Teachers Union Doubles Down On Killing Test Required For Graduation

The Massachusetts Teachers Association (MTA) board of directors voted unanimously Sunday to throw its weight behind a ballot measure to end standardized testing currently required for students to graduate, according to the Boston Globe.

Ahead of the board of directors vote, the MTA submitted a ballot question Wednesday to the state’s Attorney General’s Office for the 2024 election, which would eliminate the requirement that students pass the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS), a test on English, math and science, in order to graduate, according to the Boston Globe. Instead, students would be able to graduate if they complete coursework that meets the state’s academic standards.

“We are a union that is committed to fixing a key part of what’s wrong in public schools, that is this over-reliance on high stakes testing,” Max Page, MTA president, told CBS News. “What students will be judged on is successfully passing the curriculum that shows they have mastered our state standards. Grades in courses.”