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The ballot initiative campaign to remove a standardized test graduation requirement has received well over the number of required signatures to move on to the next phase of putting the
The ballot initiative to toss out the MCAS graduation requirement reached 135,000 signatures ahead of the deadline, the Massachusetts Teachers Association and allies announced Wednesday the most signatures collected by any initiative this election cycle.
"Schools and taxpayers [must] have an impartial and trustworthy method of evaluating students’ academic progress," writes one stakeholder. Another writes, "Massachusetts, accustomed to being the engine of educational innovation, is in the caboose."