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...Linda Neri, communications manager for the Massachusetts Coalition for Higher Standards, a public-interest group specializing in the issue of the MCAS, points to a piece of information she says many worried parents and teachers may not know: students who do not pass the test in the 10th grade can retake the test in the 11th and 12th grades...
...Students get to take the test again. It's not like they have a bad day [during the testing] and are prevented from graduating high school," she says...
Still, teachers say they worry that the time required to administer the test will detract from time devoted to school curriculum, as well as focusing the curriculum on the MCAS material...
...Many teachers think that the curriculum focuses too much on [the test]," O'Sullivan says. "A lot of questions have to be asked. The test is still changing...
...Massachusetts Board of Education] is looking at possibly shortening the length of the test, which would be a token of wisdom on their part," he adds...