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With MCAS no longer the sole path, Springfield staff begin local plan for class of 2025 competency determination
Summary
State law change removes MCAS as the required graduation test. Springfield administrators said the district must set a local competency determination for students in the class of 2025; a statewide council will issue broader guidance later in 2025.
State changes to the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) leave Springfield educators with a short-term obligation: establish a local process to determine which students in the class of 2025 have met the district's graduation competency requirements.
Doctor Yolanda Johnson, speaking for guidance from the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), told the committee that although MCAS will no longer be used as the state-mandated tool for graduation competency, the law requires districts to base competency…
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