In this op-ed published in the Lowell Sun, MBAE Managing Director Linda Noonan expressed the organization's view of the new accountability system proposed for K-12 public schools and districts in Massachusetts.
 

The Curriculum for Success Committee was formed to identify a set of courses and units that would comprise a recommended program of studies that nearly all students would take in high school. The committee met four times over the course of 2006-2007 and examined high school graduation requirements from other states as well as recommended programs of study. MBAE was pleased to represent the employer perspective with four business representatives on the committee. The final MassCore proposal, approved by the Board of Education on Tuesday, November 27, 2007, is a positive step toward ensuring that all Massachusetts students graduate from high school ready for success in college, career and citizenship.
 

MBAE's goal in this project is to inform educators and policy-makers about the work readiness skills that employers expect of Massachusetts high school graduates, and to describe the skills and characteristics these corporations require for entry-level positions with potential for growth and advancement. This is part of our work on high school reform.
 

In 1991, MBAE developed this detailed reform plan that would ultimately become the conceptual framework for the 1993 Massachusetts Education Reform Act. In it, MBAE outlines its designs for financial equity, standards and accountability.