Preparing for the Future: Employer Perspectives on Work Readiness Skills
October 1, 2006
In 1991, MBAE proposed this detailed reform plan as the basis for what would ultimately become the 1993 Massachusetts Education Reform Act. In it, MBAE calls for high standards, accountability for performance, and equitable distribution of resources among school districts.
This “grand bargain” has been credited with driving the improvements in student achievement that elevated Massachusetts to the top on most measures of student performance.