What happens next if Massachusetts voters toss the MCAS graduation requirement?
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Town-by-town results: Question 2 on repealing the MCAS graduation requirement
The MCAS graduation requirement had been a provision of the state’s landmark 1993 education law that made earning a diploma contingent on students passing MCAS exams in English, math, and science.
Yes on 2: MCAS will no longer be high school graduation requirement
High schoolers in Massachusetts will no longer need to pass the MCAS to receive their diploma after voters overwhelmingly passed Question 2. With about 88% of precincts reporting, around 59% of residents were in favor of ending the graduation requirement and replacing it with district-set coursework,
What happens now that Mass. voted to end MCAS as a grad requirement?
Massachusetts voted to eliminate MCAS as a graduation requirement, but the test will still be administered. Here's what happens next.
Mass. voters poised to approve Question 2, eliminating the MCAS graduation requirement
Under Question 2, higher schoolers will no longer need to pass their subject-matter MCAS in order to receive their diplomas.
Voters in Massachusetts end MCAS graduation test requirement
Massachusetts voters resoundingly approved a ballot question that will remove the requirement that high school students pass a 10th-grade standardized test in English, math, and science to graduate. The vote pulls down a central pillar of the state’s 1993 education reform law,
Massachusetts Question 2 passes, removing MCAS testing graduation requirement
High school students in Massachusetts will no longer need to pass an MCAS standardized test to graduate in Massachusetts, with voters approving Question 2 on the ballot Tuesday. “In passing Question 2,
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