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Instead of the MCAS, Cambridge will rely on curricular requirements and alternative assessments such as creative portfolios to ensure that students are qualified to graduate...
Many teachers and parents voiced their outrage at the high stakes nature of the MCAS. Even special education students are required to pass the MCAS to earn a high school diploma...
They also criticized the MCAS because they said it gives an unfair advantage to affluent test-takers and forces teachers to teach to the material covered on the test...
Parent Brenda S. Engel ’45 called the MCAS a “narrowing and drying out of the curriculum” that creates “an atmosphere of threat and anxiety...
Student members of the School Committee also voiced their concern that the MCAS would unfairly determine their futures...