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DESE orders new competency-determination plans; Beverly aims to present local proposal by October
Summary
State education officials told districts in August that competency-determination frameworks used last year must be replaced; Beverly Superintendent Peter Cushing said the district will prepare an internal proposal by Oct. 31 to allow the school committee to act before the state—s Dec. 31 deadline.
The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education told districts in early August that competency-determination processes used last academic year must be replaced and resubmitted under a new framework, Superintendent Peter Cushing told the Beverly School Committee on Sept. 10.
"The quote from the webinar was, 'This is something entirely new.' That is a direct quote," Cushing said,…
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