Wu torn on MCAS ballot question to eliminate graduation requirement [Video]

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu said she would not take a public stance on whether public school students across the state should have to pass the 10th-grade MCAS exam in order to graduate high school — one of the November election’s five ballot statewide questions.

A new Suffolk University/Boston Globe survey released Tuesday found that about 58% of respondents would be voting to eliminate the requirement, while 37% want to keep the standard in place.

“I am torn about this ballot question,” Wu said on Tuesday on Boston Public Radio. “For a ballot question that is essentially all or nothing, with a promise to set up a commission to figure it out afterward, I wish there were more details upfront.”

The ballot measure indicates that the state’s existing Board of Elementary and Secondary Education would oversee across-the-board standards for student competency. Wu’s office did not respond to questions clarifying what potential commission she was referring to.

The mayor said she would …