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A pro-MCAS voice emerges

Por: The Boston Globe Opinion June 08, 2023

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With all Democratic control on Beacon Hill, teachers unions have launched a (renewed) push not just to eliminate the MCAS exam as a graduation requirement, but also to end the state’s ability to take over chronically underperforming districts. Under their it would be left up to the state’s many school districts to determine whether their students had achieved sufficient competence in math, English, and science to graduate.And what of... + full article



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