Opinion: Mashpee teacher Jennifer Amendo urges Bay State voters to reject ballot Question 2 that would drop MCAS test as a ...

The outcome of Question 2 could influence the direction of schooling for generations of students and families, either ...

The MCAS, officially called the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System, is the series of standardized tests taken at several grade levels to evaluate student learning in English ...

Students are yet to recover academically from pandemic-era learning loss, state officials said, according to newly released state testing results from this spring. The Massachusetts Board of ...

BOSTON — Critics of high-stakes testing are urging voters to approve a proposal to remove the MCAS ... in the third grade, but students in the 10th grade are required to pass the math, English ...

WORCESTER ― Students in Worcester and across the state are still feeling the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, as MCAS results ... previous year. In math, 27% of third-grade students scored ...

The MCAS scores for 2024 have been released, showing that approximately 30.1% of Franklin County and North Quabbin students ...

The initiative would not eliminate the test; students in grades three through eight and 10th graders would still be required to take the exam in math ... grade on the 10th grade MCAS and pass ...

Bay State voters will also cast their ballots this fall on a quintet of ballot questions that, if approved, could reshape ...

Selecting "Yes" on Question 2 would end the MCAS graduation requirement ... Federal law requires an English and math test in third through eighth grade and once in high school.

WORCESTER ― Students in Worcester and across the state are still feeling the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, as MCAS ... grade students meeting or exceeding expectations was 40%, up four percentage ...