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The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (ESE) is in the process of upgrading MCAS to better measure the critical thinking skills students need for success in the 21st century.
The new test, informally called “Next-Generation MCAS,” will build upon the best aspects of the MCAS assessments that have served the Commonwealth well for the past two decades.
Next-Generation MCAS will be designed to be taken on a computer. The plan is to phase in computer-based testing so that computer-based tests are fully administered statewide in 2019, with many students participating as well in 2017 and 2018.
Massachusetts will have complete control of test administration, test content, testing windows, and the reporting of results.
For more information on what parents should know about the next-generation MCAS tests, please CLICK HERE.
| News from Commissioner Mitchell Chester & the MA Department of Elementary and Secondary Education |
