BOSTON — Opponents of using the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System test as a high school graduation requirement suggest there are better ways to measure student achievement, should voters ...

FALL RIVER — The School Committee took a stand on Monday night against the use of the MCAS standardized test as a high school graduation requirement. Representatives from the Fall River Educators ...

New standardized test scores show students in Massachusetts are still recovering from learning losses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic — but critics say those results are hiding a more complicated ...

BOSTON (WWLP) – New legislation on Beacon Hill is looking at ending MCAS graduation requirements and changing the state’s takeover system. The bill, An Act Empowering Students and Schools to Thrive, ...

If Ballot Question Two passes, students will no longer have to pass the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System, known as MCAS, to graduate high school. “When something isn’t working, you have ...

As high-stakes MCAS testing gets underway this school year and opposition to the test intensifies, including by the state’s teachers union which wants to eliminate it as a graduation requirement for ...

I am a longtime educator and I plan to vote “Yes” on Question 2, which would replace the MCAS test as a high school graduation requirement. Instead, students would need to demonstrate that they have ...

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 ...

BOSTON – A sixth grade student at a Massachusetts school suffered burns when the laptop they were using began smoking during MCAS testing. It happened Tuesday around 9:30 a.m. at Whitin Intermediate ...