by PRP Group, on 08/28/2024
I teach biology to students who didn’t pass the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System test the first time they took it in 10th grade. This is the first time we’ve had this class at Boston Green Academy, and instead of giving them a crash course in the MCAS, we gave them a full biology sequence, going into some depth while ensuring we covered all the MCAS standards.
Several of the 13 students in the class have attendance challenges, so while we don’t want to encourage students to work remotely because we are an in-person school, we did see an advantage in providing these students with an online curriculum that would allow them to keep up on their own if they missed significant amounts of class time. Here’s how it has gone so far.