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North Andover High School outlines DESE-required competency plan to replace MCAS
Summary
High-school leaders presented a two-part competency-determination policy required by DESE after MCAS was removed as a graduation requirement: students must both pass specified coursework and demonstrate mastery on a final assessment (or equivalent). The committee will consider the policy and vote at its Dec. 18 meeting.
North Andover High School officials presented the district's competency-determination proposal on Dec. 4, laying out how students will satisfy a state-required replacement for the MCAS as a condition for diploma conferral.
Miss Holman, who led the presentation, said the DESE rule requires two separate components: satisfactory completion of coursework and a demonstration of mastery. "DESE is requiring that a competency determination has 2 components," she said, adding that the two parts are distinct and that simply passing a course does not by itself show mastery.
The plan specifies the content areas DESE identifies as equivalent to the former MCAS expectations: two years of high-school English, one year each of algebra I and geometry (math may include eighth-grade content…
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