Ballot question two asks whether the teacher or the administrator should be the arbiter of the high school diploma. The end ...

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

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

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

Those tests, collectively known as MCAS, measure student performance in math, science and English beginning at the elementary ...

The latest MCAS ... year and math scores remained pretty much flat, English Language Arts saw the worst results in about a decade. Pre-pandemic, 50% of students met or exceeded grade level ...

A requirement that students pass the MCAS in 10th grade ... The question voters will decide on in November eliminates the ...

A slim majority of voters in a WBUR poll support a ballot question that would end the use of standardized tests as a graduation requirement. But with a sizable number of voters still unsure how ...

The 10th graders must pass the MCAS to receive their diplomas — a requirement that faces a ballot question to remove ... little change in math scores, and mixed results in science, technology ...

Question 2 on the November ballot seeks to end a state mandate that Massachusetts public high school students pass the MCAS in order to graduate. The MCAS, officially called the Massachusetts ...

The question ... take the exam in math, English, language arts and science, technology and engineering. Currently, students must score a passing grade on the 10th grade MCAS and pass local ...