Boston Schools May Ditch MCAS for Younger Kids
Boston Public Schools will consider a proposal to scrap MCAS standardized tests for most students. The test would be replaced with an online testing system administered to students in the third through eighth grades. Tenth grade students would still take the MCAS exam.
If the School Committee adopts the recommendation, it would be the largest school district to scrap the MCAS for younger students. Boston would join 18-0 other school districts in abandoning the controversial performance measurement tool.
Questions on the new test, called Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, or PARCC, delve into how students arrived at their answers and require more critical thinking skills, according to state officials. That, in turn, is causing schools to focus more on teaching those skills.
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