Word: mcas
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After they passed the Arlington resolution, delegates rejected a more strongly worded resolution that would have urged the "prohibition" of MCAS as a graduation requirement, rather than calling for its suspension until other assessments are developed. The margin was closer...
...many delegates said they worried that ruling out MCAS would be going too far. The Arlington resolution sent a strong enough message, they said...
...insult them by saying we don't want any part of your MCAS is to say we're afraid," said Sam Poulten, from the Nashoba Valley Vocational-Technical high school...
Opponents of MCAS were pleased with the outcome of the meeting...
...thrilled with this," said Jacqueline Dee King, a Cambridge parent who supports the state-wide Coalition for Authentic Reform in Education, a group that opposes MCAS...