Research shows that early math skills are more predictive of lifetime earnings than reading or health factors. And as Massachusetts’s economy increasingly relies on evolving STEM jobs, we must prepare all students — not just a privileged few — for that future.
Jennie Williamson
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MCAS helps us stay the course on education standards and gains
Without the MCAS graduation standard, we risk returning to the pre-1993 era, when a high school diploma in Massachusetts was little more than a participation medal rather than a genuine indicator of readiness.