‘Next generation’ MCAS exam to be developed by N.H. vendor

STATE HOUSE — State education officials have signed a five-year, $150.8 million contract with a New Hampshire-based organization for the development and administration of a new statewide assessment that students are set to begin taking next spring. The contract with Measured Progress, the vendor for the existing MCAS exam, calls for the company and its subcontractors to build new tests in English, mathematics and science, the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education announced Tuesday. M

STATE HOUSE — State education officials have signed a five-year, $150.8 million contract with a New Hampshire-based organization for the development and administration of a new statewide assessment that students are set to begin taking next spring. The contract with Measured Progress, the vendor for the existing MCAS exam, calls for the company and its subcontractors to build new tests in English, mathematics and science, the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education announced Tuesday. M…