The Massachusetts attorney general is poised to decide this week if supporters of a petition to end the state's standardized test requirements for graduation will be permitted to collect signatures to force a statewide referendum.
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A group of education and business organizations and leadership signed off on a letter to the Attorney General opposing the proposed ballot question to end the MCAS graduation requirement, claiming the drafted language is unconstitutional.
Nearly 20 education and business leaders are calling on the attorney general not to certify as ballot eligible an initiative petition removing the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) exam as a high school graduation requirement.