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Maura Healey: “It will also allow us to phase out MCAS in 10th grade.”

Featuring: Maura Healey, Democratic | Governor of Massachusetts

Healey-Driscoll Administration Release Statewide High School Graduation Framework

Published December 1, 2025 | Video Starts at 09:58

It includes exams that are not high stakes, but are the actual course you just took. Okay. That It will also allow us to phase out MCAS in 10th grade. It includes a capstone project or a portfolio project that showcases students abilities because tests are only one way to demonstrate what you've learned to do. (09:58–10:03)

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Asserts that the new framework will phase out the MCAS exam in 10th grade.

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