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School committee holds first reading of competency-determination policy replacing MCAS requirement
Summary
Committee members conducted a first reading of a newly drafted competency-determination policy (to take effect Jan. 3) that would replace the former MCAS-based graduation determination with district-certified coursework, capstones or portfolios in ELA, math, science and (beginning with the class of 2027) U.S. history.
The Holliston School Committee held a first reading on Oct. 23 of a competency-determination policy the district prepared to align with the state’s removal of MCAS as an automatic graduation requirement.
The draft policy lays out a district-based alternative for demonstrating competency in English language arts, mathematics and science and adds a U.S. history expectation beginning with the class of 2027. The policy says students who passed the relevant MCAS before Jan. 3, 2025, will be considered to have met the competency determination; students who did not will…
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