"Right now, less than half of third graders are performing at proficient or above on the MCAS [in English Language Arts]." The state has launched a $20 million initiative to promote literacy ...
There’s also some notion that the MCAS is written by “corporatists” from a company called Pearson. In fact, the questions are largely developed by Massachusetts educators.
5 election ballot. The Grade 10 MCAS tests English Language Arts, Mathematics, and one of the high school Science and Technology/Engineering tests (Biology, Chemistry or Introductory Physics).
The state’s largest teacher’s union thinks that the MCAS graduation requirement unfairly keeps diplomas from students who earn them, while the business-backed opposition and some state leaders ...