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School committee holds first reading on new competency-determination graduation policy, debates math pathways
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The Burlington School Committee held a first reading of a proposed competency-determination policy that would set local measures of student competency for graduation apart from MCAS scores.
The Burlington School Committee held a first reading of a proposed competency-determination (CD) policy that would define the district's local measures of student competency for graduation separate from state MCAS scores.
Dr. Chen (presenting) described the policy as a framework in which "to show mastery, a student must successfully complete, in accordance with the school's grading policy, the final assessment for a course, a capstone, or portfolio project, or an equivalent measure identified in Burlington High School's program of…
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