Massachusetts Legislators Debate Removing MCAS As Graduation Requirement

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(undated) – The push continues this week to remove the MCAS exam from Massachusetts schools. State legislators held a hearing Monday on a bill to end the MCAS as a high school graduation requirement. The test was waived last year because of the COVID pandemic, leading opponents of the standardized tests to push harder for their removal. The bill in question would remove MCAS from graduation and instead create alternative benchmarks for students to complete high school without requiring a standardized test.