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

Voters are set to make an important decision this November about the future of education in Massachusetts. Selecting "Yes" on ...

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 ...

Question 2 would remove the graduation requirement to pass the MCAS. Their diploma would instead hinge on their district's ...

The initiative would not eliminate the test ... in math, English, language arts and science, technology and engineering. Currently, students must score a passing grade on the 10th grade MCAS ...

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

Massachusetts students in grades 3-8 and grade 10 take the MCAS. All students are tested in math and English language arts. A science test is taken by students in grades 5, 8 and one high school ...

The results from the 2024 MCAS tests showed ... scored the lowest in math with 7% of students meeting or exceeding expectations. Southbridge was last in third-grade performance in both English ...

Schools in Massachusetts are the envy of the nation. But Question 2 threatens one of the foundations of the state’s success.

Just 78 percent of 10th graders last spring passed all MCAS exams in English, math, and science on their ... percent when they first took the 10th grade tests in spring 2023.