Massachusetts
MCAS needle shudders on the eve of consequential vote
As Massachusetts public schools see sharp declines in MCAS results, readers express a range of views on how voters should approach a ballot question that would do away with the test as a graduation requirement.
My career in education spans 55 years in a variety of roles, in a range of grade levels and in five different Massachusetts school districts. I witnessed what classrooms were like before and after the implementation of the MCAS. Before the MCAS was m... [5658 chars]