Commissioner's Update
August 6, 2010

Dear Superintendents, and Leaders of Charter Schools and Collaboratives:

In this Update I have three items for your review.

Items Posted at www.doe.mass.edu:

1. Requests for Commissioner Approval and Waiver requests related to Innovation Schools per 603 CMR 48.03(3) and 48.03(4)
2. State Special Education Determination
3. Suspension of MCAS Testing in History and Social Science for Spring 2011.

Sincerely,

Mitchell D. Chester, Ed.D.
Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education