Boston Plan for Excellence
For A Pilot Program To Create Formative Assessments And Help Teachers Learn To Use Them To Improve Their Teaching
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Amount$105,000
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Program
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Date Awarded1/28/2004
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Term12 Months
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Type of SupportProject
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.bpe.org
Address
6 Beacon Street Suite 615, Boston, MA, 02108-3826, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for the implementation of formative assessments for reading throughout the Boston Public Schools
The Boston Plan for Excellence (BPE) continues its partnership with Boston Public Schools in piloting a formative assessment system for K-8 reading in K-8. Currently over fifty Boston schools are using BPE's Formative Assessments of Student Thinking in Reading (FAST-R). It includes analysis tools for identifying gaps in students' reading and comprehension skills and coaching to help teachers tailor instruction to meet students' needs. Responding to multiple external requests, the BPE also will begin planning for the use of FAST-R in other districts in Massachusetts.
