In a 7-to-2 vote yesterday, the Massachusetts Board of Education voted to raise the minimum MCAS score required to graduate from a public high school from 220 to 240. The new minimum score requirement will go into affect in 2010, affecting numerous schools already (or in danger of being) deemed "underperforming" by the state.
The ruling is sure to have an affect on curricula and teaching in classrooms across the state, especially in schools with high populations of English Language Learners (ELLs) and immigrant students.
