The Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment
System (MCAS) is designed to meet the
requirements of the Education Reform Law of
1993. This law specifies that the testing
program must
- test all public school students in
Massachusetts, including students with
disabilities and limited English
proficient students;
- test all public school students in
Massachusetts, including students with
disabilities and limited English
proficient students;
- measure performance based on the
Massachusetts Curriculum Framework
learning standards;
- report on the performance of
individual students, schools, and
districts.
As required by the Education Reform Law,
students must pass the grade 10 tests in
English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics
as one condition of eligibility for a high
school diploma (in addition to fulfilling
local requirements).
In addition, the MCAS program is used to
hold schools and districts accountable, on a
yearly basis, for the progress they have
made toward the objective of the No Child
Left Behind Law that all students be
proficient in Reading and Mathematics by
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Click on the links below for access to MCAS information and special
resources.
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