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Massachusetts State Auditor Diana DiZoglio Supports Eliminating MCAS As Graduation Requirement

October 8, 2024

The Massachusetts Teachers Association is leading the initiative to remove this uniform standard for graduating high school. 

Its president, Max Page, praised DiZoglio for her stance.

“We stand with our students and teachers in maintaining high standards for education, not high-stakes testing,” Page said in the press release. “We are thrilled to have Auditor DiZoglio join our diverse coalition. Together, we can ensure that all Massachusetts students have the opportunity to succeed, without being unfairly held back by a standardized test.”

A WBUR/CommonWealth Beacon poll last month said that 51 percent of Bay Staters support Ballot Question 2, while 34 percent oppose it, and 15 percent either did not know or refused to answer.

Rich Parr, research director for MassInc Polling Group, which conducted this poll on behalf of Commonwealth Beacon and WBUR, thinks the Yes side is in a “precarious position,” meaning the question’s passage is no guarantee.

“At this stage of the campaign, the ‘Yes’ side would hope to have a solid majority of support, because late deciders often break towards the ‘No,” Parr told Commonwealth Beacon last month.

Voters are set to decide this ballot question on Tuesday, November 5.

 

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