CARE parents and teachers and students are calling upon our School Committees across the state to exercise their authority to grant high school diplomas to qualified seniors, regardless of their MCAS scores.

    We trust that local school systems, under the guidance of their superintendents and elected School Committees, are much better able to determine the full range of a student's learning and achievements and contribution to the community than the distant state Department of Education, using only a single standardized test-especially one as flawed and controversial as the MCAS.  

    The Massachusetts Association of School Committees voted 97-27 at its annual convention on October 30, 2002 for a Brookline resolution affirming the right of school committees to grant diplomas regardless of MCAS. Many school boards are expected to take the next step in the coming months by voting to continue the 180 year tradition of granting diplomas to qualified seniors based on local requirements and not the results of a single standardized test.

    Please join us in this campaign! Read on in this section to find out what other communities are doing. Call the CARE office at 617-864-4810 to talk about how you can start such a campaign in your community.

 

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