After Sen. Elizabeth Warren declared in favor of Ballot Question 2, on the Mass. MCAS requirement, Gov. Maura Healey spoke with the 'No on 2' campaign.
Ballot Question 2 would eliminate the requirement that students pass the MCAS exam to graduate from a Massachusetts public high schoolto change a key component of the education reform law that some say made Massachusetts the best educated state in the country, separating politicians who are used to standing on the same side of most issues, and simultaneously creating strange allies.
"A way to assess performance and how kids are doing, that is through the MCAS exam," she said."Massachusetts has the best public schools in the country because of our high standards, not in spite of them, and Question 2, in our view, would eliminate a tool that we know works in terms of our ability to assess how our young people are doing."
Critics warn the measure's passage could lead to a patchwork of education standards and ultimately harm the state's future workforce. Election Day is a few weeks away. Here's everything you need to know to plan your vote in Massachusetts. Follow NBC10 Boston: https://instagram.com/nbc10boston https://tiktok.com/@nbc10boston https://facebook.com/NBC10Boston https://twitter.com/NBC10Boston
The initiative puts some top Democrats at home in Massachusetts at odds with a Bay State Democrat in D.C., and in line with the state's Republican party on the issue. The MassGOP has said they recommend voting against the question, and Tuesday night the GOP challenger for Warren's Senate seat also said he's casting a"no" vote.
However, of those 281 students, fewer than 30 failed the exam just due to a language barrier alone and not other academic challenges, according to Hills' analysis of the data, which considers that the math and science sections of the test are available in Spanish at the high school level. At Wednesday's press conference, Campbell said that voting no on Question 2 does not equate to not supporting educators.
The special legislative committee tasked with reviewing initiative petitions decided against taking action on any of the ballot questions this spring.
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