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Wachusett outlines local path for class of 2025 after MCAS removal; committee to consider policy quickly
Summary
Principal Michael Pratt presented proposed competency‑determination language the district could use for the class of 2025 after state law removed MCAS as a mandatory graduation requirement. School leaders urged a prompt committee decision to give students certainty.
Principal Michael Pratt told the school committee the district must define a local competency determination now that MCAS is no longer a state graduation requirement.
Why it matters: The change affects students in the graduating class of 2025 and may require districts to define local coursework‑based standards that certify mastery of state academic standards formerly demonstrated by MCAS scores.
Principal Pratt outlined a recommendation for the class of 2025: students who have not earned a competency determination via MCAS must “satisfactorily complet[e] coursework that has been…
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