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2. Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System - Wikipedia

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   The Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment system, commonly abbreviated as MCAS / ˈ ɛ m k æ s /, is Massachusetts's statewide standards-based assessment program developed in 1993 in response to the Massachusetts Education Reform Act of the same year. [1]

3. Should Massachusetts keep its high school graduation test ...

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   The Massachusetts Teachers Association and American ... to eliminate the use of the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System, or MCAS, as a graduation requirement for all public high school ...

4. Massachusetts educators argue students be better off without ...

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   Advocates, including the Massachusetts Teachers Association, have filed a bill known as the Thrive Act to eliminate the test's high-stakes elements as a graduate requirement while keeping MCAS ...

5. Educators, researchers propose ‘classroom embedded ... - AOL

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   The Massachusetts Department of Education, which oversees the testing, says “MCAS has been upgraded to better measure the critical skills students need for success in the 21st century: deeper ...

6. Fall River School Committee takes a stand against MCAS ...

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   The Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System was first devised as part of a 1993 education reform law. The first exams were given in 1998; passing the MCAS has been a requirement for high ...

7. List of state achievement tests in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Test administrators or proctors are also not allowed to read aloud to the student any of the questions, passages, prompts, or answer choices in the English language or their first language during the test. Georgia: Georgia Department of Education: Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests (retired) Georgia Milestones: End of Course Test(grades 9-12)

8. List of exit examinations in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Massachusetts: Massachusetts Department of Education: Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System: MCAS Minnesota: Minnesota Department of Education: Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments—Series II: MCA-II: Missouri: Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education: Missouri Assessment Program: MAP Nevada: Nevada Department of Education

9. Ashland mom says replacing MCAS graduation requirement will ...

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   The high-stakes graduation requirement tied to the MCAS creates a system where teachers feel pressure to teach to the test, rather than engaging students in an exciting curriculum.