More Alabama students are reading and doing math on grade level, and fewer are scoring at the lowest level, according to new ...

A proposed ‘limited use’ of MCAS scores for competency determination is having the Massachusetts teachers association sound the alarm, saying that it’s recycling a quote, “bad practice”.

Jacob Bowen, a 4th grade student who received a perfect score on the MCAS math test, told the Gazette that his favorite class is "gym class" and that his next favorite classes are math and history.

“We are not going to put little kids at computers for practice tests,” he said. Math MCAS results for grades 3-5 featured 25 percent of students exceeding expectations, a 19 percent increase over the ...

Massachusetts first gave the MCAS in the late 1990s, first making it a graduation requirement for the 2003 graduating class. The exam, which covers English/language arts, math, and one area of ...

If we eliminate the MCAS as a graduation requirement, the standardized testing burden on teachers and school leaders will be eased and the focus and resources of schools can return to the skills ...

Question 2 on the Nov. 5 ballot, if passed, would eliminate the current practice requiring high school students to pass the 10th grade Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System test in order ...

A vote yes on question two would remove the tenth-grade MCAS — a set of standardized tests assessing student performance in English language arts, mathematics, and science — as a statewide ...

The standardized test, formally known as the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System, measure students’ knowledge in English, math, and science. If more than half of voters approve of Question 2 ...

MCAS results for 2024 show a more mixed result than the positively trending 2023 results and remained lagging well behind pre-pandemic scores, state education officials said in an embargoed briefin… ...

16,000 10th-graders failed the MCAS exam. Here’s what to know ahead of ballot question 2. By Mandy McLaren Globe Staff,Updated September 24, 2024, 6:26 p.m.