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Medford School Committee moves to update graduation competency policy after state changes to MCAS
Summary
The committee approved an administration-drafted update to Medford High School's graduation and competency-determination language to reflect the November ballot change removing MCAS as the sole graduation determinant; the update keeps MCAS participation for accountability and scholarship eligibility and preserves local credit requirements.
Medford School Committee voted Feb. 10 to approve an administrative update to the district's Medford High School graduation and competency-determination policy to reflect changes in state law that removed MCAS as the sole competency determinant for graduation.
Interim Superintendent Suzanne Gallucci presented the proposal and said the state's change (Ballot Question 2) replaces the MCAS-based competency determination with coursework aligned to the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks. "Participation is required," Gallucci said of MCAS testing, adding the district would continue to require students to take the tests because they remain an accountability measure for districts and a qualifier for some scholarships and seals of biliteracy.
The proposed local language keeps Medford's four-year English and mathematics requirements and shifts math labeling to the…
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