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Ballot group sees MCAS 2.0 as bid to ‘mollify our movement’

Ballot group sees MCAS 2.0 as bid to ‘mollify our movement’

BOSTON — As Massachusetts school districts prepare for the MCAS 2.0 era to launch in the spring of 2017, ballot activists are pledging to undo the education standards behind one of the exams expected to influence the revamped student assessment test. In November, the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education voted on a new standardized assessment program for the state, choosing to develop a hybrid of the existing MCAS test and consortium-developed PARCC exam. The board on Monday afterno

BOSTON — As Massachusetts school districts prepare for the MCAS 2.0 era to launch in the spring of 2017, ballot activists are pledging to undo the education standards behind one of the exams expected to influence the revamped student assessment test. In November, the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education voted on a new standardized assessment program for the state, choosing to develop a hybrid of the existing MCAS test and consortium-developed PARCC exam. The board on Monday afterno…