MALDEN, MASS. — Massachusetts education officials plan to decide over the next year or so whether to shift the 10th grade standardized test that serves as a graduation requirement into the 11th grade or potentially add an 11th grade test.
After a discussion at a Board of Elementary and Secondary Education meeting on Tuesday, Mitchell Chester, the state's education commissioner, said the current 10th grade competency test evaluates students' abilities to graduate high school but assessing their real-world or higher education prospects might require testing closer to graduation.
