Massachusetts voters will decide whether to do away with the standardized testing graduation requirement for students
Ballot question 2 in Massachusetts is filling the airwaves with advertisements, with the"Yes" campaign calling on voters to do away with the testing graduation requirement while those on the"No" side urge Bay Staters to keep it in place.
"The high stakes of this one-time test can cause severe harm," said Yes on 2 spokesperson Deb McCarthy. "Keeping this graduation standard has catapulted Massachusetts to first in the nation status with regard to academic achievement," said No on 2 spokesperson Ed Lambert.The scores released Tuesday are from the spring of 2024. While science, technology and engineering scores increased slightly over the previous year and math scores remained pretty much flat, English Language Arts saw the worst results in about a decade! Follow NBC10 Boston: https://instagram.
"What those scores indicate is we need to do better here in Massachusetts at helping students recover from the pandemic," said Lambert."You can't blame the test, or the exam, or the assessment for those scores," said Lambert.In total, five questions will be on the 2024 ballot. Voters will also decide on whether the legislature should be audited, legalizing psychedelics, minimum wage for tipped workers and rideshare drivers unionizing.
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