The Massachusetts Teachers Associationâs misleading anti-MCAS effort
Lawmakers need to deliver a clear ânoâ to union efforts to end the graduation exam.
By The Editorial BoardUpdated May 2, 2021, 4:00 a.m.
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Without a consistent way to measure student performance in Massachusetts, itâs easy to predict what would occur. Thriving suburban districts would keep thriving. But with no uniform standard for identifying student weaknesses, some kids in underperforming schools would be left without the knowledge and skills they need to succeed at work or college.
Yet, watching the maneuvers of the Massachusetts Teachers Association during the COVID-19 pandemic, one could easily come to the conclusion that the stateâs largest union is more concerned with getting the MCAS graduation exam â the stateâs main tool for assessing schoolsâ performance â out of their classrooms than students back i
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