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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...
While the Board of Education, Commissioner of Education David P. Driscoll and Governor A. Paul Cellucci all support the test, some teachers and principals have voiced concerns over the MCAS, questioning everything from the test's importance to its administration...
...says the fear of losing funding is prompting some schools to design their curriculum around material on the test...
...Sullivan also says one of the newest and most controversial measures of the test is problematic: the requirement of having to pass the MCAS to graduate, which will first apply to the class...