603 CMR, § 31.01

Current through Register 1538, January 3, 2025
Section 31.01 - Scope and Purposes
(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.

603 CMR, § 31.01

Amended by Mass Register Issue 1369, eff. 7/13/2018.
Amended by Mass Register Issue 1481, eff. 10/28/2022.