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Inside MCAS 2.0, Strategic Coaching Tips for Students

Inside MCAS 2.0, Strategic Coaching Tips for Students JFY offers comprehensive curricula for MCAS 2.0 in ELA and math. We stress the principle that the best preparation for MCAS is to build basic academic skills, because MCAS is directly based on the state curriculum standards. However, there are also some

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Next Generation ELA: MCAS 2.0, Testing Strategies and Review [WEBINAR]
- Authored by: Joan Reissman

Next Gen ELA: MCAS 2.0, Testing Strategies and Review [On-demand video]

Authored by Joan Reissman, Narrated by Greg Cunningham Preparation for English Language Arts in the Next Gen ELA MCAS This recorded webinar will provide specific strategies for students to use during online testing, including a review of the technology enhanced format used by the English/Language Arts MCAS test and an

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Understand the Changes in the ELA Next-Gen MCAS 2.0 [WEBINAR]
- Authored by: Joan Reissman

Understand the Changes in the ELA Next-Gen MCAS 2.0 [On-demand Video]

Authored by Joan Reissman, Narrated by Greg Cunningham Preparation for the 2020 ELA Test This prerecorded webinar will help teachers, parents and students understand the changes in the ELA Next-Gen MCAS 2.0 and prepare for the 2020 ELA test, addressing 2019 content changes, format and question distribution changes, and technology-enhanced

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Math MCAS 2.0, Next-Gen
- Authored by: Greg Cunningham

Understand the Changes in the Math Next-Gen MCAS 2.0 [On-Demand Video]

Authored by Joan Reissman, Narrated by Greg Cunningham Preparation for the 2020 Math Test This prerecorded webinar will help teachers, parents and students understand the changes in the Math Next-Gen MCAS 2.0 and prepare for the 2020 math test, addressing 2019 content changes, format and question distribution changes, and technology-enhanced

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Test Mechanics and MCAS Prep Tips
- Authored by: Joan Reissman

Preparing for MCAS 2.0 Math [On-Demand Video]

Authored by Joan Reissman, Narrated by Greg Cunningham Test Mechanics and Prep Tips JFYNetWorks is offering this prerecorded webinar to help students prepare for the new MCAS 2.0 Mathematics test, which will be administered to all 10th graders next week. (Grades 3-8 may also still be tested through May 24th.)

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MCAS 2.0 - 10th Grade Math-Student Prep Pt2
- Authored by: Joan Reissman

MCAS 2.0 – 10th Grade Math

Helping Students Prepare, Part 2 By Joan Reissman, MCAS Maven Last month I discussed preparing students for the new MCAS 2.0 ELA. In this post I want to offer some suggestions for the mathematics test, coming right up on May 21. As with ELA, the biggest difference is that the

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MCAS Prep
- Authored by: Eileen Wedegartner

MCAS 2.0 – A New but Familiar Challenge

Meet the new MCAS with confidence and success by Eileen Wedegartner, Blended Learning Specialist I started teaching in 1998. My first year I filled in for a teacher in a Boston exurb. The school was my alma mater, so English department staff took me under their wings to help me

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- Authored by: Joan Reissman

Preparing for MCAS 2.0 Reading Comprehension

New twists and how not to get tangled up by Joan Reissman, Blended Learning Specialist There has been a lot of discussion about the new MCAS 2.0 test. Parents and teachers are wondering how they can help students build the skills they need to succeed. The biggest difference is that

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by Joan Reissman, Blended Learning Specialist
- Authored by: Joan Reissman

MCAS 2.0 Previews: An Opportunity for Growth

by Joan Reissman, Blended Learning Specialist The new MCAS 2.0 tests for 10th grade will not be in place until the spring of 2019, but preview tests will be administered this spring. All Massachusetts high schools will be randomly assigned either ELA or math and they are expected to have

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The Short and Long of MCAS Review
- Authored by: Joan Reissman

The Short and Long of MCAS Review

6 Math Standards Can Make The Difference by Joan Reissman What’s the best way to prepare for MCAS? Practice and review, of course.Test preparation is not a substitute for long-term cumulative learning; but review and practice are tried and true methods to strengthen skills and build knowledge, regardless of test

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