BOSTON – A "next-generation MCAS" is the route Massachusetts should take in choosing its new standardized student assessment program, Elementary and Secondary Education Commissioner Mitchell Chester announced Tuesday.
The new test would include items from both the MCAS and PARCC exams, along with questions specifically developed for Massachusetts, according to Chester's recommendations.
On Nov. 3, Ohio voters — in every one of its 88 counties — overwhelmingly rejected Issue 3, a ballot measure that would have launched a legal medical and recreational marijuana industry in the state.
