5, Massachusetts voters will decide whether ... These are real questions from recent Grade 10 MCAS math and English exams. On the final three math questions included in the quiz, students were ...

Massachusetts no longer requires students to pass the standardized MCAS exams to graduate high school ... Jason Lewis, who represents the 5th Middlesex District, has stated that he intends ...

As a 5th-grade teacher, I refused to proctor the MCAS exams because of the harm I saw it had on students. I had one student cut themself from the stress of the testing, another who dangerously ...

5 election ballot to decide ... which opposes the MCAS requirement, found that students who failed the standardized exam in the 10th grade were 17 times more likely to drop out of school than ...

Massachusetts, long the darling of American education, is about to shut down a major engine of its success. Ballot Question 2 asks voters to end the requirement that students pass a fairly low bar on ...

In Mass., they almost always make that call based on whether a student passes the 10th grade MCAS. This Q is asking whether the state should drop a passing MCAS grade as a graduation requirement.

Students must now pass 10th-grade MCAS tests in English language arts, math, and science to receive their high school diplomas. If they fail the test in 10th grade, they have four more chances to ...

In a recent issue of The Republican, three teachers from Mashpee, Revere and Agawam urged voters to maintain the MCAS high school ... I administered the Grade 10 exam for more than 25 years.

Max Page, the head of the Massachusetts Teachers Association, lifts up a sign for his ballot question eliminating the MCAS test as a graduation requirement. (Photo by Gintautas Dumcius) Massachusetts ...

If we think we're going to get accurate data on an MC *** S exam administered in 10th grade from students who ... Should Massachusetts eliminate MCAS testing as a high school graduation requirement?

A "yes" vote was to end the mandate requiring students to pass the 10th grade MCAS exam to graduate high ... to the full state minimum wage over a 5-year period. Businesses then could pool the ...