate in field tests this spring for the next-generation high school MCAS that is under development. Districts were notified via email last week of their MCAS grade 10 field test assignments. Districts’ assignments are also posted in this document (which is also posted on ESE's MCAS page), and more information can be found in these FAQs.


Training Tutorial for Elementary Teachers

DES MCAS Teacher Tutorial 2018

Training Tutorial for Students

MCAS Student tutorial 2018