Except those that cannot pass the test...
or is it about who has control over the sorting ?
Regional group joins anti-MCAS coalition
By Michele Kurtz, Globe Staff, 1/26/2003
An organization of New England college admission and high school counselors has joined a coalition of groups opposing the MCAS examination as a graduation requirement for Massachusetts high school students.
Saying that a test should not bar students from higher-education opportunities, the New England Association for College Admission Counseling and its parent organization last week also sent a letter to US Secretary of Education Rod Paige. In the letter, they argued that students who fail the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System exam but who earn so-called ''local diplomas'' being considered by a handful of districts should receive federal financial aid for college.
State education leaders have declared such diplomas illegal, prompting federal officials several weeks ago to say that students with non-MCAS diplomas would not qualify for financial assistance
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