Gov. Maura Healey shared the broad strokes of a new statewide high school graduation framework Monday, more than a year after Massachusetts voted overwhelmingly to remove the MCAS exam as a gateway to receiving a diploma.

Instead of a 10th grade MCAS exam, the proposed framework would include capstone projects or portfolios, financial literacy lessons, and end-of-course tests administered and scored by the state, among other steps.

The new approach to testing would feature exams “that are not high-stakes, but are [on] the actual course you just took,” Healey explained Monday.

“This is about reimagining high school in Massachusetts and making sure that every student who leaves a Massachusetts high school leaves with the tools, the resources, the wherewithal to be as successful as the

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