Threat of Winter Storm Postpones Tuesday's MCAS Tests

The MCAS English Language Arts Composition test for students in grades 4, 7 and 10 originally planned for Tuesday has been postponed until Monday, March 25, the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education announced Monday on its website.

The decision was made because much of Massachusetts - including Hamilton and Wenham - is expecting a winter storm on Tuesday, and with it the possibility of numerous school closings or delayed openings.

In an effort to make sure all schools administer the test on the same day, "all schools must administer the ELA Composition test to students in grades 4, 7, and 10 on Monday, March 25, including schools that are not affected by the weather," according to a memo from Elizabeth Davis, Associate Commissioner of Student Assessment.

If there is school on Tuesday, any ELA Reading Comprehension test sessions that are scheduled may be administered, just not the ELA Composition test.

Click here for more information from the Mass. DOE. 

Channel 7 predicts that Hamilton and Wenham will receive about 2 to 4 inches of snow from the storm before it changes over to sleet and then rain sometime on Tuesday morning.