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Voters To Decide Controversial MCAS Ballot Question

Massachusetts voters will be deciding multiple controversial ballot questions this general election cycle, including one involving the MCAS test. 

 

Question two asks residents whether the state should eliminate the requirement that high school students pass the MCAS test by tenth grade in order to graduate.  If approved, students would still take the MCAS test but local school districts would set their own graduation standards. 

 

The state's largest teachers union is supporting the change, while business groups oppose the switch on the grounds it undermines the high education standards in the commonwealth.

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