"This evidence underscores the importance of raising the standard and also highlights the need to articulate clearly to students, parents, educators, and other stakeholders how the different levels of achievement on the MCAS tests - and in particular the CD level - signal whether a student is on track for success beyond high school, whether in postsecondary education, the military, the workplace, or independent and productive community life," Riley wrote in a memo to the board. Riley previously told the board that research shows "MCAS scores predict later outcomes in education and earnings" and that "only 11% students in the class of 2011 who scored at the current passing standard in mathematics went on to enroll in a four-year college in Massachusetts, and only 5% graduated from a four-year college within seven years." Veteran Boston educator Mary Skipper is city's new superintendent of schools ‘All hands on deck’ to close widening reading gaps in elementary schools Massachusetts education officials sound alarm over college enrollment plunge
The score thresholds are currently 472 for English, or 455 with an educational proficiency plan, 486 for math, or 469 with an educational proficiency plan, and 220 for science/technology for students who took a test by February 2020. Students will now be required to earn a scaled score of 486 on the English and math exams (or 470 with the completion of an educational proficiency plan) and meet a threshold set at 470 for science and technology/engineering tests. The board also adopted an amendment to Riley's plan proposed by member Martin West extending the new requirements to the class of 2030 and providing a starting point for the thresholds for classes beyond that.
JAZZ SCORE UPDATE
The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education accepted Commissioner Jeff Riley's recommendation to update MCAS regulations and the competency determination that would establish a new passing standard for English language arts, mathematics, and science and technology/engineering for the classes of 2026 through 2029. The state board of education voted Monday to raise the minimum score that this year's incoming freshman class and at least the four classes that follow will have to attain on the MCAS test in order to graduate high school, a controversial decision that was blasted by teachers union officials and a handful of lawmakers.
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