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...reason the MCAS came [about] is because school districts weren't performing," says school committee member Alfred B. Fantini...
...MCAS is a "tool of education reform rather than a measure of the success of education reform," she says. "It's as if they're trying to make the test do the work...
Supporters of the exam also see the test doing some of the work of education reform, but to them this is a merit, not a defect. They hope MCAS will spur changes in curriculum...
...MCAS is designed to test students' knowledge of the subject matter in the state's "curriculum frameworks," a set of documents laying out broad areas which students should be familiar with by each grade level...
...MCAS opponents say the test asks questions over too broad a range of subjects. The social studies exam especially receives heavy criticism...