Mass. will lead effort to develop new tests
September 3, 2010 Boston Globe
In another signal that the future of the MCAS could be in doubt, a consortium of states led by Massachusetts and Florida received a $170 million federal grant yesterday to design a standardized testing system that is intended to replace a patchwork of tests used by individual states.The new testing system — vehemently opposed by Governor Deval Patrick’s challengers in the gubernatorial race — is expected to be ready by the 2014-15 school year. It will measure how much students are learning under a new set of national academic standards in English and math that Massachusetts adopted in July.Read More






