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North Andover School Committee holds first read on post‑MCAS competency determination
Summary
School officials presented a draft policy that would use course grades in specific ninth‑ and tenth‑grade classes to certify competency after Massachusetts removed MCAS as a graduation requirement; committee took it as a first read and will vote at a later meeting.
The North Andover School Committee on March 20 heard a first reading of a proposed competency determination policy that would replace MCAS as a graduation gate, applying course grades in specified ninth‑ and tenth‑grade classes to verify student competency.
Deb Holman, interim principal of North Andover High School, told the committee that “Back in November, Massachusetts voted to eliminate MCAS as part of graduation requirements,” and that the district must now define its own method to “verify that students have the skills and competencies that [MCAS] measured.” She presented a draft that would require passing grades in English 9 and 10 (or equivalents), Algebra I and Geometry (or equivalents), and one high‑school science course (biology, chemistry or physics or an equivalent course). The draft also proposes that students participate in at least one…
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