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Since the 1996 debut of the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment Test (MCAS), a student test used as a statistical marker of public schools, the test has been at the center of a debate between parents' organizations, teachers' unions and education groups...
...debate has focused on the administration and significance of the MCAS, initiated by Chair of the Massachusetts Board of Education John Silber...
Because grants are linked to schools' test scores, some educators are concerned that teachers will change their curriculum to concentrate on MCAS material...
...MCAS is given to all Massachusetts public school students in grades 4, 8 and 10. Still in the "tryout stage," according to the Massachusetts Department of Education, the test initially contained math, science and technology portions. Last April, the Board of Education added a combined English and language arts portion, including a writing section, and a history and social studies section...
...MCAS] doesn't teach creativity. It doesn't test how far a child has come over the course of the year....All these things come into play when evaluating children," Haynes said...