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Read. Follow. Verify.Massachusetts updates student summative assessment standards to measure individual mastery across K-12 subjects
Last action · October 29, 2025: Hearing scheduled for 11/12/2025 from 11:00 AM-05:00 PM in Gardner AuditoriumSponsor: Kelly Pease
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What This Bill Would Do
Massachusetts updates state student assessment laws to require computer-adaptive tests designed to monitor individual student achievement and progress across English, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies learning standards. The updated requirements take effect on July 1, 2021, for general assessments and July 1, 2023, for instruments.
Changes the legal standards and testing mechanisms public schools must use to evaluate student achievement, academic readiness, and educator accountability.
- State summative assessments in Massachusetts are regulated under Chapter 69 of the General Laws to measure student mastery of state academic standards. context
Who It Would Affect
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students
Students are evaluated using new computer-adaptive and criterion-referenced assessment instruments to monitor their achievement, progress, and mastery of K-12 learning standards.
educators
Educators are held more accurately and fairly accountable through authentic measures of student achievement and growth.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
3 actions- Oct 29, 2025JointHearing scheduled for 11/12/2025 from 11:00 AM-05:00 PM in Gardner Auditorium
- Feb 27, 2025SenateSenate concurred
- Feb 27, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to the committee on Education
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Staggered Implementation Dates
The bill implements changes across two different effective dates: July 1, 2021, for general student achievement monitoring provisions and July 1, 2023, for criterion-referenced instrument standards.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance60How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy30Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
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