Question 2 sought to eliminate the decades-long standardized test as a prerequisite to a high school diploma. It was backed by the Massachusetts Teachers Association, the largest teachers union in the state. Tuesday‘s vote does not mean the MCAS tests won’t continue being administered, rather the graduation requirement will cease.

Massachusetts voters resoundingly approved a ballot question that will remove the requirement that high school students pass a 10th-grade standardized test in English, math, and science to graduate. The vote pulls down a central pillar of the state’s 1993 education reform law,

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