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