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Due April 4! Competency Determination for High School Diploma – Draft Regulations

March 5, 2025May 1, 2025 Center for Education Policy + Practice

Public comment is open through April 4, 2025 on proposed changes to the regulations related to competency determinations (as part of high school diploma) requirements in Massachusetts. Following the victory in 2024 on Question 2 to eliminate the

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About those MCAS scores…

June 24, 2022 Center for Education Policy + Practice

The BESE agenda for June 28 is out – an MCAS scores are not on the agenda. Is this a case for Scooby Doo? You may remember the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education put draft amendments to

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MCAS 2021 Test Administration

January 5, 2021 Center for Education Policy + Practice

See the update from the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education on January 5th, 2021regarding MCAS test administration and school/district accountability. The Department will take the following steps to modify testing this spring:  •Modify the Competency Determination for

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MCAS & ACCESS Testing Changes

December 7, 2020 Center for Education Policy + Practice

The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) announced changes to the MCAS test administration schedule and the testing window for the ACCESS for ELLs testing. More amendments to the schedules and participation requirements are expected to come.

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2021 High school MCAS Testing Schedule

October 9, 2020October 8, 2020 Center for Education Policy + Practice

The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) published the the schedule for the 2021 High School MCAS administrations. The full details are available here. The testing schedules for MCAS for grades 3-8 and the ACCESS for English

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