HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3212        FILED ON: 1/14/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 504

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act concerning the MCAS test..

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1. Chapter 69, Section 1D is hereby amended by adding at the end of subsection (i) the following: -

                The board shall allow multiple forms of assessment in determining whether a student has met the level of competency as required by this section. An MCAS minimum score of 240 shall not be the sole basis of the proficiency determination as required pursuant to the No Child Left Behind Act, nor shall such score be a requirement for high school graduation.