The Education Exchange: Massachusetts and the Folly of Replacing Something with Nothing

In a blow to accountability, voters abolished MCAS test as high school graduation requirement. Will other states follow?

Photo of Jim PeyserJim Peyser, the former Massachusetts Secretary of Education, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss the recent decision by Massachusetts voters to remove the high school graduation requirement for students taking the state’s test, the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System.

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