Massachusetts Secretary of Education Patrick Tutwiler goes On The Record about why he is "adamantly opposed" to Question 2.
While Massachusetts consistently ranks first on the National Assessment of Educational Progress, it also has some of the ...
The leaders of the Massachusetts Teachers Association Zoomed into the Globe editorial board recently to argue for Question 2, ...
Secretary of Education made another case against the ballot question to nix the MCAS testing graduation requirement Sunday — ...
Opinion: Mashpee teacher Jennifer Amendo urges Bay State voters to reject ballot Question 2 that would drop MCAS test as a ...
Proponents of the measure believe eliminating MCAS as a graduation requirement will allow teachers more freedom to set curriculum, decrease the need to “teach to the test” and allow them to ...
The end of the MCAS ... may be poor test-takers. Such concerns are out of students’ control and should not be what stands between them and a diploma. Considered in this way, the answer to ...
He said another 3% don’t graduate because they fail both MCAS and other graduation requirements. But by and large, Hills said, students don’t have a problem with the test — with 92% passing ...
In just a few weeks, Massachusetts voters will decide whether MCAS test scores will still be used as a graduation requirement for high school students. Question 2 has ignited a spirited debate ...
The results come weeks before a ballot question removing the MCAS graduation requirement is ... If a student passes the CD they have passed the test, while students who pass the EPP are done ...
Taunton 'didn't perform to the level I was expecting us to perform' on the MCAS. See how Taunton compares to neighboring towns.