Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. State voters are being asked on the Nov. 5 election ballot to decide whether the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System ...

Approximately 3,000 more 10th-grade students failed the MCAS exam in 2024 than in the year prior — a notable uptick sure to come under scrutiny as the fate of the standardized test as a high school ...

The report marks the culmination of an 18-month process launched after voters in 2024 approved a question eliminating the ...

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. Load YouTube video The MCAS, officially called the ...

In a recent issue of The Republican, three teachers from Mashpee, Revere and Agawam urged voters to maintain the MCAS high school graduation requirement (“Vote no on Question 2,” Oct. 10). However, ...

Massachusetts public high schools have experienced a sharp decline in 10th graders passing all three MCAS exams over the last five years with the latest scores showing approximately16,000 students ...

As most people went to bed late Wednesday night, it appeared Massachusetts students will no longer have to pass the MCAS exam to earn a diploma in Massachusetts. The question was leading by a 59 ...

Question 2, a ballot measure proposing to eliminate the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System as a requirement to receive a high school diploma, has sparked debate among educators, ...

SOUTH DEERFIELD — Heading in the opposite direction from voters, the Frontier Regional School District is considering keeping the recently downgraded MCAS test as a must to earn a high school diploma.

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 they ...

While state lawmakers review possible cuts in education funding, opponents to the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) view the potential cuts as another reason to abolish the exams, ...