Code of Massachusetts Regulations
603 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
Title 603 CMR 31.00 - Massachusetts Certificate of Mastery and State Seal of Biliteracy
Section 31.01 - Scope and Purposes
Universal Citation: 603 MA Code of Regs 603.31
Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024
(1)603 CMR 31.00 establishes the criteria for the Certificate of Mastery and the State Seal of Biliteracy.
(2) The purposes of the Certificate of Mastery are to:
(a) Recognize
high academic achievement;
(b)
Motivate students to perform to their best abilities on MCAS and other measures
throughout high school;
(c)
Recognize high academic achievement in areas not included in MCAS;
and
(d) Recognize high academic
achievement as identified by outside forums, including competitions, student
publications, and awards.
(3) The purposes of the State Seal of Biliteracy are to:
(a) Encourage students to
study and master languages;
(b)
Certify attainment of biliteracy skills;
(c) Recognize the value of language
diversity;
(d) Provide employers
with a method of identifying people with language and biliteracy
skills;
(e) Provide universities
with a method to recognize and give credit to applicants for attainment of high
level skills in languages;
(f)
Prepare students with skills that will benefit them in the labor market and the
global society; and
(g) Strengthen
intergroup communication and honor the multiple cultures and languages in a
community.
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