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District to develop local competency plan after state removes MCAS graduation requirement
Summary
Following a state referendum that removed the 10th-grade MCAS as the statewide graduation competency, Winchester administrators said the district will draft a local competency determination for 2025 graduates and present recommendations to the policy subcommittee for school committee approval.
Administrators briefed the Winchester School Committee on Jan. 9 about state changes affecting the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) and the need for the district to define a local competency determination for graduation.
Dr. Alonema, the district presenter, summarized the current situation: the referendum removed the 10th-grade MCAS as the state-mandated competency determinant and left a transitional period in which districts must certify competency locally. “There is still…
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