Frameworks wereto provide a comprehensive outline of the skills and knowledge each student would be expected to attain in various subjects including Mathematics, English, History, and the Sciences. Periodic assessments would measure students' progress toward achieving these learning goals. In order to graduate from high school, students would have to attain a minimum level of proficiency.
As mandated by the Education Reform Law of 1993, all students educated with public funds are required to participate in the MCAS tests administered in their grades. However, home-schooled students are not enrolled in the public school system; therefore, they are not required nor entitled by law to participate in MCAS. |
