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Resolution approved at the
2002 Delegate Assembly of the
Massachusetts Association of School Committees:
Whereas the Massachusetts Education Reform law calls for the use of a
comprehensive assessment system, not a single test, for determining academic
competency; and
Whereas the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) test does not
adequately support the different styles of learning, communication or student
performance; and
Whereas making a single standardized test a requirement for graduation or grade
promotion is not educationally justified; and
Whereas the Massachusetts Association of
School Committees has expressed its continued opposition to the use of the MCAS
test as a graduation requirement; and
Whereas the Department of Education has put forth a policy that would deny high
school diplomas to students who fail the MCAS test regardless of their other
academic achievements and competencies;
Therefore
be it resolved that MASC reaffirms its commitment to education reform and calls
for a moratorium on the use of MCAS as a graduation requirement pending the
resolution of issues identified in the Delegate Assembly resolutions of 2000 and
2001;
Be it further
resolved that MASC asserts that local school committees should have the right to
grant high school diplomas to all students who meet their school districts'
requirements for graduation and who have demonstrated competency
in a common core of skills measured by a variety of assessment
instruments.
School Districts listed are the Official
Co-Sponsors of the MCAS Resolution, submitted to the Mass. Association of School
Committees, May, 2002:
1. Brookline School Committee - Submitting School Committee
2. Amherst-Pelham Regional School Committee
3. Arlington School Committee
4. Ashland School Committee|
5. Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical School Committee
6. Northampton School Committee
7. Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical School Committee
8. Pathfinder Regional Vocational Technical School Committee
9. Sharon School Committee
10. Somerville School Committee
11. Swampscott School Committee
12. Wayland School Committee
Listed below are the School Districts that
were the official supporters as of October 12, 2002, (approved after the May
submission date):
1. Amesbury School Committee
2. Assabet Valley Regional Vocational School Committee
3. Bedford School Committee
4. Berlin School Committee
5. Boylston School Committee
6. Berlin-Boylston Regional School Committee
7. Cape Cod Regional Vocational Technical School Committee
8. Carlisle School Committee
9. Clinton School Committee
10. Easton School Committee
11. Erving School Committee
12. Franklin County Regional Vocational/Technical School Committee
13. Frontier Valley Regional and Union #38 School Committee
14. Greater Lowell Vocational School Committee
15. Holbrook School Committee
16. Hudson School Committee
17. Leominister School Committee
18. Lincoln Sudbury School Committee
19. Melrose School Committee
20. Nantucket School Committee
21. Needham School Committee
22. New Bedford School Committee
23. Newton School Committee
24. Norfolk County Agricultural School Board of Trustees
25. Norwood School Committee
26. Saugus School Committee
27. Southeastern Regional Vocational School Committee
28. Shawsheen Valley School Committee
29. South Middlesex Regional Vocational School Committee
30. Springfield School Committee
31. Tri-County Regional Vocational School Committee
32. Truro School Committee
33. Wakefield School Committee
34. Ware School Committee
35. Wareham School Committee
36. Winchendon School Committee |
